Butterflies and Shells
Today was a fossil hunt and quasi-hike. At least loosely speaking it was about fossil hunting, mostly it was about being in the woods. Sometimes the fossils jump out at you and sometimes they don't. The hierarchy we have developed for our fossil finds over the years is as follows: 1. Shells, 2. Flowers, 3. All other plant life. Of course, size matters too.
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So, that was a lowly 3, but sometimes you just need to go fossil hunting to see stuff like this.
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posted by Jack @ 12:38 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
Photo #1---Great photo of the fossil! My guess it might be a No. 4 in the hierarchy - an ancient animal, perhaps? However, I'm not the trilobite etc. expert.
Photo #2 - Beautiful shot of a native butterly on a thistle blossom!
Sounds as though you had a great morning!
My best,
L
It is a plant stem, fairly common in one form or another. The real target is shells and crinoids. They are much fewer and farther between.
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Galleries/Crawfordsville_Crinoid_Gallery/Crawfordsville_crinoids.htm
We get no animals here, maybe a few copralites. (kidding)
http://scienceviews.com/photo/library/SIA0651.html
So the links don't work. Google on crinoids and copralites if you have interest.
Excellent photos with the digital! Cut and paste the site into the address bar works, too.
J
Nice pics. Are they really from a digital camera? They are so clear.
They ARE from a digital camera, a Nikon coolpix little fellow.
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