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I wanted an adventure and my youngest niece is graduating from Boston University in a few weeks. Definitely worth a celebration. I booked a 6 am flight Saturday, landing in Boston at 10 am. I had about 6 hours before Emily was done with class. Commonwealth Avenue has a park like setting with statues and walkways going back a couple of centuries. I took a 4 mile walk through Boston Commons to the Boston Opera House. My primary contribution to the activities was a pair of tickets to the touring play "My Fair Lady" on Friday evening. We went to dinner and to the Play. Grand time was had by all. Emily had selected a fantastic lunch at the Tasting Counter, followed by a tour of the Harvard Museum of Natural History. We spent 3 hours viewing exhibits. We started in the Hall of Rocks and Minerals, A couple of interesting examples. Next into the glass renditions. In 1888, Harvard commissioned reproducing Flowering plants in glass. You can read about it here... https://hmnh.harvard.edu/glass-flowers In thousands of plants and Flowers, the creators included one insect buried deep in one flower. Unfortunately I did not get a photo. I did get a few photos of the plants.... a flower, a tree As I moved out of the Glass plant exhibits, I was looking for the marine and shark exhibits, I did not realize that many were a glass collection of Inverts: https://mcz.harvard.edu/blaschka-glass-invertebrates So, as I provide photos, think about whether you are looking at glass or a fossil..... Just below is a Dorsal Spike from Hybodus reticulatus (200 mya) So, Is that Meg glass ? How about the Sawfish Rostral ? This is Orodus ramosus tooth (300 mya) Just for you , Daniel... Hexanchus griseus Above Eryon arctiformis, Jurassic. Solnhofen, Germany Very impressive.. easy to stand and stare at each exhibit.. On to Cenozoic Mammals, I sometimes find many of their bones....I do not think these are glass.. Parahippus Teleoceras.... Those tusks seem small.. Look at those footbones. I have some.. Menoceras Jaw Articulated bones for Sloth, Osteoderms for Glyptodon.. an edge Osteoderms... and over this , I get to see it in place... This was a great afternoon, a nice gift from Emily.... Enjoy..
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Hello, I found the attached while digging for a retaining wall on my property. Does anyone know if this is some sort of fossil? I live just south of Boston MA close to the water. Thanks.
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Hello. I thought I would take this time to introduce myself. I just moved from Colorado to Missouri to get away for a while. Hadn't thought about what is in the ground out here. Now, I keep bumping my head on tree limbs because I'm always looking at the ground. LOL
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Hello again. I found these yesterday. The clam is a dead giveaway(correct?), and the one on the top left is a coral, I'm guessing. What about the rest? Any help would be great. You see, I'm a carpenter. If it were a piece of dimensional lumber, I could ID it by smell and feel alone. hahaha
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Hello from the heart of the salem plateau. I bought 20 acres outside of Cabool, MO. The plot has a few deep cuts exposing a lot of marine fossils, minerals, and such. This specimen doesn't look like anything I've seen thus far. Please help me ID this guy. Thanks and Season's Greetings.
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Newbe looking for kid-friendly fossil hunting sites near Boston
EllaS posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi all I'm an old-time fossil fan new to the US. I've had my share of luck hunting fossils in Israel (ammonites, shells etc), and am now based in Boston with kids who have a good eye and need to learn to search. Can anyone recommend a good, legal fossil hunting site in the area (up to ~2 hour ride)? I'd be most keen for trilobites, since there are none to be found in Israel, but would welcome anything that's kid-friendly (i.e. strolling/sifting rather than shale digging). Thanks! Ella- 4 replies
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