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Rare Miocene fossils join CMM holdings

Longtime fossil collector Barry Norbeck donated thousands of shells and other invertebrate fossils to the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Md., on Jan. 9, 2026. Museum officials described the ...
The last comprehensive review of the fossil vertebrates from the Miocene of Calvert Cliffs was published more than 100 years ago. This volume is a collection of papers that updates some of the ...
The state of Maryland is home to many historic state parks, but not all of them can say they have 15 million years of history. Calvert Cliffs State Park is a coastal gem located on the Chesapeake Bay.
The Calvert Marine Museum this month unveiled a new exhibit featuring a never-before-seen set of teeth from an extinct megatooth shark known as megalodon. The 53 teeth from one individual shark ...