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Shark Tooth Hill (Bakersfield private digs)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth
FossilsFossils

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

Why this spot

Miocene

Dense Miocene bonebed. Guided fee digs only; not open free access.

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