Guest Smilodon Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Since this week's Paleo Trivia answer came quite quickly, I dug waaaayyyyyyy deep into the Paleo Trivia Lab's files and came up with this related factoid. Understand, I only have ele data on one other state, but this state has MASTODON fossils alone reported from 2/3 of the counties in that state. I counted 'em. There may be other states with more, but you have to guess which state I counted. 3 clues, 1. It ain't Hawaii 2. It ain't Nebraska 3. I actually counted them. (yes, that's really a useless clue, except for anyone that knows the answer right off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Since this week's Paleo Trivia answer came quite quickly, I dug waaaayyyyyyy deep into the Paleo Trivia Lab's files and came up with this related factoid. Understand, I only have ele data on one other state, but this state has MASTODON fossils alone reported from 2/3 of the counties in that state. I counted 'em. There may be other states with more, but you have to guess which state I counted. 3 clues, 1. It ain't Hawaii 2. It ain't Nebraska 3. I actually counted them. (yes, that's really a useless clue, except for anyone that knows the answer right off) Here's my go...Michigan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Here's my go...Michigan? Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Sorry Aw, heck...I'll let someone else take a shot now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Indiana Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Maybe Wyoming? I couldn't find that information online so that is a guess.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Minnesota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Minnesota Hmmm, I see the Google interwebz has been lit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Illinois has quite a few but think Fig with Minnesota looks like it has more.. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Hmmm, I see the Google interwebz has been lit up. Google what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_H Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Considering Missouri has Mastodon State park. I'd say that but florida seems to have a lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 well, all i can say is that it's apparently hard as heck fire to find all that stuff in texas, because my owner has come butt-dragging in so many times looking half dead saying he's been fossil hunting that i can't count them. well, actually, i can't count, but if i could, it'd be a bunch... tracer's cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 well, all i can say is that it's apparently hard as heck fire to find all that stuff in texas, because my owner has come butt-dragging in so many times looking half dead saying he's been fossil hunting that i can't count them. well, actually, i can't count, but if i could, it'd be a bunch... tracer's cat Re: cat counting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Since this week's Paleo Trivia answer came quite quickly, I dug waaaayyyyyyy deep into the Paleo Trivia Lab's files and came up with this related factoid. Understand, I only have ele data on one other state, but this state has MASTODON fossils alone reported from 2/3 of the counties in that state. I counted 'em. There may be other states with more, but you have to guess which state I counted. 3 clues, 1. It ain't Hawaii 2. It ain't Nebraska 3. I actually counted them. (yes, that's really a useless clue, except for anyone that knows the answer right off) I would have guessed Florida or Nebraska on the first one (the latter because your topic about museums reminded me how mastodont-heavy that state is/was) so I will go with Florida. You're counting the counties? You're working hard for the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Since this week's Paleo Trivia answer came quite quickly, I dug waaaayyyyyyy deep into the Paleo Trivia Lab's files and came up with this related factoid. Understand, I only have ele data on one other state, but this state has MASTODON fossils alone reported from 2/3 of the counties in that state. I counted 'em. There may be other states with more, but you have to guess which state I counted. 3 clues, 1. It ain't Hawaii 2. It ain't Nebraska 3. I actually counted them. (yes, that's really a useless clue, except for anyone that knows the answer right off) You guys were close but not quite close enough. There is actually a map of the state in this publication showing every county that mastodons have been found. I was flabbergasted so that's why I counted. Most of the book is dedicated to invertebrates, but there are Pleistocene fossils of all sorts as well as Permian pelycosaurs like Dimetrodon too. Who'd have thunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Who'd a' thunk it? The first thing that comes to my mind when "Ohio fossils" is mentioned is Paleozoic stuff...with a pre-conceived notion like that, it's easy to forget that Pleistocene mammals would have been living (and dieing) on top of the older stuff. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Ohio never even crossed my mine. Well time to dig out the books and read up on Ohio Thanks Don I think Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Who'd a' thunk it? The first thing that comes to my mind when "Ohio fossils" is mentioned is Paleozoic stuff...with a pre-conceived notion like that, it's easy to forget that Pleistocene mammals would have been living (and dieing) on top of the older stuff. Exactly - trilos and brachs, but don't forget Mr Dunkle and sharks from the Cleveland shale and most surprising of all, Permian, mammal-like reptiles - are you kidding me? On the pleisto side, there is Castoroides ohioensis (giant beaver) too. My sense is that alot of the Ice Age stuff comes from peat bogs not surface collecting which would tend to diminsh amateur collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I would have never guessed Ohio. Ohio makes me think of Ordovician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 New York State, of course. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haddy Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 More Mastodon Trivia: Proboscidean fossils have been found in 90 out of Nebraska's 93 counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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