Nimravis Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Last October I visited Dave's Down To Earth Rock Shop located in Evanston, Illinois and I put together a picture heavy post in the "Trip To the Museum" section of the Forum. At that time I took pics of a lot of great fossils from different locations and all time periods, if you have not seen that post, you should take a look at it, you would be hard pressed to find this quality of fossils in the largest institutions. Today I picked up my grandson and we drove the 14 miles from his house to Dave's. I usually use a scale cube when taking pics of my fossils, but decided to use my 5 year old grandson instead. As I stated above, Dave's is such a great store to purchase Rocks, Minerals and Fossils- but it also has a fantastic "Prehistoric Museum" in the basement. I have been to many Fossil Stores across the US and I have never been to one that can compare to Dave's or even come close. If you are ever in the Chicagoland area you need to stop by this place and I guarantee that you will leave drooling. I am going to break this picture heavy post into TWO sections. The First section will contain pictures of some of the best, if not the best, of what Mazon Creek concretions can hold. In this section you will also see THREE HOLOTYPE Mazon Creek Fossils- one after Dave, one after his father and the other after his mother. The Second section will pics of some of the fossils that are for sale at the store. MAZON CREEK- The first fossil that I will show is one that I personally found about 25 years ago while sitting on the ground near "Tipple Hill' at Pit 11. This is a rare fossil and the only Mazon Creek fossil that I have ever sold, I really wish that I never did, but it can now been seen but the countless people that visit Dave's. Here are the Three Holotype Fossils- 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Jeletzkya douglassae (Holotype) Squid Now on with the other Mazon Creek pics that I took today. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nimravis Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Here is an overview of some of the the Mazon Creek Cases- 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 FOSSILS FOR SALE- 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nimravis Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 That is it Folks- If you like these pics, check out the Post I did on Dave's Rock Shops other fossils from his Museum last year. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Wow! I can hardly wait to visit here! The fossils are simply amazing! ~ I’m glad you posted pictures of some of the fossils which are for sale in the shop. I’ve been wondering about their selection. (I’m hoping to find a crinoid plate for Christmas.) ~ Btw, your grandson sure is a cutie! @Nimravis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 <when i come to, i will thank you for this fabulous post> 1 "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...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Looks like a wonderful place! I’ll put that on my visit list. Thanks for sharing! And that Helenodora is an epic find! “...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...
Wolf89 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 That is so awesome. Some SUPER cool fossils in there, if I lived around there I would go at least every weekend haha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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