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US Southeast, Florida
Gainesville FL
Hogtown Creek fossil wash
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teeth
FossilsAlso reported: ray plates, dugong rib bits, horse and glyptodont scraps (permit).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: creek cutting Eocene limestone and reworking Plio-Pleistocene material through town, a Florida Museum documented fauna
Florida Museum of Natural History documents the Gainesville Creeks fauna and runs public fossil walks on these creeks
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Flash rises after stormsSlick limestone, urban runoff water quality
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