Oxytropidoceras Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) VMNH team is hurrying to remove quarry fossils. Martinsville Bulletin, July 29, 2014 http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42805 http://martinsvilledaily.com/?p=16745 Quarry site was vast lake during Triassic era Martinsville Bulletin, July 29, 2014 http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=42806 Virginia Triassic Basins - Solite Quarry http://geology.appstate.edu/academics/field-trips/triassic-solite-quarry Updates from the Paleontology Lab Virginia Museum of Natural History http://vmnhpaleontology.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/solite-quarry/ A paper is: Ackermann, R. V., R. W. Schlische, L. C. Patiño, and L. A. Johnson, 2003, A Lagerstätte of rift-related tectonic structures from the Solite Quarry, Dan River/Danville rift basin, in LeTourneau, P.M., and Olsen, P.E., eds., The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea: New York, Columbia University Press. PDF file at http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~schlisch/A38_2003_TrJ_Solite.pdf Yours, Paul H. Edited July 30, 2014 by Oxytropidoceras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Thanks for this, Paul! The site is well known, and quite stunning in its variety of fossils, and preservation of them. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "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...
Shamalama Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Had an opportunity years ago to go down and collect at this quarry but passed as I didn't have the time or funds available for a road trip. Glad to hear that the museum is going to try and save some of the beds. -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yes and it's refreshing to hear that a business is going out of its way to accommodate fossil collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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