Fossil Finders Documentary

A short documentary made by an 8-year-old girl about her 6-year-old brothers who are "expert fossil finders." The adventure leads them deep into the Cedar tree forest somewhere in North America. The children are not Australian or British, so no one can figure out where the accents came from but it certainly adds to the feeling of adventure and scientific exploration.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Fossils
• ammonites
• gastropod
• brachiopod
• shell
• sea urchin
• adventure
• geography
• geographic science
• discovery
• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• cretaceous

[DickKuiper1]

Hello Gray Family,

Thanks for your lovely documentary. I remember how much fun it was to go rock hunting with my kids. Have you found some ammonites yet??

[bclarkgray]

Per Wikipedia:

At their peak in the Paleozoic the brachiopods were among the most abundant filter-feeders and reef-builders, and occupied other ecological niches, including swimming in the jet-propulsion style of scallops. However, after the PermianTriassic extinction event, informally known as the "Great Dying", brachiopods recovered only a third of their former diversity. They were still quite diverse and adundant in the Jurassic and Cretaceous, but have slowly declined.

[killjoethe9]

brachiopods did not live 600 million years ago not even 501 million years ago crystal and crystals are being formed now.

[forrest792]

Wow ! they are just like I was when i was there age ! And I used the same term (Fossils rule)! Its like im watching a video of my past! Fossils rule!!!

[flyingscience]

look what we found yesterday fossil hunting -"

"Collecting Big Fat Fossil Sea Shells-Platystrophia pt. 1"

[flyingscience]

I have a playlist of beginner class videos introducing brachiopods , corals, trilobites , snails etc.Look at my list or simply search under Cincinnati Fossils!

[flyingscience]

Great job Mom ,Dad and kids .Clams are Plecyopods not Brachiopods .Brachiopods are symetrical clams are not .

[starzship]

Wonderful video! Nice kids on the way to a great start in science, geography, history, etc. Fun and well done!!!