Calvert Marine Museum: Maryland's Fossil Coast Secret
🕐 7 min read | 🌍 Natural Wonders 🔒 Key Takeaways Calvert Marine Museum sits on the Patuxent River in Solomons, Maryland, and houses over 50,000 paleontological specimens The museum's fossil collection spans 15 to 20 million years into the Miocene epoch, when Maryland was a warm shallow sea Calvert Cliffs nearby yield more than 600 species of fossil invertebrates, plus the teeth of the giant Otodus megalodon shark The museum's living estuarium holds native river otters, diamondback terrapins, and over 200 species of Chesapeake Bay creatures Buried beneath the crumbling clay cliffs of southern Maryland lies one of Earth's most spectacular fossil graveyards — and Calvert Marine Museum is its living guardian. Here, the Miocene epoch refuses to stay underground, delivering 15-million-year-old shark teeth directly onto public beaches. This is the place where ancient oceans, living ecosystems, and cutting-edge paleontology collide in one of America's most unde...