fig rocks Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I'm sooo excited! My friend is taking me out to his secret spot in the foothills of Alberta to look for brachs and other assorted goodies tomorrow. We're leaving our trucks in the nearest town and heading out on quads(that's the only to get in there). I even picked up a new set of hiking boots yesterday in anticipation of the expedition. This will be cool because the focus of my searching in the past has always been ammonites. I'll try to post pics as soon as I can after I get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 That's cool Fig be careful have fun and GOOD LUCK Galveston Island 32 miles long 2 miles wide 134 bars 23 liquor stores any questions? Evolution is Chimp Change. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain! "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 That's cool Fig be careful have fun and GOOD LUCKI just hope my hips don't give out on me! My daughter told me to take lots of Tylenol Arthritis medicine with me. Sometimes I think she knows me better than I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 New boots? Take some moleskin and something to cut it with; new-boot blisters are no fun! Have a great time!!! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Just for interest sack, where are you going, like what site I know of some good and easy sea sh#t sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 I just got back from an awsome trip west of Caroline out by Ram river falls! Now I see why we needed quads to get out there, we were on top of a flipping mountain! My hips held out and no blisters from my new boots but my friggin' ankles look like potatoes. I found some awsome shells up there that I chiseled out of the sandstone and I even got some huge plates of fossils. It's wild to think that way up there was once under water. I've got a ton of pics but I used my daughters camera and I can't hook it to my computer so she's going to burn a CD for me tomorrow and I'll upload them to the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 If you want to see mountains and fossils come down here and I will take you out to Canyon Creek it is now a long walk But all type of Banff frm sea sh#t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 I finally got the pics on my computer. Here's some of the shells, most of them are fist sized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Here's my daughter admiring the view! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 More shells! Any IDs on these would be great! The plate of shells is the size of a toaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 A fossil site with a view! That little line through the trees is the cutline we used to get up here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fig rocks Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Our friends, hard at work collecting their booty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 (green with envy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 inoceramus labiatus interesting color and texture on the rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 (green with envy) I think Inoceramus labiatus is now in the genus Mytiloides. It's a world-wide guide fossil to the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous). Nice specimens. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I think Inoceramus labiatus is now in the genus Mytiloides. It's a world-wide guide fossil to the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous). Nice specimens.Don i think you're right, but i'm kinda fond of the word "inoceramus" so i'm hesitant to give it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 What a gorgeous place to spend the day; with fossils too "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 Here's my daughter and I posing. Part of the trail going up the mountain Yeah, we made it to the top! Thanks guys! Tracer, some of the shells almost look like hematite. They are in sandstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Great finds and even better Photo's If you don't mind me asking was this your first trip up there. The mountains are nice I still like the Bad Lands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 Great finds and even better Photo's If you don't mind me asking was this your first trip up there. The mountains are nice I still like the Bad Lands Yes it was grampa and we wouldn't have made it without quads, it was so steep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Those are nice. A great view, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 More bushes More fossil shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 I think Inoceramus labiatus is now in the genus Mytiloides. It's a world-wide guide fossil to the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous). Nice specimens.Don Thank you tracer and FossilDAWG, I've been looking at pics and agree with your findings. They're definitely Mytiloides mytiloides from the upper lower Turonian. They say 92-93 mys but I guess that layer is really hard to accurately date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Karen Posted August 25, 2009 New Members Share Posted August 25, 2009 Thank you for the detailed pictures, and the interesting report. I have just started hunting on the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Olympic Peninsula side. Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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