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Fossils are common in North Carolina. According to author Rufus Johnson, "almost every major river and creek east of Interstate 95 has exposures where fossils can be found". [1] The fossil record of North Carolina spans from Eocambrian remains that are 600 million years old, to the Pleistocene 10,000 years ago.
Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale †Otodus megalodon
Diagram illustrating the largest (grey) and most conservative (red) size estimates of the Miocene-Pliocene shark Carcharocles megalodon (sometimes Carcharodon or Otodus megalodon) with a whale shark (violet), great white shark (green), and anachronistic human (black) to scale †Otodus megalodon
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.
Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project. The relics recovered at San Pedro High School included ...
Fossil of the Early Cretaceous-Eocene shark Cretolamna †Cretolamna †Cretolamna appendiculata lata †Cretolamna biauriculata †Cretolamna serrata †Crosaphis †Crosaphis virginiensis †Crosbysaurus; Shell of a Cucullaea, or false ark shell Cucullaea †Cucullaea capax †Cyathofoma; Cylichna †Cylindracanthus †Cylindracanthus rectus ...
A North Carolina dad scored a $1 million lottery prize — and now “his children will benefit the most.” “I want to invest the money and leave it to my children so they can have a better ...
[52] [127] [128] [129] Despite the criticism from scientists, Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives was a huge ratings success, gaining 4.8 million viewers, the most for any Shark Week episode up to that point. [130] Megalodon teeth are the state fossil of North Carolina. [131]