In some places along the Caloosahatchee River, the banks are made up of river bottom deposited by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers' dredges. Shark teeth are the most common finds in a region is known as the Caloosahatchee Formation. The material is from the Pleistocene Epoch, which spans 10,000 to 1.8 million years.
Photo: Courtesy Mark Rentz
Location: Caloosahatchee River, Florida
Fossil Expeditions
Bull and Dusky shark tooth fossils collected on Karen and Laura Roraffs expedition on the Caloosahatchee River in Florida.
A mako shark tooth collected on the same trip.
Photo: Courtesy Mark Rentz
Location: Caloosahatchee River, Florida
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Note to readers: Please do not tell Ryan – but Daddy did ‘help’ with the fossils on his fossil hunting adventure. Florida does indeed have a great many fossils – just NOT the fossils pictured in this story for the sake of making the story flow well – these lovely (polished) fossils are from Morocco, North Africa
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Picture Location: Sarasota, FL
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