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Kansas
Castle Rock chalk badlands, Gove County
Fossil site Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
Shark teethAlso reported: inoceramus shell.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Niobrara chalk spires and gullies rich in Cretaceous fish and shell material
Famous Smoky Hill chalk exposure documented in Kansas geology literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
crumbling chalk, heat
Keep exploring nearby
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