Mr_ed 20 Posted November 15, 2012 Merritt is halfway between McAbee and Princeton and has some nice fossils to be found. There are fossils west at Dot Ranch, East at Quilchena, North at Eve Lake and South at Kingsvale. fossils can be found in the City of Merritt along the truck route. I have cheched out a dozen places around Merritt and found fossils in them. I am going to show some of them in this thread and hope that others have fossils from the Merritt area that they will share as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_ed 20 Posted November 15, 2012 The first fossils that I want to show are from Quilchena. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_ed 20 Posted November 15, 2012 Here is a couple more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auspex 4,018 Posted November 15, 2012 Phenomenal preservation! Second set, first item: is that a fern? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fossisle 143 Posted November 15, 2012 Great specimens thanks for sharing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrangellian 2,491 Posted November 15, 2012 Nice ones, Ed! I think the 2nd set's first item is a type of Metasequoia, am I right? I have similar ones from McAbee. I wonder what 3rd set's first item is.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbswake 28 Posted November 15, 2012 2nd set: metasequioa, sequioa, metasequoia 3rd set: I think they are Joffrea nuts, metasequioa. I see you managed it Ed. Congrats: John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trilobiteruss 30 Posted November 15, 2012 Wow those are some spectacular plant finds. thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IslandNewb 0 Posted November 15, 2012 Thank you for sharing. I grew up in Kelowna and always wondered about the Merritt area. When I travel through in the spring I will have to have a look around. Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FossilDAWG 5,872 Posted November 15, 2012 I never managed to collect from Merrit or Quilchena when I lived in BC. How is the access to the Quilchena site? Someone posted a while ago about how they were run off from there by an irate land owner. Don Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_ed 20 Posted November 15, 2012 2nd set: metasequioa, sequioa, metasequoia 3rd set: I think they are Joffrea nuts, metasequioa. I see you managed it Ed. Congrats: John Yeah, thanks for the instruction John.. and that is a sequioa stem and the other one I wasn't sure of and haven't tried to find out.. John .. you obviously know what they are .. thanks Ed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_ed 20 Posted November 15, 2012 I never managed to collect from Merrit or Quilchena when I lived in BC. How is the access to the Quilchena site? Someone posted a while ago about how they were run off from there by an irate land owner. Don It is on private property and you can't get there very well in the summer without walking through a alfalfa field, and you do need permission which you won't likely get until the crop is off .. septemberish..Ed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 14,887 Posted November 15, 2012 These are amazing! Thanks for posting them, Ed. Regards, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crinoid Queen 10 Posted November 16, 2012 Those are some of the most beautifully preserved specimines I have ever seen! Spectacutar finds. Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_ed 20 Posted November 17, 2012 Those are some of the most beautifully preserved specimines I have ever seen! Spectacutar finds. Congrats Thank you.. They are well defined at Quilchena..I'll have some more tomorrow I hope. Ed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
