Have you ever been fossil hunting? What adventures and tips and tricks have you discovered?
At the end of the summer I was bitten by a bug...My husband was bitten by it too! The side affects of this "bite" are: An intense desire to go fossil hunting....LOL! We got this "bug" due to the weather in Texas.
We are currently experiencing a severe drought in Texas. This is a real bummer for farmers. Not much grass for cows, crops have burned up, and wildfires went crazy!
As we were wishing for rain, my husband got this crazy idea to go search lake beds and dried up creeks for fossils. I went with him too, and now we are HOOKED on fossils!
Wow! We were totally surprised at the fossils we found! It is entirely what you would expect to find though - had a large flood covered out planet -- Millions of dead things - buried in rock layers.... It has been super fun! We even found a full ammonite in the side of a creek bank!
So now - my back porch is "littered" with fossils of all kinds. I don't want to be "cured" of this bug just yet. I still have a LOT to learn about this subject.
What kind of fossil adventures have you had? I'd love some good tips about fossil hunting too!
Tags: Fossils, adventure, nature
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Permalink Reply by David Thomas Posey on -
Wow! I would love to find an ammonite--even just a piece of one. We have a creek running through our farm in middle Tennessee, and we frequently find fossils among the sandstone gravel that washes through during rains. After we knew what it was we were finding, we started noticing them all over the place--in the garden, embedded in rocks in the woods, and even under my grandmother's house.
By far the most common things we find are crinoid stems (I'm still hoping for a complete crinoid), coral, and sometimes shells (I don't know whether they come from clams or some similar mollusk). With these type of fossils, I don't think it is impossible that there are ammonites hidden around here somewhere, but so far I haven't found any. Were there any other fossils around the ammonite y'all found?
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Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on -
Wow David! The crinoid fossils sound cool! Do you have any pics you could post of them? I'd love to see them! I think there could be ammonites there too!
We found our ammonite embedded in the dirt layer of the side of this creek - not far from here. I was surprised to find it in the dirt.
There were lots and lots more fossils here! There were lots of ammonite pieces here too. This is a limestone layer. I think it is called the Duck Creek Formation.Here are some more fossil impressions we found. We did not chip them out. I just took pictures of them. I really would like to know what kind of fossils they are.
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Permalink Reply by David Thomas Posey on
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Those look a lot like trilobites to me, but I am far from an expert. Since I believe there are trilobites in the general area where fossils like ours are found, I bought one (for two dollars), and it looks a lot like especially the top photo.
I haven't taken pictures of the fossils we've found (since I can look at the real thing), but I will try to do that in the morning (hopefully I'll be faster posting those pictures than the low gap trail photos!).
Kim Jones said:Wow David! The crinoid fossils sound cool! Do you have any pics you could post of them? I'd love to see them! I think there could be ammonites there too!
We found our ammonite embedded in the dirt layer of the side of this creek - not far from here. I was surprised to find it in the dirt.
There were lots and lots more fossils here! There were lots of ammonite pieces here too. This is a limestone layer. I think it is called the Duck Creek Formation.Here are some more fossil impressions we found. We did not chip them out. I just took pictures of them. I really would like to know what kind of fossils they are.
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Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on
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I was wondering if they could be trilobites. Hmm. Here's another fossil photo. What do you think this one is? Thanks so much for your reply. I look forward to your pics!
Kim
David Thomas Posey said:Those look a lot like trilobites to me, but I am far from an expert. Since I believe there are trilobites in the general area where fossils like ours are found, I bought one (for two dollars), and it looks a lot like especially the top photo.
I haven't taken pictures of the fossils we've found (since I can look at the real thing), but I will try to do that in the morning (hopefully I'll be faster posting those pictures than the low gap trail photos!).
Kim Jones said:Wow David! The crinoid fossils sound cool! Do you have any pics you could post of them? I'd love to see them! I think there could be ammonites there too!
We found our ammonite embedded in the dirt layer of the side of this creek - not far from here. I was surprised to find it in the dirt.
There were lots and lots more fossils here! There were lots of ammonite pieces here too. This is a limestone layer. I think it is called the Duck Creek Formation.Here are some more fossil impressions we found. We did not chip them out. I just took pictures of them. I really would like to know what kind of fossils they are.
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Permalink Reply by David Thomas Posey on
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I looked through my handy evolutionist fossil field guide (I wish there was a complete creationist field guide), but I didn't see anything that looked like your last fossil picture. At first glance I thought it looked like a leaf, but it isn't an exact match with any leaves I can think of, and I don't know what a leaf would be doing at the bottom of the sea with the ammonite (although the flood would jumble things up a bit). Maybe it's the cross-section of some ammonite or trilobite. Or maybe y'all discovered a new kind of fossil!
I have tried to upload pictures into comments, but it seems to take a while. I'm going to upload the pictures of the crinoids, corals, mollusks, and also that trilobite in the photo section instead.
Good fossil hunting!
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Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on
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Thanks so much for sharing your crinoid pics! Those are cool! I wish there was a Creationist Fossil field guide too! Think I'll put my pics in the photos section too later. Maybe we can get folks to help us make an informal Creation fossil field guide. Your pics are a great start!
Thanks!
Kim Jones
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Permalink Reply by Kevin W Anderson on -
Scaphopods (long and tapering) and Gastropods (snail shells)
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Permalink Reply by Kim Jones on
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Cool pics Kevin! Did you discover these fossils on your field trips? Thanks for sharing this pic!
Kim
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Permalink Reply by Kevin W Anderson on
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These were found on a field trip during CSA's Camp Genesis last year. Will post more finds.
Kim Jones said:Cool pics Kevin! Did you discover these fossils on your field trips? Thanks for sharing this pic!
Kim
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Permalink Reply by Kevin W Anderson on
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Gastropod Euconospira
Gastropod Bellerophon has a Fibonacci swirl
Cephalopod Domatoceras
Cephalopod Metacoceras
Fenestrate lacy Bryozoan
Assorted fossils found within 5 minutes at one stop naer the KS/MO border
Crinoid columns and calyx plates (5 sided parts of the cup), Brachiopods (curved shells) and Branching Bryozoans
Having fun fossil hunting
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Permalink Reply by David Thomas Posey on
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Neat fossils! I particularly noticed the picture which I believe is labeled "lacy fenestrate bryozoan". I have found a good bit of that in rocks around the house, but it seems to run mostly through the middle of the rocks and is only visible at the edges. I have considered trying to break the rocks in half, but I'm afraid I would damage the fossils too much.
Kevin W Anderson said:Gastropod Euconospira
Gastropod Bellerophon has a Fibonacci swirl
Cephalopod Domatoceras
Cephalopod Metacoceras
Fenestrate lacy Bryozoan
Assorted fossils found within 5 minutes at one stop naer the KS/MO border
Crinoid columns and calyx plates (5 sided parts of the cup), Brachiopods (curved shells) and Branching Bryozoans
Having fun fossil hunting
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