Saturday, August 12, 2017

fossils

I've been wanting to head to this spot in Maryland along the Potomac for years, and we finally found the perfect day with the tide schedule just right for a fun afternoon. We packed a picnic and took off for the less than hour drive to Purse State Park. The water was warm and the weather was perfect to search out tons of shark teeth and vertebrae fossils. Check out the teeny tiny crab J found. We believe that the first big tooth that Aiden found is an otodus (megaladon) tooth. The teeth are from the Paleocene era, 55-60 million years old. Most are goblin and sand tiger shark teeth. Awesome spot!

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