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A trip to The Beneski Museum of Natural History Part-2
veenasaur posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum
I'm back with Part-2. I am adding the fossil specimens that weren't included in the last post. I will try my best to arrange all the specimens in the order of their origin just to make this post a little interesting. Feel free to point out if I make any mistakes. Let's start with Cambrian.. Ordovician period Silurian Period Devonian period Mississippian Period Pennsylvanian Period Well I have hit the post picture limit again. So I will continue in the comments of this post.- 4 replies
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A trip to The Beneski Museum of Natural History Part-1
veenasaur posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum
The glorious warm weather we encountered this Saturday prompted us to go check out Doane falls in Royalston, MA. After spending a couple of hours hiking along the beautiful waterfalls, we decided to pay a visit to one of our favorite museums in Amherst. Located on the campus of Amherst College is the Beneski Museum of Natural History which houses an extensive collection of Edward Hitchcock's “Dinosaur tracks from the Connecticut river valley” and a large collection of fossils from mammoths to ammonites to rocks. The admission is free of cost. The museum has 3 floors and is accessible. Even though it's not too big. It has a nice variety of specimens. Words are not enough to describe the museum so I took some pictures of everything that caught my eye. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Please forgive me for any glare that you see in the pictures. Let’s start with Dinosaurs, Mammoths and skeletons of other species. This is the specimen of a Moose like creature. The specimen on top is a Mammoth and the one on the bottom is the ancestor of present day bears. The specimen on top is a Colombian Wooly Mammoth,the one on the bottom right is a saber-toothed cat and the one on the left is an ancestor of modern day wolves and dogs. Forgive me for not including the scientific names. Closeup of the relative of modern day wolves and dogs. A collection of mammals from ancestors of rhinos,cows to camels. Let's move on to a bit older and bigger beasts and everyone's favorite Dinosaurs. A plaster cast of a T-Rex skull and a dinosaur nest. Now moving onto the much awaited Dinosaur tracks... Here's a link to the playlist which has an audio and video tour of some of the dinosaur trackways and things like fossilized rain droplets and water ripples. Audio/Video Tour Here’s a link to the PDF Version if someone wants to read. This post has already become a bit too heavy to edit. So keep an eye out for Part-2. Hope you enjoyed my post so far.- 4 replies
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Possible bone from the CT River Valley formation, near Turners Falls, MA
Narbuff posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found this flipping rocks this afternoon. Curious if anyone has any ideas or takes. Location in title. Looks like some sort of bone to me. Any thoughts or resources would be appreciated!- 3 replies
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2 charged with vandalism at Massachusetts dinosaur track site
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Arrests made for digging up dinosaur tracks in Holyoke Sydney Snow, WWLP, Channel 22 News, August 30, 2021 (video) 2 charged with vandalism at fossilized dinosaur tracks site Authorities in Massachusetts have arrested two men they allege were digging in an area of protected fossilized dinosaur footprints By The Associated Press, September 1, 2021 Pioneer Valley Dinosaur Footprints, Holyoke, Massachusetts Park map Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Hi all, I have a pair of dino tracks. The left one is a Grallator sp. from the Connecticut River Valley. The right one is an Anomoepus scambus from Granby, Massachusetts. I've been trying to figure out their formation. I know they come from the Newark Supergroup. I would like to narrow it down. Do they come from the Portland Formation?
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