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Approximately 4.5 million years ago, the Albemarle basin in North Carolina was a cool temperate ocean much like that off the coast of Alaska today. Although cold, the offshore waters supported a rich and diverse ecosystem due to the upwelling of deep nutrient rich water. Placopecten clintonius scallops along with young... Read Full Entry
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The Columbianus Zone/alaunium 2/ Norium/upper Triassic, In The So Called “Hallstatt Limestone” Of The Northern Calcareous Alps In Austria
22 February 2011
The columbianus Zone/Alaunium 2/ Norium/Upper Triassic in the so called "Hallstatt Limestone" of the Northern Calcareous Alps in Austria
Dear Fossil Forum members!
This pictured report about the ammonite bearing Triassic... Read Full Entry
Dear Fossil Forum members!
This pictured report about the ammonite bearing Triassic... Read Full Entry
June 5, 2010
Barry held his camera barely two feet away from the back of an Agkistrodon piscivorus. Although a small snake, it was still very dangerous and he positioned his camera based on years of experience with these reptiles. Known more commonly as a Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin, the twelve inch juvenile... Read Full Entry
Barry held his camera barely two feet away from the back of an Agkistrodon piscivorus. Although a small snake, it was still very dangerous and he positioned his camera based on years of experience with these reptiles. Known more commonly as a Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin, the twelve inch juvenile... Read Full Entry
On my way home from work early one sunday morning. I pulled over to check out a road cut this is what I found.
I think I found some corals, what do you think? :) Read Full Entry
I think I found some corals, what do you think? :) Read Full Entry
So, yeah. It was Christmas. And Happy Hannukkah guys.
Under the Christmas tree this year was the snazzy new Jurassic Park novel bundle. It bundles both the original and sequel novels of the infamous franchise.
(Please note: This is not my bundle. I retrieved this picture from the... Read Full Entry
Under the Christmas tree this year was the snazzy new Jurassic Park novel bundle. It bundles both the original and sequel novels of the infamous franchise.
(Please note: This is not my bundle. I retrieved this picture from the... Read Full Entry
The Tuvalian Substage Of The Triassic Hallstatt Limestone In Austria
Written by Andreas Spatzenegger
Dear Fossil Forum members!
This report will introduce you to the Tuvalian substage (uppermost Carnian/ Triassic) of the so called Hallstatt limestone in Austria.
View above the... Read Full Entry
Written by Andreas Spatzenegger
Dear Fossil Forum members!
This report will introduce you to the Tuvalian substage (uppermost Carnian/ Triassic) of the so called Hallstatt limestone in Austria.
View above the... Read Full Entry
To start I quote some brief information from the Wiki about pteridosperms.
The term Pteridospermatophyta (or "seed ferns") refers to several distinct groups of extinct seed-bearing plants. The oldest fossil evidence of plants of this type is of late Devonian age, and they... Read Full Entry
The term Pteridospermatophyta (or "seed ferns") refers to several distinct groups of extinct seed-bearing plants. The oldest fossil evidence of plants of this type is of late Devonian age, and they... Read Full Entry
I was surfing the web recently and came across a site whose members collect rocks that have faces in them. Here is a quick link to it… http://www.cst.cmich...rv/mimetoliths/ It’s interesting to me. I turned to my wife and told her, “Wow, I’m gonna have to keep my eyes open for rocks like these and start collecting them!” Well,... Read Full Entry
Between 2.5 and 4.5 mya most of Florida south of St. Petersburg was submerged under a cold but warming sea. The series of sand, shell and limestone deposited during this time is named the Tamiami Formation. In April 2011, I visited one of the famed Sarasota shell pits exposing primarily Beds 10 and 11 of the Tamiami Formation, my locality 1016... Read Full Entry
Whiskey Bridge - Faunal Community - Most Common Species, And Other Info (Updated 28 August)
21 August 2011
Here are the top common species and counts at WB, as per Emerson's book.
Coral - Turbinolia pharetra 1000 (common, ranges from 5mm and up)
Bivalve - Anomia lisbonensis 1000 (fairly large)
Bivalve - Barbatia (Barbatia) uxorispalmeri 1000
Bivalve - Notocorbula texana 1000
Gastropod - Latirus... Read Full Entry
Coral - Turbinolia pharetra 1000 (common, ranges from 5mm and up)
Bivalve - Anomia lisbonensis 1000 (fairly large)
Bivalve - Barbatia (Barbatia) uxorispalmeri 1000
Bivalve - Notocorbula texana 1000
Gastropod - Latirus... Read Full Entry
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There once was a man from Buffalo
He wasn't satisfied with Mid Devonian, he wanted Low
He dreamed of Euryptids,
that he could call his,
He'd better go to a fossil show
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thank you fossil forum
i didn't know what my fossils were when I saw em
i brought home... Read Full Entry
There once was a man from Buffalo
He wasn't satisfied with Mid Devonian, he wanted Low
He dreamed of Euryptids,
that he could call his,
He'd better go to a fossil show
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thank you fossil forum
i didn't know what my fossils were when I saw em
i brought home... Read Full Entry
Alright, in 2003 it was the second year of my dad and my trip to big brook. this time, we brought my older sister and her friend. we dug in the pit for hours (they sat on logs, how helpful :rolleyes: ) we found a decent amount. suddenly, my dad finds a fish tooth (now remembering it was probably a good puny goblin). he gave it to the girls to... Read Full Entry
It's been 3 months since the secret PABLI was assembled. They are currently still recruiting members.
Charles Darwin scratched his head. "A message for you, father." says Darwin's daughter. "Oh, another one of those scrabbled hate messages, I suppose." "Oh no father, not at all. This time it's completely... Read Full Entry
Charles Darwin scratched his head. "A message for you, father." says Darwin's daughter. "Oh, another one of those scrabbled hate messages, I suppose." "Oh no father, not at all. This time it's completely... Read Full Entry
Charles Darwin with his elegant theory,
Met the burden of proof with those sneery,
One-hundred-fifty years later,
There is no idea greater,
In advance he would have felt cheery !!
Trilobites appeared with complexity,
Still viewed to this day with perplexity,
They are fun at this forum,
And deserve our decorum,
Tens of thousands of... Read Full Entry
Met the burden of proof with those sneery,
One-hundred-fifty years later,
There is no idea greater,
In advance he would have felt cheery !!
Trilobites appeared with complexity,
Still viewed to this day with perplexity,
They are fun at this forum,
And deserve our decorum,
Tens of thousands of... Read Full Entry
after my first fossil hunting trip with my dad, i've been recognized by the leader of the head committee of paleontology in gansu province, china. after meeting the infamous paleontologist named Li Da Qing (Professor Li, who also turned out to be my dad's alumni :P), he invited me to come join his excavation team for some digging at around... Read Full Entry
That's right, I'm back. I'm sorry I didn't update as much as I should have. I was very busy with exams and essays (but it paid off, I made the Dean's List woo!) and then on break I just wanted to chillax and never write again.
So... where did we leave off?
I went on a field trip with my class to Portland Point. It was... Read Full Entry
So... where did we leave off?
I went on a field trip with my class to Portland Point. It was... Read Full Entry
About a month or so ago I received a sample of "microfossil dirt" from the Gene Autry Shale Member of the Golf Course Formation, which crops out in Johnston County, Oklahoma, in the Ardmore Basin. The Golf Course Formation is of Lower Pennsylvanian (Morrowan) age. The sample contains abundant... Read Full Entry
As many say, good things come to those who wait. Well, fruition at last!
While working for an elderly couple last Saturday, cleaning up various parts of the lawn for cash, I learned that this couple once traveled the world, collecting fossils and stones along the way. The next day at church, I was greeted with a very pleasant surprise, a slab... Read Full Entry
While working for an elderly couple last Saturday, cleaning up various parts of the lawn for cash, I learned that this couple once traveled the world, collecting fossils and stones along the way. The next day at church, I was greeted with a very pleasant surprise, a slab... Read Full Entry
well i just got back from the museum and got lotsa stuff :P all invertabrates except some shark teeth. it was a great time, though i didnt have time to see all the galleries..well here are some pictures,
first the museum
now the fossils
bryozoans and... Read Full Entry
first the museum
now the fossils
bryozoans and... Read Full Entry
I Found This 25 30 Years Ago...never Found Any One To Tell But Family...so Here Goes...
16 October 2010
I was at work in Newport RI this morning..surfing ..not working.....found this site..since I grew up in Newindsor NY, Mysef and close friends hunted and explored on foot a 50 mile radius from ages 10 to 17. I was always the amature geologist & fossile hunter. I made one discovery 25 30 years ago, I never knew who to tell...maby you.
While... Read Full Entry
While... Read Full Entry
After picking up a rather interesting amber-in-matrix specimen, I decided to look into the geological history surrounding the deposition of Dominican Amber.
Mentally I had always pictured Dominican amber forming as sap oozed out of trees and deposited on the forest floor; resulting in burial in forest detritus.
The more interesting reality is... Read Full Entry
Mentally I had always pictured Dominican amber forming as sap oozed out of trees and deposited on the forest floor; resulting in burial in forest detritus.
The more interesting reality is... Read Full Entry
Today I started dissolving samples of Rochester Fm (Silurian) from upstate NY, Jacksonburg Limestone (Ordovician) from a quarry near Bethlehem, PA and finally the Whitewater Limestone (Ordovician) from Indiana. Read Full Entry
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