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Southern Utah - Grand Staircase between the Vermillion and Chocolate cliffs section. The geological period for this location is Upper Triassic. I was out exploring the cliff of a butte (more like a half-butte since one side was cliff and the other gently slopes north into alluvial sand) and came across what seemed like a very flat ancient creek bed, now just a small desert wash. It was strewn with quite large river rocks that did not belong, and were not found outside this sand creek. It was very cool, as this "river" was essentially at the top of the cliff and gently flowing away from the edge, so even heavy desert monsoons couldn't produce enough run off water flow to smooth these rocks since the cliff formed. Whatever mountain these rocks came from is long gone. I came across this egg-shaped rock. (8-12inches, 20-30cm long) , and the surface markings were really unusual. I took the photo below, but was being dragged along by my partner who couldn't care less about rocks, so I didn't get forensic photos. I assumed in the moment it was just a very egg-looking river rock, even though it was a different type than the others. The cliff area was otherwise entirely the typical sedimentary rock you'd expect. But after a year looking at the photo, and looking at actual dino eggs, it didn't seem like a totally crazy thought. Petrified wood is known to be in the area also, but I wasn't aware of that at the time. I attached a photo of the other rocks in the sand creek to set the scene a bit. Some of these rocks looked like they really needed to be broken in half to see what might be inside, but I didn't have my rock hammer as I thought I was just going to see normal sandstone. Thanks for any thoughts...
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My dog and I were out rock hunting in Utah, right outside the dinosaur national monument park boundaries and she started digging furiously at a rock that I had tripped over. I looked back and I couldn’t believe what was sticking up out of the ground. It was a Dino bone vertebrae! I was in complete shock! I helped my dog clear the earth around it and found more and more pieces. Whole pieces. I knew I was supposed to do something but my mind went completely blank. I took the pieces that we had found to a paleontologist that lived on the same block as me. He told me that ‘they aren’t interested in small specimens’, and ‘if you find like a leg bone, that’s another story’. So I kept the pieces that we already had taken. I recently contacted a lady that works in the utah blm network and she contacted like 5 or 6 other people, all of them emailed me and I told them my story. One guy seemed really interested because he had taken a bunch of students out to the site 4 years earlier and hadn’t found anything. I mean, literally, this bone jumped out at me! I tripped over it! Anyways, I read about a man from Moab that basically had the same story happen to him and he was charged with theft and sentenced to prison for taking Dino bone. The guy I was emailing (I am pretty sure his name is Steve) asked me to come show him where I found this dinosaur. I don’t want to go to prison. But I really think this dinosaur needs and deserves to be ‘found’ so nothing else will happen to it.
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From the album: My collection in progress
Itagnostus interstrictus White 1874 Location: Wheeler Formation, Utah, USA Age: 507 Mya (Wuliuan, Middle Cambrian) Measurements: 5x5x4,5 cm (matrix), 6x3 mm(trilobite) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha Class: Trilobita Order: Agnostida Suborder: Agnostina Family: Peronopsidae -
From the album: My collection in progress
Elrathia kingii Meek 1870 Location: Wheeler Formation, Utah, USA Age: 507 Mya (Wuliuan, Middle Cambrian) Measurements: 3x2 cm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha Class: Trilobita Order: Ptychopariida Suborder: Ptychopariina Family: Alokistocaridae -
We found a few dinosaur eggs located in Utah. Not quite sure on exactly what they were laid by or even if they are fossilized eggs.
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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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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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Poison Strip/Yellow Cat Flats Utah Petrified Wood and DInosaur Bone ID
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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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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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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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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. -
An approximately 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton was discovered at Canyonlands National Park in Utah
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‘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
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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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