VIRTUAL TOUR
PRIVATE SHARK &
FOSSIL MUSEUM
of GEORGE POWELL,
NORTH CAROLINA
August of 2009, George
kindly allowed us to take photos of the entire museum to share with you.
Photo of George with Heidi below:
and George with Netherlands
friends Mark and his son Luuk showing off one of the teeth George
found at the PCS Phosphate mine, and with Laura, Mark's fiancé, who were
thrilled to view his special collections.
He is a National
Treasure, due to his attitude towards the preservation of fossils for
future generations, the many years he spent collecting the fossils he
loves, and his working relationship with the Smithsonian Institute. |
A
shark all made of fossil shark teeth, framed with more shark teeth.
A gift to George around the year 2000
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A
newspaper article about George and his collection in The Weekly
(Washington Post), Arlington Falls Church, 1998
Another news article about George, and how he
shares his knowledge of fossils, using some of his 100,000 fossils from
his collection.
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George
Powell proudly displays his fossil collection which he acquired over the
years. The news article outlines his life "Letter carrier's
hobby turns into historic find"
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Discovery
Channel, Destination Store featured George Powell and his collection of
shark teeth on display one year.
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George
Powell's renowned SQUALODON ASSOCIATED SPINAL VERTEBRAE
(Ancient toothed whale) Squalodon
atlanticus/Shark Tooth Whale
This skeleton was reconstructed to show the 20
associated spinal vertebrae as they would have been arranged in
life. Collected over 2 days in Nov. 1990 from the Calvert Formation,
a Miocene age sedimentary formation found along the Potomac River in
Westmoreland County, Virginia. It took six months to repair and
reconstruct this six foot section of the spine. The specimen is
missing its skull, which may have been 3-4 feet long, and about 4' of
tail; so altogeether the whale would have been about 14' in length.
Drawing of Squalodon, by Jayson Kowinsky
Squalodon toothed whale teeth, a tray full
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FOSSIL
SHARK TEETH - Lee Creek, Aurora NC
RECONSTRUCTED DENTITIONS (i.e. Putting
a jaw of teeth back together again in the right spots) - of Isurus
xiphodon (Extinct mako), Nototynchus (Cow shark), Hemipristis serra
(Snaggletooth shark), Galeocerdo cuvier (Tiger shark), and Carcharhinus
sp. (Gray, dusky & bull shark)
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PATHOLOGICAL
(deformed) SHARK TEETH
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Fossil
Shark teeth - Trays of Auriculatis & Chubetensis, ancestors of the
Megalodon
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Just
SOME of his collector MEGALODON shark tooth collection
Fossil Megalodon shark teeth - Trays of
Carcharocles Megalodon
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Fossil
MAKO shark teeth - Trays of Isurus Xiphodon
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Fossil
MAKO shark teeth - Trays of Isurus Retroflexus - Desori - Oxyrinchus -
Praecursor
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Fossil
SAND TIGER shark tooth trays
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Fossil
HEMIPRISTIS SERRA shark teeth (Snaggletooth), trays
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Fossil
COW SHARK teeth, trays, Notorynchus Primigenius
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Fossil
SIX GILL SHARK teeth (Hexanchus), trays
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Fossil
FALSE MAKO shark teeth - Trays of Parotodus (Benedeni)
FALSE MAKO SHARK, Pacotodus benedini,
Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, Lee Creek
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Fossil
THRESHER shark teeth Alopias
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Associated sets of fossil shark teeth in
matrix, Morocco
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SEVEN
GILL COW SHARK TEETH Notorynchus primigenius, Miocene, Pungo River
Formation, Lee Creek Mine, Aurora NC
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SNAGGLETOOTH
Shark (Hemipristis serra; Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, Lee Creek
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Fossil
MODERN TIGER SHARK, Galeocerdo cuvier, Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, Lee
Creek
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Tray
of Fossil TIGER SHARK teeth - Galeocerdo - Contortus and Latidens
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Tray
of Fossil TIGER SHARK teeth - Galeocerdo (Cuvier & Aduncus)
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Tray
of Fossil DUSKY/BULL shark teeth Carcharhinus sp.
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Fossil
SHARK VERTEBRAE disks
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SHARK
CARTILAGE (jaw fragments)
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GRAY
shark, Carcharhinus sp., Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, Lee Creek
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A
selection of fresh (modern, white) shark teeth, including great whites,
tiger shark, and six gill shark
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Gypsum/Selenite crystal with a fossil SAND TIGER SHARK
TOOTH in it, wow!
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RARE
Isurus Xiphodon Shark Dentition
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SHARK
TOOTH SETS
9 sets of Shark teeth show a side view of how
a row of teeth moves from back to front of the jaw. Each tooth that
grows is 1-3% larger than the tooth in front of it. Each file (set)
is independent of the others and moves up as needed. The front teeth
are called "Functional teeth", all of the others are called
"unerupted" or "replacement" teeth. |
FOSSIL
SHARK TEETH, in sets
Isurus Hastalis (Mako), Notorynchus
Primigenius (cow shark), Hemipristis serra (
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FOSSIL MAKO Shark teeth, in sets
Isurus Xiphodon (Mako), Isurus Hastalis
(Big-tooth Mako)
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FOSSIL
MEGALODON Shark teeth, in sets
Carcharocles Megalodon
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FOSSIL
SHARK TEETH
Odontaspis Hope Winkleri (sand tiger shark),
Galeocerdo Contorus (Extinct tiger shark), Carcharhinus leucas (bull
shark), Galeocerdo Cuvier (tiger shark) shark teeth
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OTHER
FOSSILS |
Large
fossil CORAL display, and fossil WHALE VERTEBRAE
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Fossil
shell collection
and
a well endowed fossil coral that is a sure conversation piece to all
visitors
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Seal
bone (right humerus and right femur), Yorktown Formation, Pliocene, Lee
Creek
Fossil SEAL and WALRUS bones
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Fossil
Walrus tusk (left tusk, female), Yorktown Formation, Pliocene, Lee Creek
Mine
Fossil Walrus tusk, male
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Bitten
fossil bones
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Fossil
bird bones
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Fossil
WHALE TEETH
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Fossil
TURTLE parts
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Reptile
fossils - ALLIGATOR, TURTLE, CROCODILE
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Porpoise
arm bones (Humerus, radius, ulna), Yorktown Formation, Pliocene, Lee Creek
Mine
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Fossil
PORPOISE & DOLPHIN TEETH
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Fossil
PORPOISE & DOLPHIN VERTEBRAE
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Fossil
PORPOISE & DOLPHIN JAWS
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FISH
fossils
Fossil FISH JAWS and GILL PLATES
Fossil FISH TAILS and COPROLITE
FISH VERTEBRAE
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Extinct
EAGLE RAY MOUTH PLATE (Upper teeth), Aetobatus sp., Pliocene, Yorktown
Formation, Lee Creek Mine
Ray Dental plate, Aetobatus sp. Narinari,
Yorktown formation, Pliocene, Lee Creek Mine
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STINGRAY
MOUTH PLATES - Aetobatus - Myllobatus
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STINGRAY
BARBS and SCUTES (back denticles)- Aetobatus - Myllobatus
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Fossil
crab claws
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Fossil
crab parts
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Fossil
Crabs (Archacplax)
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Crabs
Libinia
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Crabs,
Cancer
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RARE
FOSSIL SEAL VERTEBRAE
A new species, the only type of bone of its
kind
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SPERM
WHALE, lower central FOSSIL TOOTH
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