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Swarthmore Fossil Hunting Club Visits the Montour Fossil Pit
cabes234 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello all, yesterday I led a trip to the Montour Fossil Pit with several other Swarthmore students as one last fun thing to do before final season begins and everyone gets consumed by work. We had 5 people in total including myself there and we had quite a good time. Currently I am in the process of receiving images of everyone’s finds and several students want their stuff ID’d so I have a post for that under the proper section to get their questions answered but I thought everyone would enjoy a more general trip-report style post, I will update this post with other people’s finds as they come in. Here are my finds: A coral stem A partial bivalve with both sides preserved. Mediospirifer brachiopod What appears to be a spirifer brachiopod with all the folds well preserved. 2 Chonetes brachiopods, one with a crinoid stem fossil as a bonus. And finally my favorite find of the day, a very very small Greenops pygidium, which was preserved in great detail. Hope you all enjoy these! Caleb -
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Over the next few days I'll be moving from Tulsa, OK to Williston, ND for my job. My approximate route will be taking me through Oakley, KS; Rapid City, SD; and finally Williston, ND. On my way, I was hoping to make a stop in the Niobrara chalk near Oakley and then make a visit to Mount Rushmore in Rapid city, but other than that, I haven't thought of any other good stops. So, if anyone has any good suggestions for stops ( for fossiling or otherwise) or advice on hunting the chalk, your input is greatly appreciated. I'll be trying to post the pictures from my trip on here as I go, but they will get on here eventually. Thanks again everyone, -Peter
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