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Pilobolus Regular Member

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Mother lode, no kidding!

I would guess it's that 2nd one that came out nicely, it looks like the ideal crack is already there waiting - can we see the results?

Wrang, It was the middle one in the group photo:

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One last trip before the new year arrives...though it was going to be frigid, I loaded up and headed back to the Puerco...

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...a beautiful 10 degrees with a lovely wind did not deter the hunt for ammonites...

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"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

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...I found it most unusual that the ammonites had migrated to the slopes with less wind ;) ...

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"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins    

 

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...in the end, spending the day in fashionable garb...

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...while discovering treasures from long ago...

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...seemed no better way to end 2014.

Cheers to new adventures. Happy hunting...

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...and happy new year to you all.

-P.

"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins    

 

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...a beautiful 10 degrees with a lovely wind did not deter the hunt for ammonites...

Mike

Really nice specimens!!! Happy New Year to you also. Wow, It really gets to 10 degrees in NM???????

Marco Sr.

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Fantastic end to 2014 for you, Mike!

Awesome finds!

Happy New Year to you - I look forward to your continuing adventures in the Puerco!

Regards,

    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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One last trip before the new year arrives...though it was going to be frigid, I loaded up and headed back to the Puerco...

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...a beautiful 10 degrees with a lovely wind did not deter the hunt for ammonites...

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What a panoramic view! And cool fossils too!

Very nice end to the year. I should have done something like that. Congrats!

Regards, Chris

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Three day weekend here and leaks in the roof and other challenges of modern life did not deter a trip.. Pfooley called and I could not say no.

It was 27° and breezy at the start, but warmed into the 40's.

First, a stop to the Carlisle where we found most of our meager finds.

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Pfooley often speaks of geologic lentils and tongues of formations, a language to which I am trying to familiarize, but I think I finally found an example of the latter:

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Then, a trip to the Dakota Sandstone which almost swallowed my ball cap when a stiff breeze hit me.

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Wow! Neat finds!

What a lovely, desolate looking area!

Thanks for posting, Pilobolus!

Regards,

    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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Great stuff guys!! I fall in love all over again with the desert every time i visit, then to find fossils too......paradise.

I still can't wrap my head around it being that cold in NM. Is this normal?

~Charlie~

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Wow! What a great Spathites! And yours ain't bad either! Could the holes have been caused by boring organisms? ( I don't mean boring, but rather, boring)

 

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Wow! What a great Spathites! And yours ain't bad either! Could the holes have been caused by boring organisms? ( I don't mean boring, but rather, boring)

I was hoping that someone would note and comment on that. The two thoughts I had were bore holes or erosion of some sort. The holes were mostly concentrated toward the occupied end of the ammo, but were also present in what was the more exposed section of the ammo when found (for what that's worth over the course of 10s of millions of years), and there were holes in surrounding matrix as well.

Depending on the marine deposition rate, which should be minor unless some major event buried the ammo, I would think that very little mud would have accrued that a creature would have to bore through to get to the meat and potatoes... erosion might be a better explanation, but am open to everyone's ideas.

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I don't think people realize that the elevation of Albuquerque NM is similar to Denver Colorado.

(I remember driving through a few years ago, and I saw a sign that listed the elevation at over a mile, and I know I was surprised.)

Ramo

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I was hoping that someone would note and comment on that. The two thoughts I had were bore holes or erosion of some sort. The holes were mostly concentrated toward the occupied end of the ammo, but were also present in what was the more exposed section of the ammo when found (for what that's worth over the course of 10s of millions of years), and there were holes in surrounding matrix as well.

Depending on the marine deposition rate, which should be minor unless some major event buried the ammo, I would think that very little mud would have accrued that a creature would have to bore through to get to the meat and potatoes... erosion might be a better explanation, but am open to everyone's ideas.

How deep are the holes? (reminds me of a BeeGees song). I figure that since the holes are also to be found in the surrounding matrix, that they were made long after burial and decomposition of the organic substance. Still, they could perhaps have been made by teredos or similar mussel borers. I've however also seen spots on the English coastline where soft shale can be found in situ with similar circular "bore" holes which were made by small pebbles being rotated by the surf and eventually drilling down into the shale. You can find the stones sometimes at the bottom of the holes.

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Thanks Ludwigia for your thoughts; I'll be getting some dimensions in the next few days; I will also be posting in my own Puerco thread regarding some interesting Teredo found a few weeks back, when I get a chance to photograph them.

Cheers,

-B

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