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Post by kessie on Feb 9, 2011 21:14:10 GMT
I am fortunate to live 50 miles from Lyme Regis in Dorset. In my childhood, I spent many a long hour scouring the beach for fossils, dreaming of finding amazingly detailed rarities. I was fortunate to find some interesting ammonites etc which sparked my imagination. Now that I can easily drive to the Town myself, my ability to do so has diminished. The reason being a lack of 'decent shopping' and the fact the beach is not as good as Poole's world famous beach, (as voiced by my daughter and girlfriend) . The dedication of being a partner and a father. Anyhow, who else lives near such a site and can experience the anticipation of discovering an ancient fossil like this? Regards Steve
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Post by sbell on Feb 9, 2011 22:41:13 GMT
I live within the Cypress Hills Formation--one of the major sites from North American Eocene (and other Tertiary age) mammal fossils. And 1/2 hour from the Frenchman formation, where end-of-Cretaceous dinos (including T.rex, of course) have been found. And about 1 1/2 hours from Bearpaw formation marine fossils. And pretty much everywhere, if you know where to look, we'll find Pleistocene fossils.
Of course, here in Saskatchewan, collecting fossils is absolutely illegal without a permit. Even on private land. As it should be.
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Post by simon on Feb 9, 2011 22:46:23 GMT
I live within the Cypress Hills Formation--one of the major sites from North American Eocene (and other Tertiary age) mammal fossils. And 1/2 hour from the Frenchman formation, where end-of-Cretaceous dinos (including T.rex, of course) have been found. And about 1 1/2 hours from Bearpaw formation marine fossils. And pretty much everywhere, if you know where to look, we'll find Pleistocene fossils. Of course, here in Saskatchewan, collecting fossils is absolutely illegal without a permit. Even on private land. As it should be. Well, freedom to enjoy one's own property aside, this guarantees that many fossils will either never be found if they are located on private land, or that those found will never see the light of day as people will hide them in order not to run afoul of the law. Unintended consequences. Dumb laws always have them.
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Post by Tyrannosauron on Feb 9, 2011 22:47:53 GMT
Does the American Museum of Natural History count? ;-)
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Post by kessie on Feb 9, 2011 22:56:23 GMT
Fossil finds at Lyme tend to be small, common place and would otherwise be lost to the tide if not removed. Major finds are obviously and quite rightly reportable. Slight deviation on the thread.
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Post by sbell on Feb 10, 2011 0:51:25 GMT
I live within the Cypress Hills Formation--one of the major sites from North American Eocene (and other Tertiary age) mammal fossils. And 1/2 hour from the Frenchman formation, where end-of-Cretaceous dinos (including T.rex, of course) have been found. And about 1 1/2 hours from Bearpaw formation marine fossils. And pretty much everywhere, if you know where to look, we'll find Pleistocene fossils. Of course, here in Saskatchewan, collecting fossils is absolutely illegal without a permit. Even on private land. As it should be. Well, freedom to enjoy one's own property aside, this guarantees that many fossils will either never be found if they are located on private land, or that those found will never see the light of day as people will hide them in order not to run afoul of the law. Unintended consequences. Dumb laws always have them. As opposed to selling them to the highest bidder--which is rarely someone that actually knows cares any further than "it looks cool". At no point was I complaining about the law. Finds on private land are supposed to be reported; if they are considered significant, they are placed into the public collection; if not, they are often left with the land owner.
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Post by simon on Feb 10, 2011 1:03:06 GMT
Well, freedom to enjoy one's own property aside, this guarantees that many fossils will either never be found if they are located on private land, or that those found will never see the light of day as people will hide them in order not to run afoul of the law. Unintended consequences. Dumb laws always have them. As opposed to selling them to the highest bidder--which is rarely someone that actually knows cares any further than "it looks cool". At no point was I complaining about the law. Finds on private land are supposed to be reported; if they are considered significant, they are placed into the public collection; if not, they are often left with the land owner. Ah - that sounds a lot more reasonable. BTW, down in San Antonio, there is a private collector who has his own private museum. The dude actually funds and leads his own research missions - I believe he recovered a 45 foot long Edmontosaurus about 10 years ago. His curator is "Dinogeorge" whose last name I forget - but he was one of the talking heads for that Ultimate Dinosaur Fights show a few years back ....
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Feb 10, 2011 1:11:24 GMT
I'm 3 hours away from the Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur quarry, 3 hours away from the Delta trilobite quarry, 4 hours away from the Kemmerer fossil beds, and 3 hours away from Dinosaur National Monument.
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Feb 10, 2011 4:53:44 GMT
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Post by bokisaurus on Feb 10, 2011 5:18:47 GMT
I am fortunate to live 50 miles from Lyme Regis in Dorset. In my childhood, I spent many a long hour scouring the beach for fossils, dreaming of finding amazingly detailed rarities. I was fortunate to find some interesting ammonites etc which sparked my imagination. Now that I can easily drive to the Town myself, my ability to do so has diminished. The reason being a lack of 'decent shopping' and the fact the beach is not as good as Poole's world famous beach, (as voiced by my daughter and girlfriend) . The dedication of being a partner and a father. Anyhow, who else lives near such a site and can experience the anticipation of discovering an ancient fossil like this? Regards Steve Wow, I just finished a book about Mary Annings and all of her fossil finds Cool that you are not that far from the place. Me on the other hand, well Washington State is not blessed with much fossils... closest would be down the Oregon Coast
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Post by sid on Feb 10, 2011 8:50:24 GMT
I can say that i live in the same place where many many many many many living beings lived and died across the ages since the first life forms appeared on Earth... But considering that this notion can be applied to basically every place in the world, i have to admit that i don't live near any fossil site
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Post by Horridus on Feb 10, 2011 22:31:35 GMT
When at home I live quite near the location of the first discovery of "the dinosaur formerly known as Iguanodon".
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Post by zopteryx on Feb 12, 2011 2:31:23 GMT
I'm about 2 hours (minimum) away from the La Brea Tar Pits, but I've only been there once. I'm about 3 hours away from a place called Anza-Borrega (I think that's its name) where they've found some more ice age critters; never been there though. Within a few minutes of my home is some sights where they have found some ancient marine mammals, 2 whales and Desmostylus (I think). The closest dinosaur to my location would be the place in San Diego where they found the ankylosaur Aletopelta. As a general rule though, California does not have too many Mesozoic fossils, and most of those are from marine creatures.
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Post by Griffin on Feb 20, 2011 22:38:57 GMT
I'm roughly 20 minutes away from a huge trackway from the Triassic/Jurassic. Wouldn't call it world famous but it has been in the papers a lot recently.
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Post by simon on Feb 20, 2011 23:59:10 GMT
I'm roughly 20 minutes away from a huge trackway from the Triassic/Jurassic. Wouldn't call it world famous but it has been in the papers a lot recently. Not the one that some developer has bulldozed I hope?
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Post by totoro on Feb 21, 2011 0:35:56 GMT
I used to live in Joliet, Illinois, less than 20 miles from Mazon Creek ( www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/carboniferous/mazon.html , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazon_Creek_fossil_beds ), where some amazing plant fossils from the Pennsylvanian-Carboniferous Period could be had in nice oval ironstone concretions. Just like the trilobite fossil that I inexplicably left in the yard of our first home when we moved (I was 9, but old enough to know better! : , I failed to fully appreciate the treasure-trove just down the road from me until I had gone. Now, I'm surrounded by basalt. Here's a photo of a fossil I collected as a kid: I still remember opening that puppy up and seeing the fern fossil.
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Post by Himmapaan on Feb 21, 2011 0:39:03 GMT
I still remember opening that puppy up and seeing the fern fossil. Was it accompanied by a small stream of light and a faint chorus? It would have been had I been opening it. ;D
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Post by totoro on Feb 21, 2011 5:53:03 GMT
Was it accompanied by a small stream of light and a faint chorus? It would have been had I been opening it. ;D You know, I thought it was just cicadas in the trees and the sun coming out from behind the clouds, but now that you mention it... ;D
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Post by gfxtwin on Feb 21, 2011 8:09:54 GMT
I live about two hours away from glen rose Tx, and dinosaur valley national park. Theron lie footprints that depict an acrocanthosaurus attacking a sauropod.
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Post by neovenator08 on Feb 26, 2011 12:59:32 GMT
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