The entire site is being updated and moved to this location.
The purpose of this site is to share
some of my fossil finds and encourage other collectors and clubs to do the same.
I know there are a lot of beautiful specimens in the hands of amateurs like
myself which need to be shared. There's a lot we can learn from specimens that,
if not for the Web, could not be easily seen. Please feel free to contact me
with questions or suggestions. I love a good "tooth" story.
Mel Hurd - mbr. Maryland Geological Society and
the American Fossil Federation.
The Chesapeake Bay has 25 miles of fossil bearing cliffs from the Miocene epoch along it's western shore. The Calvert and Scientists cliffs have yielded many impressive fossils from the largest shark of all time, the Carcharocles(Carcharodon) megalodon. Older, Eocene fossils occasionally wash onto the beaches from underwater outcroppings and eroding marl pits.
The Potomac River flows through a sort of time tunnel with the Aquia Formation (60 mya) just south of Washington DC; proceeding past the low cliffs of the Nanjemoy Formation (55 mya); finally cutting through the mix of Choptank, St. Mary's, Eastover and Yorktown Formations (15 to 5 mya) on the Virginia shore before entering the Bay.
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Last update: 1/15/02
