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C and D Canal spoil banks, Reedy Point

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: exogyra oysters.

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

Why this spot

Dredge spoil from the canal cut through Cretaceous beds, famous for belemnites

The canal spoil banks are Delaware's classic fossil locality.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

soft spoil, ticks

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