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Savannah River spoil islands (Shark Tooth Island)
Fossil site, tidal Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Shark teeth
Sea potteryAlso reported: great white, bull.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Miocene-Pleistocene (dredged)
Savannah and Tybee boat tours land on dredge spoil islands in the lower Savannah River where megalodon and other teeth are found, and Fossilguy explains the material comes from river dredging.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
deep mud, slippery banks, tides
Keep exploring nearby
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