This is a quick post about a fossil hunting trip I made to the Martin Marietta Berkeley County Quarry (now closed) in South Carolina back in 1994. This quarry was one of the biggest sources for mined limestone in the S.C. Low country and, oh by the way, the very best example of Middle to
After the rains of the previous week, I decided to get a jump start on the upcoming Dry Dredgers field trip and visit my favorite Whitewater site, a road cut in Richmond, IN. This is a great site for brachiopods, with plentiful clean Hebertella, Vinlandostrophia, Rhynchotrema dentatum, Rafinesquina and Strophomena. There are many bryozoa to
In this post, I will share some of my whale finds from the late Oligocene Chandler Bridge formation from the Summerville, SC area (Chattian age – 27.5 Ma). The Chandler Bridge along with the underlying Ashley formation (Rupelian age – 29.2 Ma) make up the richest deposit of Oligocene marine vertebrates ever described. As I
My first post is about a field trip I made to my favorite old fossil ditch while I was visiting family in Summerville, SC this past Christmas. The site is a flood control ditch in my old neighborhood, and is a site I have collected nearly continuously for 30+ years. Though only 6-8 feet deep,
