fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a little known area for huge Blastoids in WV. Large steep RR cut in the Blue Field area. Pentremites robustus can be up to 2 inches wide from this Mississippian age locality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is Bald Eagle Mountain face in PA, that is mostly Mid-Silurian Tonoway Sandstone. Steep smooth unit faces with ripples and mega ripples. Ostrocodes, Brachiopods, Cephalopods, Bryzoans, Corals and rare Edrioasteroids can be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Here is a famous Tetrapod site. "Red Hill" in central PA. You can see where this Late Devonian site gets its name. The green shale unit (Oxbow member) is my favorite for rare plant fossils and well preserved fish teeth. Edited December 10, 2012 by fossilcrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a very public site at Point Gratiot Dunkirk, NY This strata is at the F- F boundary (the Great Devonian Extinction). An example of a Callixylon log jamb in a layer that has Placoderms too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a site past its prime, near Bowling Green, MO. At one point it was easy to get Ampyxina trilobites from this stream. The productive Ordovician Maquoketa Shale is almost completely removed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Here is a type locality for Cambrian Trilobites near Liberty, ID. The actual site (Spence Shale) is further in this valley. Early Spring was not the best time to visit. Lots of muddy snow covered and washed out Jeep trails required backpacking in and out. Edited December 11, 2012 by fossilcrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Here is a very famous spot I like to visit - St. Clair, PA Pennsylvanian living and Pennsylvanian fossil Ferns can be found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Wow fossilcrazy, there is as much a variety in scenery as there is in fossils. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 You certainly get around dont you Fossilcrazy Is the WV site the one you have to repel down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 What is that eroding out in the front of the picture? Good eye, rejd... oreodont skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Wow fossilcrazy, there is as much a variety in scenery as there is in fossils. "Viva la diferencia!" I need to say yes to that. Anything from collecting in someone's back yard to not seeing a human trace anywhere on the horizon. I like the Stratigraphy you give with your posts. I can't command the same personal knowledge and thoroughness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazy Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 You certainly get around dont you Fossilcrazy Is the WV site the one you have to repel down? Yes, it is the same one. I need to think twice if I really want to do that for the Blastoids. They are so special I usually say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Hello Thomas. unfortunately here in my area of germany are no one naturally rockspots. only in quarrys or sites i can hunt for fossils. Greets Karl Karl.... Theres some fabulous ' faults ' uncovered by the workings.... certainly worth documenting and photographing.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Good eye, rejd... oreodont skull. Thanks. Can I assume that you excavated it then? A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmerlin Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Heres an interesting aspect of one of my sites a disused local limestone quarry North Wales pic shows uplift side of a fault face has been weathered "A man who stares at a rock must have a lot on his mind... or nothing at all' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreas Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Some of my hunting grounds. For some localities fine weather is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) Here are a couple of my pictures of Red Hill, PA with DVPS around 2002 Edited December 13, 2012 by MikeR "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) What an interesting topic... Wish I could try my hand at so many of these sites.. although the small sites being depleted are a lesson to us all - careful how much you reveal to the general public! (at least if there is something special/rare) Fossilcrazy, you've been everywhere, man! That L. Camb. trilo site reminds me of the one I collected once near Cranbrook BC, I don't remember if I got any site pics (will have to look).. Can we see some pics of those huge blastoids? I'll post just one of my local hill as I already put these pics in the 'Fossil Sites' category. (Mt Tzuhalem, Vancouver Island - Upper Santonian): View is from near top looking down over what I call the 'Upper Quarry'. Edited December 14, 2012 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) More St. Clair, Pennsylvannia pictures from 2003. Edited December 14, 2012 by MikeR "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Many wonderful scenes.... Please keep 'em coming. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) Creek in Caneadea New York. Schoharie Creek, Gilboa New York. Regards, Edited December 14, 2012 by Fossildude19 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...
Fossildude19 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Rickard Hill Road, Schoharie, New York. Enjoy! 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...
Fossildude19 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Now Closed to collecting - Mass Lite Quarry, Plainville Massachusetts Pennsylvanian Rhode Island formation. Plant Locality - Central Connecticut. Early Jurassic Shuttle Meadow Formation. 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...
Kosmoceras Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Lovely pictures. - Yaverland, Isle of Wight - Compton Bay, Isle of Wight - Steephill Cove, Isle of Wight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) That last one in particular looks a bit too crowded for my taste! (unless none of them know about the fossils!) What age? Jurassic? Cret.? Edited December 14, 2012 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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