Since shark skeletons are composed of cartilage instead of bone, often the only parts of the shark to survive as fossils are teeth, according to the Megaldon Teeth website. Arkansas natives and visitors can try their hand at hunting fossils as the state has a few areas where you can find shark teeth from long ago.
You can find fish and shark teeth sporadically in the Ozark Plateaus, a highland region of Arkansas. According to Rock Hounding Arkansas, shark teeth are scarce in this region. The Ozarks stretch from Arkansas to Oklahoma and into Missouri.
The Mississippi Embayment area, also known as the delta to locals, also has shark teeth among other remains. This area refers to the western side of the Mississippi river that runs through Arkansas. Shark teeth seekers can find shark teeth and other remains such as partial shells throughout the area.
Marine vertebrates including shark fossils can also be found in stream beds and quarries throughout the West Gulf Coastal Plain. The West Gulf Coastal Plain covers Arkansas' southern region and includes pockets of farmland, forests, petroleum deposits and bromine flats.
