Weird Science: Fossils of eastern NC
August 04, 2025
A recent exploration in eastern North Carolina had a team of scientists spending months either combing sandy beaches or armpit-deep in creek mud, each effort leading to some great finds — including fossils from the age of dinosaurs — destined for inclusion in the Museum’s collection.
Museum paleontologist and team leader Dr. Christian Kammerer says that most of what they discovered was, perhaps not surprisingly, tied to marine life. Think of sharks’ teeth and shells. But they collected some larger specimens as well. “We found several mosasaur teeth — those are the enormous sea lizards that lived at the end of the Cretaceous period.”
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