California Bay Area

[Fossil Claw]

I will be in Palo Alto CA this week and will have the afternoon on Tuesday to hunt fossils.  I would love to find some nice sand dollars and  shark teeth.

 

If I find enough I will put some in an auction to support the forum.

 

Any good suggestions?

Thank you

[siteseer]

On April 24, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Fossil Claw said:

I will be in Palo Alto CA this week and will have the afternoon on Tuesday to hunt fossils.  I would love to find some nice sand dollars and  shark teeth.

 

If I find enough I will put some in an auction to support the forum.

 

Any good suggestions?

Thank you

 

 

A Palaeoparadoxia (extinct marine mammal) skeleton was once found in the Palo Alto area (1964) while excavation for construction of the Stanford Linear Accelerator was being done.  I have not heard of any finds other than that around there.  There is an old paper about fossil pinniped remains in San Francisquito Creek but that seems to be an isolated occurrence.  

 

The Bay Area was once a place where fossils could be easily found within an hour's drive, but with all the building, there are few places to even check out periodically now especially along the peninsula.  A friend was just talking about that last week.

 

Jess