May 8, 2011
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Fossil Finding
We joined the NY Paleontological Society this year at Joshua's request. We've been to a couple of meetings and recently we went on a fossil "dig" with them. What an amazing time! Everywhere we looked we found fossils.
Brachipods
Tentaculites
Coral
We brought a lot of fossils back to study. Our field guide is full of illustrations of fossils and history on this region. We will be comparing our fossils to the field guide and learning all about them. In addition, we will be looking at some fossils my father gave me that look very similar to these. They came from the Mountains in WV and are in sandstone. The fossils we collected shown in the pictures are in limestone and shale. We collected some really wonderful fossils and managed to find a couple of complete specimens.
Comments (4)
Very nice, looks like you had a lot a fun learning!
Oh how fun!
I'm excited for a few years from now when the kids are old enough for us to go garnet hunting and tour a local-ish silver/gold mine and other fun stuff like that.
oh that looks like such fun, I would love to fossil hunt!
@juliepersons - It was fun. This particular spot was loaded with fossils.
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