San Francisco's Ocean Beach has Pleistocene-era marine fossils such as sand dollars. Felt like a propeller on a boat going 50 MPH. The number of megalodon teeth discovered in the Tar Heel State even led to it declaring the megalodon tooth as its state fossil back in 2013. You can't carry anything out of the former, but the latter is a pay-to-dig site where you can find plant, insect, and the occasional bird fossils. Near Waco, Texas is a great spot for finding shark teeth and other fossils. Different places can have their own unique rules. Theyd use the shallow waters covering the area in prehistoric times as a safe nursery for their young. The teeth that come out of this river are normally beat up, broken, or really worn down. 1.2K. Because Megalodon teeth are serrated, triangular, and symmetrical, they are comparable in appearance to the teeth of current white sharks. The findings reveal how rich and diverse marine life was at the time, some 45 million years before the first dinosaurs even appeared. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/1\/13\/Identify-Shark-Teeth-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Identify-Shark-Teeth-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/1\/13\/Identify-Shark-Teeth-Step-1.jpg\/aid9509565-v4-728px-Identify-Shark-Teeth-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"