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Trilobite Beetle Found in East Asia
This is Super Fun! https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/161028-trilobite-beetle-singapore-vin?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20171226video-resurfbeetles&utm_campaign=Content&sf175995662=1 Copy and paste the link to National Geographic and be AMAZED! No they are not related to the ocean crawling fossil trilobites, but were named after them!
Trilobite Identification Rock & More
You should be able to right click and copy and paste this onto your desktop for close examination–open with Paint. So often we see pictures and photos of prepared specimens, however identifying them while in matrix is a whole new adventure. I had asked Caleb (Midwestpaleo.com on the sidebar–everything trilobite!) to take the time to do … Continue reading
Lila’s Big Vacation Fossil Hunt!
Lila loves to fossil hunt with her Dad. Dad says, “Lila knows more about dinosaurs than I do!” The family was going on vacation and Dad asked Lila what special thing she wanted to do on their vacation. Lila said, “I want to fossil hunt and find a gastropod!” So Lila’s Dad contacted me and … Continue reading
Ammonoid Evolution vs Nautiloid Evolution
VERSUS TEST: Ammonoid OR Nautiloid? And an educational discussion here: 😀 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/39056-cephalopod-question/ Answer: Gastropod Maclurites crassus
Bellerophon Gastropod
This is one that I found in the Galena Formation. These are a fairly unusual gastropod to find here in southeast Minnesota. Happy Hunting! 😀
Common Trilobites of Minnesota
From the free PDF: A Guide to Fossil Collecting in Minnesota. http://www.bluffcountryfossils.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Guide-to-Fossil-Collecting-in-Minnesota.pdf
Ordovician Stromatoporoid
Stromatoporoids are calcareous sponges. “Stroms” can be massive, tabular, cylindrical, encrusting, arm-shaped or even in a chocolate-drop shape. You can click on these pictures to truly see the “brick-like” cell structure of this specimen. MUST READ! This goes through in detail the difference between the Stromatoporoids and the Stromatolites which can look similar but are … Continue reading
Confusion with Cephalopods of Minnesota and Baculites and Belemnites
I was recently researching fossils of Minnesota on the web and found this article: http://www.sciencebuzz.org/blog/collecting-fossils-minnesota If you scroll down you will see that the author speculates that he has found a baculites in the Ordovician Decorah Shale near Cannon Falls. There are NO BACULITES in the Ordovician! Here is a page from the PDF Guide … Continue reading
Family Fun Fossil Hunt – River Roots Skills School
This tour was organized through the Eagle Bluff Environmental Center’s River Roots Skills School (http://www.riverrootsschool.org/) as part of their ecotourism initiative. We got together on August 8th, 2015. People came early and stayed late. 🙂 The class was scheduled for 1-5 p.m. and the last people left around 7 p.m. It was a WONDERFUL class! … Continue reading
