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Southeast, Tennessee
Adamsville TN
Coon Creek Science Center digs
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teethAlso reported: aragonite-shelled Cretaceous bivalves and gastropods, crab claws, occasional mosasaur material.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: type section of the Late Cretaceous Coon Creek Formation, one of North America's premier shell-preservation lagerstatten
A century of published collections since Bruce Wade's monograph era; UT Martin runs supervised digs where visitors keep common fossils
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Steep clay banksTicks and chiggers, summer heat
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