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Antwerp harbour Neogene sands

Fossil site Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: mako, sand tiger, Carcharoides.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Miocene-Pliocene

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences holds Otodus megalodon teeth and vertebrae from the Antwerp sands, and Deposits magazine records a 10 cm megalodon tooth from harbour dredge dunes near Stabroek.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

quicksand, active works

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