Recently, I went on a very different kind of field trip: an indoor visit to a museum. The museum is in Los Angeles, and it’s a rather unique institution: Museum of Jurassic Technology. One might anticipate an array of dinosaur skeletons, eggs, and footprints. Or other fossils from the Jurassic period. But, not the
One of the great things about joining the Dry Dredgers has been the opportunity to meet other fossil hunters, both amateurs like myself and professionals. I’ve learned something about the fossils in the Cincinnatian from each and every member, and, on occasion, I get to participate in actual science! I’d like to share with
This is the second part of a multi-part blog post about my fossil hunting adventures in Independence, KY. This one is about what I call Site #2. I stumbled on a patch of brown shale that had some unusual texture. In only a few minutes time, I found what I call an “Ordovician Gulf Ball.”
In the summer and fall, I went with two area clubs to collect the Devonian Silica Shale at the commercial rock quarry in Paulding, Ohio. The two clubs were NCFC (North Coast Fossil Club — Cleveland area) and FUMMP (Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology — Ann Arbor area). On one
