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Southeast, Mississippi
Frankstown MS
Browning Cretaceous fossil park
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teeth
FossilsAlso reported: oyster and scallop shells, occasional mosasaur or turtle fragments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park on Twenty Mile Creek, where Coffee Sand exposures shed 75-million-year-old shark teeth
1990 excavations documented abundant shark teeth; named trip accounts (Nautiloid Network, fossil blogs) record recent finds in the creek
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Slippery creek cobblesFlash rises after rain, no facilities within 3 miles
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