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Shark Tooth Creek, Akron

Fossil site Documented siteLicence or permit

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: fish vertebrae, shell.

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

Why this spot

Cretaceous creek gravels loaded with shark teeth, run as a family fee site

Long-running private fee operation known across the Southeast.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

summer heat

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