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Hi everyone! I'm gonna be spending a few days in Salt Lake City this August and am looking for advice. I'm debating between heading to the U-dig/New-dig sites in Delta UT for trilobites vs. heading to Kemmerer WY Green River for fish and other fossils. I wish I had time for both and to explore on my own, but time is limited. Any thoughts/suggestions? Also, any advice on finding petrified wood around the Salt Lake City area? Thanks so much!!
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I'm going to be taking a trip to the southwest (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and possibly Texas) pretty soon, and I was wondering if anyone could give me some ideas as to where I could go fossil hunting. I'll provide the specific areas we'll be traveling to; I also previously lived in Colorado and have already found a few good sites, but would definitely be open to any other suggestions. Colorado seems pretty promising with some good fossil quarries (Florrisant Fossil Hunting and the Morrison Museum), and I grew up with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science as well as Dinosaur Ridge. I'll mostly be in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. Utah is where I'm having a bit of trouble; I've heard it's definitely fossil country, but I can't find a lot of tours or places where you're actually able to take fossils home from. The main one I'm thinking of right now is the U-Dig Fossil Quarry, although I don't have any other ideas as to where we'll be going in Utah (wherever the fossils take us, I suppose!) so we're likely just going to plan around where we hear the best fossil sites are. New Mexico is a state we're visiting not just to find dinos, but to see the lovely Santa Fe, which is the main area we'll be near. We don't really have any plans as to where we can go for fossils yet, but I assume there might be some good spots we can hit along the way. Texas is kind of up in the air right now. I found some amazing fossils last time in Glen Rose, and intend to return there as long as my family is also willing to make the trip. It's a bit far, but if anyone knows of any other fossil sites that would be worth visiting around the Fort Worth/upper Texas area, I would love to hear about them. I have a feeling we'll be able to go back there as long as we don't stray too far into inner Texas (i.e. anything further down from Dallas). Hopefully this is in the right place, and I would love to hear everyone's thoughts. Thanks in advance!
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Found this in the Chinle Formation outside Moab, Utah. About 3/4" (19mm) long and 1/4" (6mm) wide at the base
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Found in Blacksmith Canyon, UT area. Research indicates there are exposures of Cambrian in/near this formation. Burgess Shale type Cambrian fossils are found nearby in the Wellsville mountains. Wondering if could be Yuknessia or Sphenoecium. References: https://kumip.ku.edu/cambria.../Utah-Localities&Geology.html http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/58341-utah-fossil-id-not-the-trilobite/ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/32568435.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331617957_The_Spence_Shale_Lagerstatte_an_Important_Window_into_Cambrian_Biodiversity
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Forum member’s new book on Four Corners region includes stories of its paleontology
Sagebrush Steve posted a topic in Members' News & Diversions
I’ve been retired for a few years and needed an excuse to get back out to one of my favorite places, the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, so I decided to write a book about it. That way I could tell my wife “I need to get out to Canyonlands to collect information for my next chapter, see you in a week or so, bye….” It’s taken a couple of years (an unexpected challenge during the pandemic era), but the book has just been published. Titled “The Slickrock Desert: Journeys of Discovery in an Endangered American Wilderness,” it uses stories of my personal journeys over the last 40 years to introduce the reader to the region’s history, natural history, geology, paleontology, and what we know of its earliest inhabitants. Paleontology is only one of many topics in the book, but I do include several stories of recent interest in a couple of the chapters. One chapter tells the story of Dr. Alan Titus, at the time the paleontologist for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. In what he has called "the find of a lifetime," he somewhat accidentally discovered a whole family of fossilized tyrannosaurs jumbled together at a site now known as the “Rainbows and Unicorns Quarry.” Dr. Titus and his colleagues have put together a convincing story of how this quarry suggests that tyrannosaurs hunted in packs, which would have been a terrifying proposition for the herbivores of the day. I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Titus, who corrected some of the information I had read in the trade press that wasn’t quite right. I also share the story of Dr. Martin Lockley, generally considered the world’s expert on dinosaur trackways. He’s not only an expert on the trackways of the American Southwest, he’s also a recognized expert on trackways throughout the world. In 2020 the Republic of Korea awarded him their Presidential Citation for his many contributions to research on trackways in that country. The book is intended as a general introduction to the Four Corners region and covers many topics, so I can’t delve deeply into any of them. But given that the Four Corners region is rich in paleontology I thought I’d share this with forum members. It’s available in all the usual places. If you have any questions send me a PM. Here’s a picture of the cover. Thanks!
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Reptile Trace Fossils Stolen from Capitol Reef National Park
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Reptile tracks dating from 251 MYA from the early Triassic were stolen around 2017/2018 from Capitol Reef National Park, but only recently noticed. Hopefully the perpetrators will be found and the fossils recovered. https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/care-rfi-05102022.htm -
Hello, I’m trying to identify this specimen. It was found in San Juan Cty UT in an area where petrified wood is common. The left end (large end) appears to be where a stem attached. There is a seam the full length. It looks like a large petrified seed pod. The specimen was broken. I attached pic of broken end.
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It is from the Wheeler Formation in Utah.
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I found this rock near Green River Utah, east of the San Rafael Swell. Can anyone help me identify it?
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Green River Formation Leaf and Insect Fossil Trip
Fossilized Dad posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi All, This past summer, my daughter and I went to a couple of sites in the Green River Formation to look for leaf and insect fossils. Here's a video we made about our trip and findings. We also visited the Field House of Natural History in Vernal and the curator took us on a tour of the collection. cheers, Lloyd- 13 replies
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Poison Strip/Yellow Cat Flats Utah Petrified Wood and DInosaur Bone ID
Fossilized Dad posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all, We were in the Yellow Cat/Poison Strip area this summer and came across what we think might be a dinosaur bone in the Poison Strip sandstone layer. We also found agate/jasper. Trouble is, the “bone” is an unusual shape and the petrified wood for the area supposedly has lost its grain structure, so I’m not sure what to say. Wondering if anyone else can chime in about these? thanks, Lloyd
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This past summer, we went to Dinosaur National Monument. I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in dinosaur fossils and people with kids. It's a great opportunity to see fossil dinosaurs in their natural state and in a quarry, plus other fossils are around too (e.g. mini clams). I know you can't collect there, but it's good to see sites with an abundance of fossils the way they've been for ages. Lloyd
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On our trip out to some Rocky Mountain states this past summer, we found red agatized horn coral in the Uinta-Cache National Forest. Back home, we polished the agate, which is jewelry-grade material and transparent--so real agate, not jasper. Here's the video we created about our trip. Lloyd
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Hi, I have this mystery piece of what appears to be anomalocarid appendage of sorts. The problem is I did not receive any information with it and it came out of an old collection from Maine, Usa. I'm not to sure what else it could be from the appearance but I am also very uncertain of the exact species. The piece of a very laminated sparkly shale If I had to guess it could've came from either Burgess Shale, Utah, or Nevada but I not sure what locality it could be from so if anyone if familiar with these shales and can tell from the preservation it would be a huge help, thank you and looking forward to seeing peoples opinions, and if anyone can recommend an expert to show that would also help.
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I was given the fossil fish below. It didn't come with any details, but this looks like a Green River Formation fish, which means it could be from Colorado, Wyoming, or Utah, right? Any thoughts on genus and possibly species? Thanks!
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A Fossil A Day....keeps the blues away! Or something like that... I started an Instragram account (jamielynnfossilquest) and am posting a fossil a day, so I figured I should do that on here, to REAL fossil enthusiasts! I'm a few days behind, so I will start out with a few more than one a day but then it will settle down to One Fossil (but I will admit, I'll probably miss a few days, but I'll double up or whatever.) I'll start with Texas Pennsylvanian era, but will branch out to other locations and time periods, so expect a little of everything! So enjoy A Fossil A Day! Texas Pennsylvanian Fossils: Nautiloid Agathiceras ciscoense Brachiopod Neochonetes acanthophorus Trilobite Ditomopyge sp. Gastropod Straparollus sp. Bivalve Astartella vera Cephalopod Brachycycloceras sp, Brachiopod Cleiothyridina orbicularis
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Almost complete new Permian tetrapod species may been found in Canyonlands National Park
Creek - Don posted a topic in Fossil News
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-300-million-year-old-fossil-discovered-in-utah-could-be-a-new-species-180979042/ Nicely preserved specimen. Almost complete. -
A good number of Dinosaur collectors, on this Forum, have Acrocanthosaurus on their wish list and its one of the holy grail of teeth to acquire. I saw this post by Jim Kirkland and thought I would increase the drool factor. He does not state what formation it came from but have to believe its the Cedar Mountain Formation.. Enjoy His comment "Acrocanthosaurus serrations are so fine you can barely see them"
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An approximately 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton was discovered at Canyonlands National Park in Utah
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
‘My jaw hit the floor’: Rare skeleton discovered in Utah’s Canyonlands overjoys paleontologists The nearly intact specimen could be from a previously unknown species. By Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, November 5, 2021 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton in Utah could be the first of its kind By Sherry Liang, CNN News, November 5, 2021 Petrified Forest Paleontologists likely found a new species in Canyonlands National Park By Joe Giddens, Williams-Grand Canyon News, November 5, 2021 Yours, Paul H.-
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Partial ichthyosaur found by boater at Flaming Gorge National Recreational Area, Utah, Wyoming
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Utah man discovers fossilized ‘fish-lizard’ at Flaming Gorge Reservoir By Jordan Miller, Salt Lake Tribune, October 7, 2021, Paleontologists recover rare “Fish-lizard” fossil in Utah By Eliza Craig, KSL News Radio, October 6, 2021 Utah boater finds fossilized 'fish-lizard' at Flaming Gorge By Matthew Sampson, KUTV, October 5, 2021 Some papers: Sprinkel, D.A., Chidsey Jr, T.C. and Anderson, P.B., 2010. Geology of Flaming Gorge National Recreational Area, Utah, Wyoming. Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments: Utah Geological Association Publication, 28, pp.277-299. More papers, Douglas A Sprinkel, Utah Geological Survey Yours, Paul H.-
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Rare Cambrian fossils from Utah reveal unexpected anatomical complexity in early comb jellies
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Rare Cambrian fossils from Utah reveal unexpected anatomical complexity in early comb jellies by Harvard University, PhysOrg Prehistoric Comb jelly fossil found in Utah at least 500M years old, researchers say By Carter Williams, KSL.com, Aug. 24, 2021 The open access paper is: Parry, L.A., Lerosey-Aubril, R., Weaver, J.C. and Ortega- Hernández, J., 2021. Cambrian comb jellies from Utah Iilluminate the early evolution of nervous and sensory systems in ctenophores. iScience, no. 102943. Yours Paul H.-
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So, there’s a very bright, yellow-white exposure of a very soft sediment in the Dugway Geode Beds near Site B. I cannot find anything about any fossils from the beds proper. Im guessing these are in the Lake Bonneville Pleistocene era. Have been unable to find any details on these guys and sadly have no clear data on the various members exposed in the area due to the famed geodes. All suggestions welcome!
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