FF7_Yuffie Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Finding info on where to find fossils is hard in Taiwan, so I haven't been able to really go. But I made a friend who said he would take me, and this Sunday he did. Plan was to go to a place where you can find shark and fish teeth and rare whale fossils---but it was inaccessible because of the typhoon over the weekend which flooded the area. So, went to Plan B--an area where you can find sea urchin fossils. Unfortunately, the vast majority are only partial pieces, and that is all I found. But some nice partial pieces with nice patterns and colors on them. Plus, I did find SOMETHING, so it stands to reason, if I keep going I'll eventually unearth a complete urchin. Then went to a different area where you can shell fossils--this was a difficult area to collect. Very, very hard rock and the way the fossil bed is, it's very difficult to find fossils and unearth them. But, I did find two nice shell fossils. Hopefully on my next trip, the shark tooth place will be accessible. But, for a first fossil hunt, I'm pleased to have found a few bits to take back. Bloody hot weather though. I was exhausted. And I don't envy the people who sat next to me on the train on the way back since I was covered in sweat and smelt of sea water because a rock I thought was secure, turned out to not be secure and I ended up sliding in over my waterproof boots. It was a fun day out. Hope I can go again soon. Here's a pic of what I found, and a few closer showing the color and patterns on some of the urchin shells. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Congratulations on a successful hunt! Thanks for sharing your finds with us. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Congratulations on a successful hunt! Thanks for sharing your finds with us. Thanks, I hope I can post more and better in the future. Next time gonna hopefully be going to a place where can find crabs which will be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Cool, keep us posted in future hunts. Nice to see what your country has in fossils. Do you know the age? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Troodon said: Cool, keep us posted in future hunts. Nice to see what your country has in fossils. Do you know the age? Thanks. They are 20-24 million years old. it's pretty much the same formation as the Yehliu geopark (Daliao Formation -- collecting isn't allowed at the geopark--but you can see lots of nice urchins and shells stuck in the rock) but is another outcrap of Daliao but located further around the coast and a place where collecting is allowed. There are two types of urchin fossils found there which are unique to Taiwan -- Astriclypeus yeliuensis and Echinodiscus yeliuensis. No idea if any of my piece are them, and I think they'll be too small and fragmented to be sure. The shell fossils are from an older formation--about 2 million years older. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Really cool to see and hear of fossil finds and conditions in a place that to most of us seems very far away and exotic, Jack! Thanks for sharing, and hoping to see more from future hunts! 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 11 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Really cool to see and hear of fossil finds and conditions in a place that to most of us seems very far away and exotic, Jack! Thanks for sharing, and hoping to see more from future hunts! Thanks. Yeah, it's a more unusual area to get a few fossils from. Hope to build up a nice collection of fossils from here, now I know a few places to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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