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Bakersfield CA
Ernst Quarries, Sharktooth Hill
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLicence or permit
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teeth
FossilsAlso reported: whale vertebrae, ray plates.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: private fee quarries in the Sharktooth Hill bone bed, a Miocene marine lagerstatte known to science since 1853
Working pay-to-dig on the famous Round Mountain Silt bone bed; museum-grade finds documented, Buena Vista Museum displays quarry specimens
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Extreme heat much of the yearNo shade or water
Valley Fever dust risk: mask advised
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