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Plymouth Bluff, Columbus

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: oysters.

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

Why this spot

Cretaceous bluff on the Tombigbee with shells and shark teeth

Documented section maintained as an environmental center.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

slumping bluff

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