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Shark Tooth Beach, Jekyll Island
Fossil site, tidal Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Fossils
Shark teethAlso reported: shells.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Pleistocene-Miocene (reworked)
A Vanishing Georgia photo essay describes the unmarked Shark Tooth Beach on Jekyll Creek, named for the prehistoric shark teeth found there; Georgia 4-H uses it for fossil programs.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
cactus and sharp shell, isolation, heat
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