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The End Of My Pliocene Project

Posted by MikeR in Southern Comfort, 23 February 2013 - * * * * * · 620 views

When I began this blog late in 2010, my intention was to report on recent field trips however, with the exception of one excursion each into the Upper Miocene, Lower Pliocene and the Calabrian Pleistocene, all of my posts have concentrated on the Upper Pliocene of the US Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains.  I already had an extensive collection of Flor...
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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

Posted by andreas in andreas' Blog, 22 February 2011 - - - - - - · 870 views
Triassic, Ammonoids, Alps

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 Hallstatt limestone will be the first one of a...
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Ancient Hunters

Posted by JohnJ in Adventures with a Paddle, 15 August 2010 - * * * * * · 673 views
dart point, artifact, cottonmouth and 4 more...

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 snake had...
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Galerie De Paléontologie Et D’Anatomie Comparée

Posted by MikeR in Southern Comfort, 11 May 2013 - - - - - - · 79 views

I made my first trip to France in 1997 while working as a bench scientist in an R&D group at a small biotech company.  At that time I was performing research in DNA polymerases from thermophilic bacteria found in geysers and deep ocean vents for the use in DNA sequencing when I had the opportunity to attend an international scientific conference;...
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The Last Pterosaurs

Posted by xonenine in xonenine's blog, 01 May 2013 - - - - - - · 59 views

the pterosaurs saw what happened that daya second Sun dropped from the skythe pressure wave blasted those closest to hazeand wafted their ashes on high now hundreds more pterosaurs lifeless and torntook flight in a terrible dancebroken umbrellas tossed far by the stormuntethered kites left to mischance thousands of pterosaurs fell like...
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The Trilobite's Lament

Posted by lmacfadden in Lise MacFadden's Poetry Blog, 25 April 2013 - * * * * * · 57 views
trilobite

For millions of years and then someI've waited for someone to comeEven though I am deadand I'm missing my headI still have my pygidium
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Calvert Cliffs - 2Nd Trip

Posted by jsnrice in jsnrice's blog, 18 April 2013 - - - - - - · 69 views
Calvert Cliffs, Shark Teeth and 5 more...

Calvert Cliffs - 2Nd Trip The images linked to this blog entry are from my second trip to the Calvert Cliff formations (St. Mary's).Not a bad day considering the tide was rather high, the waves choppy, and a large group of loud studentsfrom the University of Salisbury showed up. Ran into two other forum members; wolffish and randsphilly
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Musings On Pachycephalosaur Sympatry

Posted by Regg Cato in Regg Cato's Blog, 09 April 2013 - - - - - - · 43 views

I've been studying Pachycephalosaurs for about the last five years now, and the group has been the focus of taxonomic discussion in the last 15 years.  Pachycephalosaurs are small bipedal Marginocephalian dinosaurs, related to Ceratopsians, characterized by a thickened skull roof.  This generally forms a bony "dome" over the postorbital region o...
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The Best Personal Finds From 2012 - Part 2

Posted by RomanK in RomanK's Blog, 02 January 2013 - * * * * * · 384 views
Carboniferous plant

Lepidodendrids
Asolanus camptotaenia
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Life With The Fossils (And More)

Posted by Crimsonraptor in The Crimson Lord, 28 October 2012 - - - - - - · 406 views

Yeah, I was kind of gone for a while wasn't I. There was a good reason for that though.

Simply put, life has been busy. It seems like the obvious excuse until you go through it yourself :P Things have been busy enough that I suppose fossils and fossil hunting has been put on the back burner for a while. That's not to say it's gone forever of...
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Scouting Out New Sites

Posted by Ameenah in Ameenah's Blog, 16 September 2012 - - - - - - · 418 views

Today I set out to find a site that I saw in a flicker image that a geology student posted.  I didn't find that particular spot, but I found many long the way. I did stop at once but only stayed about 20min. I wanted to keep moving. I found a few things and I know I'll be going back :)
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New Megalodon And Great White Evolution Youtube Video

Posted by VisionXray23 in VisionXray23's Blog, 18 June 2012 - * * * * * · 1,186 views

I just filmed and posted a new youtube video. I would love to hear what you guys think about it !
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Today's Hunt 4-28-12

Posted by Western NY Explorer in Western NY Explorer's Blog, 29 April 2012 - - - - - - · 318 views

Started out visiting 18 mile creek in Hamburg. Found quite a few braciopods. Shale was quite slippery and could not make it to the lake. Site is promising for dryer weather and waders. Headed over to Penn Dixie. The trilobite bed is covered with overburden as the site is not  ready for the season. Picked through lots of weathered shale and found tons of...
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Prehistoric Planet: The Extinction

Posted by Paleo-shark_hunter in Prehistoric Planet Trilogy, 04 January 2012 - - - - - - · 233 views
Extinction, Prehistoric Planet and 4 more...



---Prologue---
Milky Way Galaxy
25,000 years ago


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The Tuvalian Substage Of The Triassic Hallstatt Limestone In Austria

Posted by andreas in andreas' Blog, 08 December 2011 - - - - - - · 548 views
Triassic, Ammonoids, Alps

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 Hallein-Berchtesgaden...
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Geopaleo Poem

Posted by Kehbe in Kehbe's Kwips, 11 October 2011 - - - - - - · 387 views

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...etoliths/  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, to put it...
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Whiskey Bridge - Faunal Community - Most Common Species, And Other Info (Updated 28 August)

Posted by steve p. in Detrius, 21 August 2011 - - - - - - · 511 views

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 moorei 1000
Gastropod -...
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The Story Of The Monster Tooth From Big Brook

Posted by fossilman7 in fossilman7's Blog, 08 June 2011 - - - - - - · 301 views

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 look at. u...
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Specimen #13 Chapter 1 Part 3

Posted by Sinopaleus in fossil maniac's Blog, 27 May 2011 - - - - - - · 308 views

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 different....
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Paleo Poems

Posted by piranha in Piranha Blog, 04 April 2011 - - - - - - · 356 views

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 species...
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Joining The Gravediggers

Posted by Sinopaleus in Hey Everyone :P, 30 March 2011 - - - - - - · 286 views

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 may or...
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I'm Back!

Posted by emmytee in Emily's PRI Adventure, 21 January 2011 - - - - - - · 382 views

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 very...
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Some Arenaceous Foraminifera From The Lower Pennsylvanian Of Oklahoma

Posted by Rumi in Microfossil Mania!, 04 December 2010 - * * * * * · 443 views

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 foraminifera,...
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