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The pits are filled with mine tailings where small shell, coral, shark tooth and other fossils are relatively easy to find. The pits are open during daylight hours daily. [2] [3] The museum provides information about the geological history of the Aurora area, which is known as a center for fossil hunting (especially due to the phosphate mine). [4]
An O. megalodon tooth excavated from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, United States. Otodus megalodon teeth are the largest of any shark, extinct or living, and are among the most sought after types of shark teeth in the world.
A megalodon tooth with two great white shark teeth. Megalodon is the state fossil of North Carolina. During the ensuing Pliocene epoch, North Carolina was home to invertebrate faunas including at least 25 species of gastropods and 46 pelecypods. [ 22 ]
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The southern U.S. shores are some of the best places to find megalodon teeth, with most of the teeth popping up in N.C., S.C. and Florida.
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A C. megalodon tooth excavated from Aurora. Aurora is the home of the Aurora Fossil Museum, which houses specimens collected from the local PCS Phosphate Mine. The museum's collection includes a wide variety of marine fossils from the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene eras.
The Myrtle Beach area is a great place to find sharks’ teeth. Wilmington, North Carolina, to Charleston, South Carolina, is considered a shark lagoon where many sharks can be found, Shelton said ...