New "fossil National Park" Proposed In India

[Oxytropidoceras]

Uttarakhand keen to preserve marine fossils

Kavita Upadhyay, The Hindu, January 3, 2104

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/uttarakhand-keen-to-preserve-marine-fossils/article5535071.ece

The article notes about ammonites:

““The exposed ocean floor has marine fossils,

mostly of the ammonites and belemnites group,

which the locals commonly call 'Shaligram pathar'

and is used for keeping in temples and worship

places in homes,” Mr Chandran added.

Go see:

'Shaligram pathar' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaligram

Yours,

Paul H.

[Wrangellian]

Great, more fossils to be condemned to disintegrate out in the elements.