Auspex Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 A 50-million-year-old fossilized footprint of Diatryma, a giant flightless bird, has been found in the Eocene Chuckanut Formation in Whatcom County, northwest Washington State. >Link to blog; with pictures< Oooooo, I want this so bad! "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...
Nandomas Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Thanks Auspex to share this page. I positively like ichnofossils!!! Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Thank You for the link, Auspex. Interesting article - too bad the vandals got to it! At least they saved the rest of it! Thanks again for posting. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck-a-nut Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 The diatryma foot track will be on public display at Western Washington University before the end of September. Watch the NW Geology Fieldtrips website for the announcement. To see more of the fossils in the Chuckanut formation, home of the giant diatryma footprint, go to this webpage at the Northwest Geology field trips blog: http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/the-fieldtrips/the-chuckanut-formation/the-racehorse-landslide-fossil%C2%A0fields/ There you will find directions to the fossil fields in NW Washington State. Dave Tucker, WWU in Bellingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Thank you, Dave, for expanding on this topic! All I have to do now is scheme-up a way to get out there Chas. "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...
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