North Carolina is well known for an abundance of shark teeth from the Carcharocles genus – the extinct Giant White sharks. Three different localities are featured.

The coastal rivers of North Carolina can be an excellent source of high quality collector shark teeth. The NE area of the state is famous for producing the rare copper red teeth - Megalodons, Angustidens, Auriculatus, Great White, Mako teeth and more from the Eocene Castle Hayne Fm., Miocene Pungo River Fm., and Pliocene Yorktown formation. The teeth are very incredibly colored, well preserved, and quite rare. Unfortunately the few rivers that produce these teeth yield very few teeth so the quantity of these copper red teeth is quite limited which adds to their value. Many a diver have gone home empty handed when searching these sites! Note - The teeth from this site are typically much better quality than the similar colored teeth found in Virginia.

There are a few early Mako teeth posted from the limestone quarries which expose the Castle Hayne Fm. as well.

The PCS (formerly Texasgulf) Lee Creek phosphate mine is a famous fossil bearing locality located near Aurora, North Carolina. The shark teeth from Lee Creek are highly prized by collectors due to their exceptional preservation and excellent coloration. The fossil bearing layers which reside up to 130 feet beneath the surface are from the Pungo River Formation (Miocene – 15 million years ago) and the Yorktown Formation (Pliocene – 4.5 million years ago). The fossil teeth are found in huge spoil heaps inside the mining area. Our site contains set of catalogs devoted to the shark teeth from Lee Creek.