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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.
[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]
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.
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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 ...