Fossil Hunting - Dry Dredgers Sept.field trip Ind.2007 pt 1

Fossil hunting at Indiana road cut , 440 million year old Ordovician marine fossils found in rich abundence. Links

The Dry Dredgers is an association of amateur geologists / paleontologist / fossil hunters .
Large site of Ordovician fossils.
http://drydredgers.org/

My album on Cincinnatis World famous fossils 400+ photos
http://community.webshots.com/album/182825680RiWXUr

Ordovician Geologic Period
http://www.palaeos.com/Paleozoic/Ordovician/Ordovician.htm

Bill Whites Ordovician trilobite gallery
http://drydredgers.org/billwhite10.htm

Guide to Order of Trilobites -One of the best inro to Trilobite sites!
http://www.trilobites.info/

Cincinnati Fossils in depth look
http://www.uga.edu/~strata/cincy/fauna/fauna.html

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[sharktoothking10]

are there any sharks teeth there?

[flyingscience]

@sharktoothking10 No shark teeth these fossils are Ordovician age .No fish fossils have ever been found in the tristate area (in Ordovician strata ) . Ordovicain fish have been found out west though around Utha /Nevada . Fish where rare animals on Earth back then and what few there where never migrated here .

[LordXehenniar]

Ive been there twice...never seen another person there besides us.

[flyingscience]

Actualy Ive seen lots of folks there .There are even people who have dumped fossils from other locations (Ky Mississippian age crinoid stems) hot dog sized for people to find .

[d2paintballer]

Hey great video.I'm gonna head up this or next weekend to a local place that has awesome fossils.

I have a question, if anyone can answer it-

What is the chemical make-up of the most common fossils? Like, if you broke up/crushed some fossils, and mixed the fossils in water....what would the water mostly consist of? ie: nitrogen / ro hydrogen? Please let me know if you know the answer. I've tried googleing my question, but had no luck. Please respond asap. Thanks for your time

[flyingscience]

Most your fossils are lime stone , i think that translates as calcium carbonates (look that up to be sure ) . Many fossils are in filled with calcite crystals =calcite .

[fossils4cash]

Glad to see you were hunting with your kids. That was beautiful. I've put together a show about hunting fossils that you won't want to miss. Check my channel out.

[Irene726155]

If you're VERY patient, you can find small Trilobites. I visited this site days after the roadcut was finished, and brought home literally hundreds of Brachiopods. Love that site!

[stet1965]

Just got back from a 3 day excursion to the Cincinnati Arch area - drove over 1300 miles roundtrip but it was certainly worth it! I wasn't at that site in the video but close to it - the variety and richness of marine inverts are unmatched. If I lived closer I would join your group - thanks for posting!

[Sl1f3rDrag0n]

i wanna become a paleontologist wen i grow up