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The Aurora Fossil Museum is a natural science museum in Aurora, North Carolina.The museum's collection is built around fossils recovered from the nearby phosphate mine owned since 1995 by PotashCorp, but also includes fossil specimens donated from around the world as well as geology and meteorite displays.
A C. megalodon tooth excavated from Aurora. Aurora is the home of the Aurora Fossil Museum, which houses specimens collected from the local PCS Phosphate Mine. The museum's collection includes a wide variety of marine fossils from the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene eras. It also houses other specimens and a gem and mineral display.
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.
This list of museums in North Carolina is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky over a camper's tent north of San Francisco in Middletown, California JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images View the 9 images of this ...
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Aurora Fossil Museum; B. Biltmore Forest School; C. Cape Fear Museum of History and Science; Clemmons Educational State Forest; ... North Carolina Maritime Museum;
Caleb Rodrigues looks for fossils at the Mini Fossil Dig along with his younger brother, Landon Rodrigues, and their mother, Shannon Rodrigues, during the Fossil Fair held Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 ...