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Hello all, yesterday I led a trip to the Montour Fossil Pit with several other Swarthmore students as one last fun thing to do before final season begins and everyone gets consumed by work. We had 5 people in total including myself there and we had quite a good time. Currently I am in the process of receiving images of everyone’s finds and several students want their stuff ID’d so I have a post for that under the proper section to get their questions answered but I thought everyone would enjoy a more general trip-report style post, I will update this post with other people’s finds as they come in. Here are my finds: A coral stem A partial bivalve with both sides preserved. Mediospirifer brachiopod What appears to be a spirifer brachiopod with all the folds well preserved. 2 Chonetes brachiopods, one with a crinoid stem fossil as a bonus. And finally my favorite find of the day, a very very small Greenops pygidium, which was preserved in great detail. Hope you all enjoy these! Caleb

Well great trip wrong gear for collecting. need bigger hammer.

Over the next few days I'll be moving from Tulsa, OK to Williston, ND for my job. My approximate route will be taking me through Oakley, KS; Rapid City, SD; and finally Williston, ND. On my way, I was hoping to make a stop in the Niobrara chalk near Oakley and then make a visit to Mount Rushmore in Rapid city, but other than that, I haven't thought of any other good stops. So, if anyone has any good suggestions for stops ( for fossiling or otherwise) or advice on hunting the chalk, your input is greatly appreciated. I'll be trying to post the pictures from my trip on here as I go, but they will get on here eventually. Thanks again everyone, -Peter