Mudskipper22 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I'm going to take a trip from Miami to Pennsylvania to see some family. I was also considering to fossil hunt myself for something to do. I've only hunted in the Peace River, however, and I don't have much experience of actual digging. I'm trying to find some good spots that I can almost definitely find something interesting like a well preserved trilobite or something. I'm also interested in places like Red Hill to find some teeth and bone, or places with diverse ferns and lycopods. I only have a day to do it, so I probably wouldn't be too intrusive. I'd probably be staying in Indiana or Dubois (which me and my mother could significantly raise the population) but I don't want to be too far east from there. I just want to know some good spots and some tips to find the best fossils. thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Some very old information from THIS WEBSITE. "Marion Center(N3-B+O RR) Indiana PA Shales and limestones in B+O RR cut on E side US119 2.5km N of US119 and PA403 junction Pennsylvanian Brush Creek invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda;;brachiopoda,bryozoa,echinoderms-crinoids(fragments);mollusks,(others);protists-forams. US119-PA403 junction is in Marion center. Shelocta(N1)IndianaPA1 km N on old US422 just N of US422 in cliffs in Pennsylvanian Conemaugh Formation in limestones and shales. Mineral -WurtzitePennsylvanianConemaughinvertebrates-brachiopoda-Juresania;cnidaria-corals-rugosa-Lophophyllidium;;;mollusks-bivalvia,gastropoda-Shansiella,Worthenia Shelocta(NW-US422)IndianaPA Shales and limestones on N side US422 800 meters W of US422 and PA156 junction Pennsylvanian Brush Creek invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-ostracoda, brachiopoda, bryozoa, echinoderms-crinoids(fragments);mollusks,(others);protists-forams Clearfield Clearfield PA17cm Eurypterid in strip mine invertebrates-arthropoda-merostomata-eurypterida Dubois (Highland St) Clearfield PA On RR tracks S of tunnel under S Highland Street Pennsylvanian Brush Creek Limestone invertebrates-cnidaria-corals;mollusks-gastropodaP Dubois (S3-US119) ClearfieldPA2.5 km S of Dubois line in barrow pit on US119 Pennsylvanian Brush Creek Limestone invertebrates-cnidaria-corals;mollusks-gastropoda Dubois (WSW6-PA119) ClearfieldPA On US119 in Jefferson County 6 km WSW of Dubois Pennsylvanian Brush Creek Limestone invertebrates-cnidaria-corals;mollusks-gastropoda Penfield (NW7-PA153) Clearfield (Jefferson) PA 7 km NW on PA153 on Boone Mountain in borrow pit on SW in shales Mississippian invertebrates- brachiopoda, bryozoa,echinoderms-crinoids (columnals);mollusks -bivalvia- Cypricardinia, plants-lycopodiophyta, Lepidodendropsis, pteridophyta, Adiantites" 3 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...
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