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Calvert Cliffs (Brownies Beach / Matoaka)

Fossil site Documented siteLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth
FossilsFossils

Also reported: Hemipristis), ray plates, mollusks in Calvert Fm.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Miocene

Surface-hunt the beach at low tide. Calvert Cliffs State Park beach itself is a long hike.

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