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Carmel Church Quarry, Ruther Glen
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teeth
FossilsAlso reported: mako.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Eocene-Miocene (mainly Calvert Formation)
The Virginia Museum of Natural History lists Carmel Church Quarry fauna including Carcharocles angustidens and C. megalodon, mostly from the middle Miocene Calvert Formation.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active quarry operations
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