tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169405959077180532024-03-13T22:04:20.366-07:00WIPS TripsWIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-49768493999704586352017-03-25T05:26:00.005-07:002017-03-25T05:26:52.486-07:00Montbrook Site, Florida - Day 3 Tooth DayMarch 24, 2017 - Friday<br />
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Back in the sand this morning, I started cleaning around that fragile bone I found yesterday. My tool struck something hard, and I could just see something between sand grains that was whitish. I kept moving sand and realized I'd found turtle.<br />
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I spent a good part of the morning working around this turtle, finding bits of things. I found gar scales, fish spines, another turtle toe, and other shell fragments while clearing that space. I was excited. It seems, though, that veterans of this dig had gotten to the point where they felt "Oh, another turtle." That's okay - it is my first turtle!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. Bruce McFadden, FLMNH Curator<br />of Vertebrate Paleontology</td></tr>
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At lunch, I met Dr. Bruce McFadden, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He is planning a trip to the Badlands of North Dakota this summer. He mentioned looking for ways to promote ancient history (paleontology, geology, etc.) studies by young people, perhaps using the most recent technologies available.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terri Tydings - in the red shirt, standing</td></tr>
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Around this time of day, a tooth was found that caused quite the stir. It is likely the tooth, the cusp of a molar, of a juvenile bear!<br />
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Then Art Poyer found a rhino tooth, in nearly the same level of the quarry. Also a juvenile, this and the other tooth add to the possibility that this spot was an oxbow of a river, collecting parts that washed downstream.<br />
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Meanwhile, I continued clearing my square. Both the turtle shell and limb bone have been removed so either I, or the next one assigned to the square can look for more. I know they're there. I saw the hints.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bones in my square</td></tr>
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-84330627955772708282017-03-24T05:37:00.000-07:002017-03-24T05:37:23.212-07:00Montbrook Site, Florida - Day 2 Turtle shellMarch 23, 2017 - Thursday<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The orange sand layer is at the top</td></tr>
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This day I was assigned a different square, in the orange sand layer. On the edge, going into the wall, is thought to be another limb bone of a gomphothere. This was to be another day of not many pictures because I kept getting my hands dirty. As I dug this square, I kept finding what I think are bits of turtle shell. Sadly, they are broken and scattered. I kept probing to see if I could find the extent of the shell, but the whole square had pieces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gomp limb bone is under the bags to the left. <br />We water the surface to make it easier to dig.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scapula?</td></tr>
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What was fun though, as I found some toe bones of varying sizes (1 to 2 cm). And the best I found was a very fragile bone that I don't know to what it belongs. My first guess is a scapula, but whose? An alligator? A big turtle?<br />
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And Rachel found a crab - yay invertebrates!!!!</div>
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I've also been doing some photogrammetry of finds in the quarry. Check out:<br />
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-22178616910576403572017-03-22T18:28:00.001-07:002017-03-22T18:28:58.488-07:00Montbrook Site, Florida - Day 1 Getting SandyThe Florida Museum of Natural History FLMNH is digging Miocene strata at the Montbrook Site, in northwestern Florida. I saw an article in The Fossil Project newsletter and decided to see if I could join the team of volunteers for a few days. My application was approved, so I'm in for four days of digging 5 million year old dirt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montbrook Site March 22, 2017</td></tr>
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This quarry was first opened to mine road bed material. The landowner's granddaughter found bones in it while looking for arrow heads. Eventually the FLMNH was contacted and began excavating in the fall of 2015. They have found LOTS of animals, including such otter, gomphothere, fish, birds, turtles, a saber-toothed cat that takes the age of this taxon from 1 million years back to 5 million years ago!<br />
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In day one, I was assigned a 1-meter square to work, that had part of a gomphothere vertebra showing. A little into the day, I found a gar tooth; a little later I found fish bones, including a fin spine.<br />
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At the end of the day, a man driving a big excavator came around and asked if we needed anything lifted out of the quarry. There were only a few of us left and we all worked together to get a net under the large jacket, then hooked the net over the teeth of the bucket of the excavator. The operator of the excavator was good! He lifted the jacket out and hauled it to the top of the space so that later retrieval will be much easier.<br />
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That pretty much ended the first day. The last task was to try to get as much sand off of my person so that the rental car didn't look like I'd spent the day at the beach.<br />
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-11784376808125944622016-07-18T14:39:00.000-07:002016-07-18T14:39:39.881-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day Eight: North Canyon and Kings CanyonJuly 15, 2016<br />
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For most of us, this was the last fossil-hunting day of this fantastic trip. Our first site of the day, called North Canyon, was in the Weeks formation - younger than the Marjum but still Cambrian. Piles of shale spilled from the quarry and most had tiny lingulid brachiopods. Some also found trilobites, too. Knowing that the day was going to get hot, we quickly got good samples, packed up and moved to the next site.<br />
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This next site, called Kings Canyon, was actually at the top of a mountain up a very rocky, steep road that leads to radio and microwave towers. We're not sure yet which Devonian formation this is, but it was thought that we would find graptolites. Instead we found lots of interestingly preserved gastropods and a few corals.<br />
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The day was still young so after leaving this site, several of us returned to Fossil Mountain. That was such a crazy-diverse site. And one spot, dubbed the Dennis Brachiopod Hill, had rocks that were almost completely brachiopods. Wow!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole wall is brachiopods</td></tr>
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I know that there will be a few who remain in Utah for one more day in the dirt. I decided to head on home - all of my boxes and baggies are full. What a great trip. Now, I am off to identify them all!<br />
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-7478474736129555412016-07-14T21:02:00.001-07:002016-07-14T21:02:55.855-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day Seven: UDIG and Marjum PassJuly 14, 2016<br />
Starting the day at the UDIG quarry makes one happy with fossil collecting. You know you are going to find something! Fresh material had been opened up in a couple different places at the quarry and there was plenty of room for everyone. <br />
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The list of finds that I know of include at least 3 species of trilobite, hyoliths, algae, and brachiopods. We definitely stayed for the whole of the duration of time we paid for - it was hard to leave!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gang's all here (except Susie)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael's beautiful Asaphiscus wheeleri.</td></tr>
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Despite the baking 99 degree temperature, we again formed the caravan to go to another Cambrian site - at Marjum Pass. Mostly we found Perinopsis here. A few asteroid fossils were there, too. <br />
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The most unusual specimen Taylor brought down at the end of our dig there. What is it?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unidentified, but cool!</td></tr>
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-11308547929196553772016-07-13T21:27:00.001-07:002016-07-13T21:27:24.796-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day Six: Skull Pass, Fossil Mountain, and the Great Basin Get TogetherJuly 13, 2016<br />
<br />I only got one photo in this morning of yesterday's finds:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 kinds of brachiopod, colonial coral, and horn coral.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Highway closed while these passed</td></tr>
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Trouble comes in threes... we had two vehicles with problems yesterday. This morning one car had a flat that had to be changed right at the beginning of our trip. The timing was serendipitous, though. We had all pulled over and the task was nearly complete when the local authorities closed the highway for some very large vehicles to pass. I have no idea what these things were.<br />
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Our first fossil stop, then, was the Ordovician site called Skull Pass. Here we looked for graphtolites and eldonia. Now that's an odd creature! Eldonia pictures make me think of a jelly fish with a gastropod inside. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atop Skull Pass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graptolites</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That spiral is eldonia</td></tr>
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Next stop, Fossil Mountain. This site is Lower Ordovician in age. It is also a famous site because of the diversity of fossils that may be found there. We found many of the different invertebrate fossils, some of which we can't yet even place into phyla! It was amazing! The next photos show a few of the species that are easy to see in a picture.<br />
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Other finds included trilobites, orthocone cephalopods, bryozoans, and coral.<br />
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It was hard to leave this place except that it was rather hot. Even sitting on the ground was occasionally uncomfortable because the rocks were so hot. I think we'd do anything to be able to sit and find fossils, though. Still, the itinerary next included the Great Basin Get Together. At this picnic in a nice park in Delta, we shared some of our finds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Egg Game</td></tr>
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Then Joe had a game prepared for us, one where we were to try to end up with the most eggs in a very short time. Once the time was up, we opened the eggs to found our numbers. These numbers corresponded to some delightful prizes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A prize-winner</td></tr>
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Tomorrow - Trilobites!<br />
<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-10558462881061417612016-07-13T06:06:00.001-07:002016-07-13T06:06:46.120-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day Five: Lehman Cave and Conger SpringJuly 12, 2016<br />
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It's time to leave Ely, NV. After 60-something miles, we were at the Great Basin National Park. There is a very nice visitor center here, with explanations about the basin. It has been in use by humans for thousands of years. It is somewhat isolated so there are some species of plants and animals that are only found here.<br />
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In the park is Lehman Cave. While not the largest cave, it has many beautiful structures. One particularly interesting one is called a shield. This odd feature has a disk shape under which drapes and stalactites form. Any idea how they formed?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful room in Lehman Cave</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's Bacon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the shields, the center one being the most famous</td></tr>
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Heading east again from the park, we left the pavement again to go to Conger Spring. A Pennsylvanian site, there was a hill that I called brachiopod heaven. I haven't spread my finds out yet, but I'm pretty sure I have at least 7 or 8 different species. There were several other families of fossils, too, such as colonial and solitary corals, crinoids, and bryozoans.<br />
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Now, this day wasn't quite perfect. Two different vehicles required attention. One is still on the side of the road, waiting for humans to come tend it. All humans in our party are fine...<br />
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Given that, I haven't pictures of specimens from this day yet. I will try to get some today to show you. Of course, that just depends on whether or not I can stop myself from collecting in time today to do so.<br />
<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-86838685686370589032016-07-11T21:47:00.000-07:002016-07-11T21:47:11.955-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day Four: Little Antelope and HamiltonFrom the grocery store in Ely, NV, we drove about 40 miles west on US Highway 50 to a turn off to a dirt road. On the side of this were pieces of limestone containing lots of Eocene gastropods. Lots. Sorry I haven't a fossil photo - bright light, white stone, and light colored fossils are a challenge<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gathering to show off what they found.</td></tr>
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It didn't take long before we had all we "needed" at this site and we moved on to another site that had a much higher variety of beautiful gastropods. Some folks also found ostracods.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicely exposed outcrop of stone, very densely<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are at least a dozen large <br />
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We had lunch at this gastropod site, then headed on to the Hamilton site. This is a Pennsylvanian marine site. Initially, we were all scrabbling through scree, finding a sparse density of brachiopods. Then Taylor came from across the ravine with specimens that made us all scamper. It was amazing how many brachiopods were in the layers and loose to find.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The brachiopod layer - it went on for meters!</td></tr>
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The final stop for today was in Hamilton, a ghost town. Hamilton was once the county seat and a silver mining town, with a population of 25,000. In the late 19th century, two major fires wiped out the structures of the town, leaving it uninhabitable. For humans anyway.<br />
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On the way to visit Hamilton, we passed wild horses!<br />
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The good days just keep rolling along!<br />
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-18195948686685944582016-07-11T07:18:00.005-07:002016-07-11T07:30:36.254-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day Three: Robinson Ranch, Bishop Springs, and Ward Charcoal KilnsBefore I get to this day's log, I wanted to share with you some more pictures from our first day. Below are three pictures Dennis Gertenbach took of some very nice finds from day one's Crittenden Springs site.<br />
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For today's trip, we carpooled to Utah, towards Cowboy Pass. The air was not clear; like Colorado, there've been fires burning in Nevada. The wind was up and humidity was down, so smoke blew across mountains and valleys from north Nevada.<br />
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The first stop, Robinson Ranch, was in a wide, dry wash, into which Carboniferous brachiopods and solitary corals were carried.<br />
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We never became certain of the source rock, though we looked for it. While searching, I did find some interesting concretions to photograph. And Dennis found a curious lizard:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click for larger to see Lizzie</td></tr>
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There was one side gully that was dubbed Coral Wash, as most of the corals were found there. One type had branching at a segment line which, according to Patrick, are distinctive to a very few species so we hope to get a good identification of them. The specimen to the right of this photo is this type of coral. The other piece in the photo is thought to be the holdfast of a crinoid.<br />
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The second stop of the day was also in west Utah, Bishop Springs. This particular locality was a lone mound in a wide open valley.<br />
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The outcrops were covered with odd, blackened concretions. The concretion here was the first highly patterned one we passed.<br />
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In several places, there were fossils in slabs too big and hard to bring home - beautiful horn <br />
corals, interesting brachiopods, and a lone gastropod. The brachiopods were on concretions we speculated might have been part of a burrow system.<br />
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The slab of horn corals pictured below shows an interesting story of preservation. Apparently the center of some of these will be replaced differently than the outer portion. The center is replaced with chert which is harder than the source rock. As the source rock is worn away, the chert is left exposed.<br />
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The final stop of the day was the Ward Charcoal Kilns. The kilns were used to burn wood into charcoal which was used in local smelters.<br />
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Since I didn't get to this blog last night and am writing this in the morning, the weather has cooled. I am glad I am in a motel:<br />
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-2359902700979084292016-07-09T21:39:00.001-07:002016-07-09T21:39:48.902-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day Two: Garnet Hill and Geology TrainJuly 9, 2016<br />
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We left West Wendover and drove across a couple of different valleys to get to Ely (pronounced "ee-lee"), Nevada. The original plan was to visit Fossil Mountain for Pennsylvanian corals but the owner of the copper mine acquired claims on that land and closed access to the public. So, we went to Garnet Hill, instead.<br />
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Garnet Hill is in the Ely BLM (Bureau of Land Management) district. Rhyolite containing garnets of the variety Spessartine is present. Many of us thought we received presents:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This piece, found by Patrick Rowe, has 10 beautiful<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perhaps the largest of the day, Nancy Kimber<br />
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The next activity was to ride the Geology Train. Engine 93, the steam engine of the Geology Train, was built in 1909 to move ore from the copper mine west of Ely to the mill. We rode it as passengers through geology that include Pennsylvanian and Permian limestone to the ore-bearing strata. The copper mining operation created huge, multicolored dump piles that surround the producing pits. This mine is visible using Google Earth.<br />
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Tomorrow, we visit some Mississippian and Ordovician sites.WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-64599641598099421002016-07-08T21:37:00.002-07:002016-07-08T21:38:58.453-07:00Nevada - Utah Mega Trip 2016 Day One: Crittenden Springs and Immigrant CanyonJuly 7, 2016 - First things first, we all got ourselves to West Wendover, NV. If you travel via I80, you pass through Salt Lake City then through territory that vies with Kansas for flatness.<br />
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This day we visited two sites, Crittenden Springs and Immigrant Canyon.<br />
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This morning, we met at the Nevada Welcome Center in West Wendover to form a caravan for our first fossil site of this mega-trip, Crittenden Springs. This meant "drive to Montello, then be prepared for a dusty car as we will drive for another 23 miles, including 8 miles on a road that tracks a part of the old California Trail. (On this trail, we startled a large, beautiful family of partridges.)<br />
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We were to search for Triassic ammonoids - mostly ceratite cephalopods. Here is a beautiful find by Michael Graham (remember, you can click on the images in this blog to see a larger version):<br />
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Our second site of the day was Immigrant Canyon, where we were looking for Permian brachiopods. It took two tries to find the right spot. Deep into a canyon west of Montello, NV, we looked for limestone outcrops. The first stop had limited exposure so Joe's nephew, Taylor, scoped the exact spot. Thank you Taylor! We found lots of brachiopods, and they had SPINES!<br />
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We also found something we still need to identify - it could by bryozoan, it could be sponge:<br />
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Check in tomorrow for Garnets!<br />
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-79979275806769506252015-09-02T16:26:00.000-07:002015-09-02T16:28:54.909-07:00Bear Lake Field Trip 2015 - Day Four: Cambrian Spence GulchOnce again we met in Paris. A short drive and a short, steep hike down into a gulch and we were happy! For this was an exposure of Cambrian Spence Shale. We hoped for trilobites and hyoliths. Hyoliths were new to many of us, I think!<br />
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Here is an iphone panorama shot of the exposure:<br />
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The picture is a little odd since I was standing so close to the subject. You can see that there was plenty of room for fossil hunters...<br />
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We did find the expected fossils. There were some exceptional finds, of whole trilobites and of what is likely <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocrinoidea" target="_blank">Eocrinoidea</a>!<br />
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I just have to share with you a picture of someone I admire, look up to, want to be like. Not only did she find some of the best whole trilobites, but she is an octogenarian!!!<br />
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Ann didn't want to stop digging here but we had another site to go to. So, she packed up her backpack and bucket of fossils and climbed out of the gulch just like the rest of us.<br />
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The final site of the day was a return to the east shore of Bear Lake. We'd been shut out before by the rain and hail storm. This afternoon was beautiful; perfect for hunting Pleistocene bivalves and gastropods.<br />
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The following morning, many of the trip participants had plans - DMNS Field School in Escalante, Yellowstone, head back to work... A few of us were able to make one more stop, not far from Kemmerer, WY. This stop was Eocene, and yielded agatized Elimia tenera.<br />
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It was a great trip and I am grateful to WIPS and the field trip leaders Joe Dabelko and Dennis Gertenbach for putting this together.<br />
<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-41264660360885756122015-09-02T15:51:00.002-07:002015-09-02T16:26:29.492-07:00Bear Lake Field Trip 2015 - Day Three: Minnetonka Cave<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitc4VdoIcbH0Ptr6BPAMm3NcSolTaXIMEzzoHJttczbFDNFifIimJk0JSD8y8nfiha9C890ebvL7VK2A8ud0Fy0X4uPGtrRrKrXg2LiUFItbU8QNLUdnSX1IbArNkhFBJ-Z57e66Olia3C/s1600/IMG_3628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitc4VdoIcbH0Ptr6BPAMm3NcSolTaXIMEzzoHJttczbFDNFifIimJk0JSD8y8nfiha9C890ebvL7VK2A8ud0Fy0X4uPGtrRrKrXg2LiUFItbU8QNLUdnSX1IbArNkhFBJ-Z57e66Olia3C/s200/IMG_3628.JPG" width="150" /></a><br />
We watched the sun rise in Paris! <br />
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From there, we took our caravan to the Minnetonka Cave. I understand there aren't many known caves in Idaho; this one is a good one! We don't know how many steps there are in it since we heard 444, 548, and 600+. It has the columns and features of any normal, healthy cave (stalagmites, stalagtites, columns, bacon, etc.). Our guide was young and fun.<br />
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Just down the road from the cave was a site yielding burrows. We found some trilobite bits, brachiopods, lots of traces, and a few mysteries that we'll have to get back to for identifying.<br />
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Following this, we went out to find food. Some of us stopped at campgrounds, which were quite nice along the road to the cave. We picnicked, then met up to caravan to Paris Canyon. I was so busy looking for ammonites in the Triassic Thaynes Formation, I forgot to take pictures!<br />
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Now, this day was Saturday. It is culturally sound to have a party. And Joe and his family know how to do that! They were at a resort and invited us to burgers and games. There was good food, company, and prizes. We all got into playing Fossil Jeopardy, created by Joe.<br />
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-587161980002837512015-08-28T20:49:00.002-07:002015-08-28T20:50:05.467-07:00Bear Lake Field Trip 2015 - Day two: Mississippian<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We had a bonus stop today - we saw the Soda Springs geyser! This was our morning meeting place. From there we drove north about 25 miles to Pelican Point Quarry (I haven't heard why it is called this...). This is an easily-accessed quarry of Mississippian Lodgepole limestone. <br />
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The stone is quite hard so you hope to find a piece containing that fossil you want and it is small enough to carry. Actually, we all had some great finds. The horn coral can be large and is the main attraction. Also found were brachiopods, tiny crinoid parts, tabulate corals, and even a blastoid!<br />
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The fossil hunting was so good, many of us underestimated the boxing needed for the day. Back in Soda Springs Geyser park for lunch, we discussed how to fill that need. It so happened, there was a nearby container with our answer. <br />
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Having filled that need, we moved on to Fossil Canyon, a private drive with more of the Missippian cobbles. Not so prolific, some did find some nice horn corals. A couple of folks also found some beautiful stromatolites.<br />
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-49442418988169131212015-08-28T20:09:00.001-07:002015-08-28T20:24:24.269-07:00Bear Lake Field Trip 2015 - Day one: Kemmerer, WYThere is so much to look forward to on this field trip. Name an invertebrate marine fossil and we're going for it. But first, we're going to go fossil fishing in Kemmerer, WY. Many of us are driving to Kemmerer the day before Day One of the field trip. What was fun is, without any preplanning, many of us met up in Rawlins, WY for food and good company. It pays to pay attention to that car with the Colorado license plate in the middle of Wyoming...<br />
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As folks began to collect at the Best Western Fossil Country Inn, we asked at the front desk where we should eat. Highly recommended was El Jaliciense. We took that recommendation and had a hearty meal served with a smile.<br />
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The following morning all met at the BW to caravan to the Warfield Quarry. All signed in, chose hammers and chisels, then selected the rock pile to begin splitting. There were a mix of repeat visitors and first timers. I think everyone did pretty well on this fishing trip!<br />
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The next stop was the Fossil Butte National Monument. Ever been there? Put it on your list! What fantastic displays they have. We had the wonderful fortune of hearing Ranger Arvid Aase's story about fossil plants in the Fossil Lakes and their contribution to climate studies.<br />
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-44963148479725585652014-05-04T07:26:00.003-07:002014-05-04T07:43:29.549-07:00Fossil Hunting in England - Hwyl FawrOn our last full day in Wales, we took in the medieval Pembroke Castle, birthplace of Henry VII and home of the Tudor lineage and some 1,000 years of history on that site.<br />
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How we managed to avoid penalties for overweight luggage remains a mystery. Might have something to do with two cavemen at check-in sharing camaraderie about the upcoming Manchester City and Liverpool semi-final soccer match. Whatever blessing it was, it worked.<br />
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We had, ahem, rather a lot of luggage. I had to leave one heavy chunk of rock filled with calcite ammonites in the UK - broke my heart. I'll live.<br />
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Without meaning to, I've given a lot of thought to evolution while here. Probably due to the constant reminder of our recent human history that's around every corner. <br />
I've contemplated man's transition from communal living (stone age) to a concept of privacy and the individual; Western culture slowly casting aside man and earth as the center of the universe to the realization that we are but a part of deep history; the giant leap from water to land (and sometimes back again), from gills to lungs, fins to feet.<br />
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Our last day of fossil searching brought us first to Lydstep Headland in search of Carboniferous coral, which eluded us for an hour until we found what we were looking for at the entrance.<br />
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Terry and Andrea welcomed us for our final Welsh chicken and leek pie at their tavern. They tour the US regularly, love Texas and what seems like a movie set to them, and dislike our struggle with racism.<br />
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Across from the pub was Lydstep Palace, or what was Lydstep Palace, known for having housed pirates, bishops, barons, and judges, dating back to 1400's.<br />
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As sun turned to drizzle, we headed one bay west to Manorbier Bay for Devonian crinoids, corals, and the occasional brachiopod.<br />
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It's not every field trip you assume paleo pose in the shadow of a Norman (12th century) castle. Today it's the Manorbier Castle, originally the seat of the Anglo-Norman de Barry family. Home at last!<br />
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Fossils can be found in these narrow ledges or along the beach:<br />
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What a great finale for our final fossil searching day. Now - to go pack rocks. <br />
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We finally happened upon the Druidstone Inn. The druid stones are long gone, but the Inn is an enchanted forest of its own - funky and quirky, with a beer garden overlooking the shore some 200' below and the whole of Druidston Haven bay. The Inn sells art, has a delightful history, and the following link makes entertaining reading: <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jane-bell-hotelier-who-established-druidstone-as-a-force-in-welsh-arts-8092779.html">Druidstone Inn Hotelier</a><br />
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Above: a wonderland gate opens to the path leading to the Druidston Haven beach; many benches are tucked into the cliffside. In the distance note the Pembrokeshire coastal footpath, 186 miles of cliff paths above the coast largely mapped out by Ronald Lockley, Martin's father, in the 1950's.. Please see yesterday's post to read more of the immense influence of Ronald Lockley in this area.<br />
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The stone wall around the Druidstone Inn shelters the beer garden and what was once a rare croquet court, as one of the previous owners was an internationally acclaimed player.<br />
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And how many times do you see horses on beaches? The surprises just didn't stop!<br />
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Heading down to Druidstone Haven beach to collect graptolites, and off to the right what do we see?<br />
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Why, of course, an earth house! Which used to be a ramshackle wooden shack that finally expired, and the eccentric owner MP (Member of Parliament - Congressman in our parlance) replaced the mess with a glass earth house. This little paradise had an influential resident. Reminder - we're in the middle of nowhere with farmers driving muddy tractors on an unmarked narrow road that is 7' wide if you're lucky.<br />
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The shingle looks like the above, and in the black shale Silurian-aged single-saw blade graptolites are abundant.
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Only upon our return to the hay loft did I realize the diversity of graptolites, and I'm very bummed to have discarded on the beach one likely graptolite that at the time looked faintly like a trilobite. It would be a good idea to do my research before going to the site.
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-40051957281007616502014-05-02T08:11:00.000-07:002014-05-02T08:11:14.625-07:00Fossil Hunting in England's Silurian - Horn Corals and Dramatic Scenery<strong>April 27</strong> - Our first day of collecting in Wales takes us to the Silurian cliffs at Marloes Sands, about 45 minutes from Castle Martin, IF one doesn't tackle the unnumbered B roads (secondary roads) one has no clue about. It took us an hour and a half, but we thoroughly enjoyed the farms and narrow roads. <br />
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Marloes Sands has to be one of the most incredibly dramatic and fascinating landscapes on the planet. There is a whole lotta geology going on here.<br />
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On the gentle kilometer walk down the lane to the beach, we identified (we hope correctly) Skokholm Island 4 miles in the distance. This figures prominently in one of our own WIPS member's life. Martin Lockley grew up in this area, and his father, Ronald, was an internationally known ornithologist and naturalist who wrote over 50 books, many about his research on puffins and rabbits. He re-established Skokholm Island as a bird observatory after World War II and had immense influence in this area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the brachiopods we found. Thinking of Dennis and how much he would enjoy this. We also found rugose coral and colonial coral.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more geology.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more.</td></tr>
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-24521989394544519712014-04-29T07:01:00.001-07:002014-04-29T07:01:23.383-07:00Fossil Hunting in England's Jurassic - ENCHANTING WALES<strong>April 25</strong> - Helo, a chroeso i Gymru! Rydym yn cael pél. We have arrived in southwest Wales (where, to our delight, they speak Welsh) in a tiny village called Castle Martin, and we're immediately enchanted. From our converted barn at Pen y Holt Farm (the Granary), we find the unexpected in every direction - literally.<br />
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And to the north is the 13th century St. Michael and All Angel's medieval church and an oil refinery a few miles away that lights up like Disneyland at night and is actually very pretty. And to boot . . . the Queen is coming Tuesday.<br />
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We're brushing up on our Welsh and all its double consonants, and none of our Latin or Germanic-based languages are helping. Tomorrow we head to the beaches for Ordovician-Silurian aged fossils.<br />
<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-47632826624917291152014-04-25T08:15:00.003-07:002014-04-26T07:04:40.566-07:00Fossil Hunting in England's Jurassic - Ammonite Graveyard at Monmouth Beach in Lyme Regis<br />
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<strong>April 24</strong> - A 10 minute walk heading west from Lyme Regis along shore shingle is a ledge of limestone called the Ammonite Graveyard, packed with the internal molds of embedded Coroniceras in the Blue Lias layer<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at Charmouth, we found the teeniest ammonites you ever saw!</td></tr>
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<br />WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-45127163866192662752014-04-25T07:51:00.002-07:002014-04-25T07:51:58.872-07:00Fossil Hunting in England's Jurassic - Philosophy, a Buddy, and a Gravestone<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barry found another pub he couldn't pass up - The Three Horseshoes</td></tr>
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<strong>April 23 -</strong> We've slowed down a bit due to rain and wind. I've been studying the local strat column and guide books, and wrestling with philosophy.
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How do I feel about collecting fossils? Many we collect will be used in Fremont County schools, at farmers markets and at our Cañon City Geology Club to reinvigorate our community with the understanding and appreciation for what lies beneath our feet. I asked two geologists at the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre about collection of fossils. They agree with the following, taken from a local guide written by Dr. Colin Dawes:<br />
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"Is it all right to collect fossils from the beaches around Lyme Regis? The simple answer is that if you don't pick up the loose fossils derived from the shale, then the seas will, crushing them beyond recognition. Some of the best names in fossil hunting live in or near Lyme Regis and they face a constant battle in rescuing specimens that would otherwise be pounded into oblivion. Rest assured that you are doing something of a service by keeping your fossils, especially if they are subsequently shown at a school for the benefit of general education.<br />
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The cliffs are a very different story. They are land and it is understood that anything in them belongs to the owner of that land."</blockquote>
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I'm learning a lot apart from geology and fossils. Barry found a cuttlefish bone (neither fish nor bone) which I find has ammonite and belemnite qualities. The white porous 'bone' is actually an inner shell that provides buoyancy, and it shoots out ink. Mary Anning found an ink sack in a belemnite. She took it to an artist friend who applied water and wrote letters with it. Fossil ink!<br />
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We have a Buddy who knocks at our front door if we aren't up early enough to please him. He's a demanding ravenous sea gull with what seems a huge wing span when he's flapping about in the garden chasing off other gulls. He loves day-old bread, but his curved keratinous beak is no match for two-day-old bread crust. Thanks to Sue Ware and Todd Green's Osteology class at DMNS, I'm now much more aware of bird skeleton structure, and I've enjoyed watching the dexterity he has with his hooked beak, but also the lack of cutting power it provides. Makes for a great door knocker, though!<br />
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We found the Anning family gravesite, with only a slight mention Mary:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKJhZiCdcUV-9Enl_9RGVd3rVFhR9R6D-LGA8spfb-FiV25r6SHK1pVtrExkZdDxUlEaMJQKd0t0e8NZo8S32OuB3TBkFjZsTclW_xfguCQxvoPQWVJar5WCElGfKFCTjm46q1SBZZJVN/s1600/DSC04607+-+Version+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKJhZiCdcUV-9Enl_9RGVd3rVFhR9R6D-LGA8spfb-FiV25r6SHK1pVtrExkZdDxUlEaMJQKd0t0e8NZo8S32OuB3TBkFjZsTclW_xfguCQxvoPQWVJar5WCElGfKFCTjm46q1SBZZJVN/s1600/DSC04607+-+Version+2.jpeg" height="320" width="243" /></a>"Sacred in the Memory of <br />
Joseph Anning <br />
Who died July the 5th 1849<br />
Aged 53 Years<br />
Also three Children who died in their Infancy<br />
Also of Mary Anning sister of the above<br />
Who died March the 9th 1847<br />
Aged 47 Years"</blockquote>
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Barry and I have been disappointed in the amount of fossils we've found on the beaches. Based on our past travels in the winter to Whitby and this year to both Whitby and the south coast in the spring, I wouldn't recommend a fossil hunting trip to England's Jurassic Coast outside of the winter months. Winter storms bash the cliffs and replenish fossils on the beach. It's too calm this time of year, there are too many people like us out and about, and the 'flat' seas cover the beach/fossils with sand. I prefer the bracing weather and a richer fossil find.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Around the base of the Anning grave, people have placed ammonites in a ring</td></tr>
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-41411069693683173712014-04-22T07:51:00.002-07:002014-04-22T07:51:52.341-07:00Fossil Hunting in England's Jurassic - Charmouth and Seatown<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<strong>April 21</strong> - Charmouth and Seatown<br />
Today's low tide: 4:30 am and 4:50 pm - giving us time to play a bit. We've been so immersed in fossils that we're seeing them everywhere, even in our leek and potato soup. This morning we sat on the Charmouth beach for an hour just watching the waves come and go; a couple of sea kayaks went past, one sailboat, and that was it. <br />
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Then we drove to Seatown, had a walk up Ridge Cliff to the east, past sheep muddy from last night's rains, and found a bench at the top where we took a nap next to several badger setts. The cliff was sheer, and with so many landslide warnings about, we only looked over a couple of times. The sheep, however, had no hesitation about grazing absolutely on the edge, which drove Barry crazy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheep without fear</td></tr>
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View from Ridge Cliff east of Seatown, which is at center right with Golden Cap in the distance. It gets its name from the Cretaceous sands at the top=><br />
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Refreshed, we walked once again west of Seatown to the Green Ammonite Beds and the Belemnite layer, and for the first time in our travels we found many fossils. The Belemnite layer is the same bed we discovered two days ago, but this time we approached from the east and the bed lay at the foot of the cliff instead of in the water. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of Golden Cap with Green Ammonite Bed along bottom half. Belemnite Bed is located where cliff meets the sand.</td></tr>
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Another bloke found some much larger robust belemnites, probably at the foot of Golden Cap. I'm not certain we will venture there, considering multiple landslide warnings for that area.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our best find of the day from the Green Ammonite Bed</td></tr>
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The Green Ammonite layer (Lower Jurassic, Lower Lias) is named for the greenish crystals of calcite that fill the ammonites found there, and judging by the impressions in rocks left behind, someone had found some very nice fossils. The Brittle Star from the Starfish Bed eluded us; they are difficult to locate as they tend to fall Brittle Star side down on the beach.<br />
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today's catch - ammonites and belemnites</td>
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-33152849956450229302014-04-20T17:28:00.000-07:002014-04-20T17:29:23.218-07:00Fossil Hunting in England's Jurassic -- West side of Charmouth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIj6jttVIkGkpyXImwndNxq2dx3BP8uy3tVZOHPHHYCcmSc7qzq_6nknBlQ_icigF-XyhGc_kE8Lzgn32W183-fmWS7HrBq35w1qPtX-u2fFqJ5tpjkjVBOLHGQmkChbsCa_HTDjNXX6k/s1600/DSC04515+-+Version+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIj6jttVIkGkpyXImwndNxq2dx3BP8uy3tVZOHPHHYCcmSc7qzq_6nknBlQ_icigF-XyhGc_kE8Lzgn32W183-fmWS7HrBq35w1qPtX-u2fFqJ5tpjkjVBOLHGQmkChbsCa_HTDjNXX6k/s1600/DSC04515+-+Version+2.jpeg" height="320" width="247" /></a><strong>April 20</strong> - Barry's waterproof jacket and my waterproof pants weren't. A little bracing wind and rain made for an experience, though not the best fossil collecting. This is the famous Black Ven area, known for massive mudslides and pyritized ammonites. We had neither. Barry noted that, if he'd married Claire, he could be sipping mint julip's in the Caribbean now.<br />
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Our Charmouth Heritage Coast guided fossil tour headed up by 3 geologists included many enthusiastic and knowledgeable youngsters with good eyes for belemnites among the rocks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fossil tour west of Charmouth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A very wet Barry in a very wet English Channel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today's treasures and one crab claw.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine of Aragon (1501) and King Charles II (1651) slept nearby.</td></tr>
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WIPS Tripshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317360345227565093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816940595907718053.post-18668199372721650622014-04-20T17:16:00.003-07:002014-04-20T17:16:58.672-07:00Fossil Hunting in England's Jurassic - East side of Charmouth Bay, Dorset<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">April 19</span></strong> - Today it wasn't quantity that made the day; it was the piece of wood impersonating a shark tooth found in the Belemnite Marls Beds at low tide. 'Twas exciting until the geologist smirked.<br />
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We walked 5 minutes to the beach from our Hideaway, a very sweet 2 bedroom cottage decorated with nautical flavor in Charmouth, a delightfully tiny 2-pub village a few miles from Lyme Regis. Normally we would be able to take the cliff walk between villages, but recent land slides have closed several portions of the hike. Heading east from Charmouth Bay, we walked the beach perhaps a mile along the base of the 450' Stonebarrow cliff toward Seatown, where we were yesterday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barry in foreground at foot of Stonebarrow; Charmouth village in right center of
photo under green hill; Lyme Regis is just out of view around the bay to the
left. Black Ven area behind Charmouth is home of the largest landslide area in
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Many amateur fossil hunters were spread out along the cliff, including children who were more interested in their new hammers than the rocks. <br />
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Note the steep dip of the Belemnite Marl Member until it reaches the shore (dark area in the sea at right center), accessible at low tide where belemnites protrude from the surface.<br />
Famous Golden Cap, the 650' hill in the far distance with the Cretaceous golden sand top is currently highly unstable, so most avoid that area.<br />
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This area is known for its pyritized ammonites, belemnites, brittle stars, gryphea, nautilus, and more rarely marine reptile and fish fossils such as Pholidophous and Dapedium.<br />
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Belemnite Marl Beds with Stonebarrow behind.</div>
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But we found slim pickings until reaching the belemnite beds, where said shark tooth waited for me in a shallow pool next to modern sea urchins (not found on Iowa farms). The belemnite beds were worth the walk.<br />
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Two belemnites, each perhaps 3" long.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical belemnite guard size.</td></tr>
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Something moved when I lifted a loose slab of limestone - note live worm ??</div>
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embedded in his burrow.</div>
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I am finding the various geologic layers difficult to distinguish; they all look like mud, mud, and more mud with some shale interwoven. These layers are older than the Whitby Mudstones I'm more familiar with.<br />
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Our not-museum-quality cache for the day - pieces of ammonites, belemnites, and
crab:<br />
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Charmouth ammonite embedded in cottage wall.</div>
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