Wolf89 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I will be in Idaho Falls in August, what are some good spots for fossils within an hour or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 This looks like a good few sites, though I don’t know geographically where they are situated. Note the permitting needed, and you should familiarize yourself with all the rules of the various sites. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I'm not trying to be a partypooper, but here I go. None of those are near Idaho Falls. And they suggest Hagerman fossil beds... a National Monument. Collecting strictly not allowed. Also that site says that fossils are 'archaeologically important". No they're not, they are paleontologically important. Archaeologists don't care abut fossils. Just saying... be careful what you read on the internet. I don't know of any easily accessible sites near IF. The University in Pocatello has a museum. I have never been, but you might want to talk your parents into it (I saw on anther post that you are 13 yrs old, so I am assuming you are going to ID with your parents). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanosaurus Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 If you take Highway 91 south of Idaho Falls about ten minutes, just south of the tiny town of Firth there is Wolverine Road that leaves the highway and goes into the Wolverine Canyon area of the Blackfoot Mountains. All of the limestone cliffs and rubble in this canyon are full of fossil coral from the Mississippian age, roughly 350 million years old. There are also gastropods and brachiopods, though they are harder to find. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, Wayan Man said: If you take Highway 91 south of Idaho Falls about ten minutes, just south of the tiny town of Firth there is Wolverine Road that leaves the highway and goes into the Wolverine Canyon area of the Blackfoot Mountains. All of the limestone cliffs and rubble in this canyon are full of fossil coral from the Mississippian age, roughly 350 million years old. There are also gastropods and brachiopods, though they are harder to find. Will check it out thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf89 Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 9 hours ago, jpc said: I'm not trying to be a partypooper, but here I go. None of those are near Idaho Falls. And they suggest Hagerman fossil beds... a National Monument. Collecting strictly not allowed. Also that site says that fossils are 'archaeologically important". No they're not, they are paleontologically important. Archaeologists don't care abut fossils. Just saying... be careful what you read on the internet. I don't know of any easily accessible sites near IF. The University in Pocatello has a museum. I have never been, but you might want to talk your parents into it (I saw on anther post that you are 13 yrs old, so I am assuming you are going to ID with your parents). I will check it out thanks. You guys know too much about me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 10 hours ago, jpc said: that site says that fossils are 'archaeologically important". No they're not, they are paleontologically important. Archaeologists don't care abut fossils. Some places lump them together. To some government officials, they are all “antiquities.” “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 We only know what you tell us! I don't know if your parents are willing to drive you around looking for fossils but here's a LINK to the Idaho section of my pdf library here on The Fossil Forum. You might find a few articles of interest there. Just scroll down until you hit the articles for Idaho. -Joe 3 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: Some places lump them together. To some government officials, they are all “antiquities.” yeah, I know and this is my little bit to educate maybe a few newbies in this here forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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