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Lila’s Big Vacation Fossil Hunt!

Posted by on August 19, 2016
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Lila with her perfect Hormatoma out of the rock.

Lila with her perfect Hormatoma out of the rock.

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 set up a fossil hunt just for her. All three of her brothers came too. And I had two five-year-old grandkids in tow also – Jax and Veah.

First we went to Masonic Park where she got to see the hidden stream that comes out from under a bluff.

hidden stream with everyone

lila.kids spring

Dad and Lila searched around the creek for fossils.

shawn.lila spring hunting

But they really didn’t find any.

Meanwhile Jax had started to throw rocks into the water, so we decided to leave and go to another fossil hunting spot.

Jax & Veah

Jax & Veah

Lila and her Dad were fossil hunting together.

Shawn and daughter on the rocks

Oh my! Withing 5 minutes Lila had found a beautiful Hormatoma sp. stuck in a rock! Her dad got it out for her.

Lila with her Hormatoma sp. in sitsu.

Lila with her Hormatoma sp. in sitsu.

 

Hormatoma sp.

Hormatoma sp.

Her twin brothers were also fossil hunting along with Jax.

boys on the rocks 2

Jax and the Twins.

Jax and the Twins.

 

They were finding fossils!

They were finding fossils!

Lila, her Dad, and her brothers found lots of fossils!

In less than a half hour they found all these fossils!

In less than a half hour they found all these fossils!

Hormatoma sp.

Hormatoma sp.

Fisherite cross section

Fisherite cross section

 

That may even be fluorescent like this one under a black light.

That may even be fluorescent like this one under a black light.

 

What's this??? We won't know until Dad preps it out a bit.

What’s this??? We won’t know until Dad preps it out a bit.

Lila was happy with all the fossils she collected.

Lila's fossil finds.

Lila’s fossil finds.

 

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