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Post by NatureNut on Sept 23, 2010 23:27:45 GMT -5
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Post by NatureNut on Sept 24, 2010 0:14:17 GMT -5
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Post by NatureNut on Sept 24, 2010 1:08:32 GMT -5
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 24, 2010 5:43:05 GMT -5
I had to refresh the page 4 times to get all the pics to load. ;D Well worth the wait. What an amazing collection!
The sea that is shown is the same sea that I hunt fossils in. I didn't see any Mosasaur fossils which seems strange because they were very wide spread. The shark teeth are about the same as I find here as well as some of the invertabrates. The thing we don't have much of here are the dinosaurs. Wow, what an amazing assortment of fossils Utah has!
The Dallas Natural History has a very well preserved Mammoth as well that was found near Dallas. Those were amazing critters.
Thanks for the pics Jo!!!
Curt
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 24, 2010 8:53:29 GMT -5
Wow Jo, great pics. Thanks for posting them. An occasional mammoth bone is dug up around here, but most are just fragments left by the last ice age. I have one nearly complete vertebrae, a section of a leg bone, and a small sliver of tusk ivory that I've collected from road gravel while walking the dog. Don
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Post by adrian65 on Sept 24, 2010 11:39:17 GMT -5
WOW, Jo, what a museum! So diverse and so many dino fossils! Amazing place you visited, thank you for taking us along.
The red/blue small pet wood in the 4th picture - could it be yellow cat pet wood from Moab?
Adrian
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 24, 2010 12:51:46 GMT -5
WOW and OMG that is a great place!!!!! Thats the stuff I collect and hunt for.......Great pics and thanks for the tour.
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Post by NatureNut on Sept 24, 2010 13:27:36 GMT -5
Adrian, very likely, but couldn't tell for sure without a call or email to the museum.
Fossilman, yes and so worth the trip. Wish I could have had more time to absorb more, but I cruised through snapping pics to stay in my time allotted. The entrance fee is $5, but I got a dollar off for mentioning Les Schwab where we were having our work done.
Curt, you're right. I looked through my pics to see if any of the ones that I didn't post was a land/water type (monasaur), but only saw was one of fish and some croc fossils. There are some pics of fossilized drift wood too if anyone is interested in seeing any of these, I'll post them too.
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Post by rockrookie on Sept 24, 2010 16:55:50 GMT -5
great museum !! thanks for sharing , Jo !! --paul
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Post by chromenut on Sept 26, 2010 16:46:04 GMT -5
Fun photo tour! Kept me fixated on my monitor!
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Post by catskillrocks on Sept 26, 2010 21:33:53 GMT -5
Fifteen minutes? Boy you sure got a lot accomplished in such short time! Jo, that was just a terrific adventure you took us on! Thank you. Don
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Post by tanyafrench on Sept 27, 2010 14:01:07 GMT -5
Jo I have just spent longer that that looking at your pictures. You have done a wonderful job. I have never been interested in fossils but I believe I will take an interest now. There is a site in Ohio that is supposed to have some great fossils, not Dino but still good fossils. I am going to have to go check them out. You have inspired me!
Tanya
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Post by NatureNut on Sept 27, 2010 17:47:42 GMT -5
So glad you got something out of it. If you rockhound at all, it really helps to be able to have a clue if you stumble over a fossil. Yep, I cruised through the joint, absorbing as much as possible and snapping pics like a paparazzi. When I got back, Bill said I was gone an hour, LOL. Adrian... I just spent the morning learning all about Yellow Cat Redwood and Yep! That's it!
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Post by SteveHolmes on Sept 27, 2010 23:35:44 GMT -5
Very Cool Museum! Been there several times. My Friends have donated material there in the exhibits. It's really amazing those Dino Tracks stay preserved in the coal mines like that. I'm sure many of them get destroyed as well. It's definitely Yellow Cat Adrian. That Clay Canyon Variscite is worth a few bucks!!!!The Fortification Bone is Spendid...and all the artifacts from Nine Mile Canyon are very interesting. Where you guys at now??? Are you planning on going to Nine Mile?? How about Thompson Springs not too far from Price. I went out to the Geode Beds last weekend....had I known you were so close I'd have come and dragged you both out. Where to from here??? Steve
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Post by NatureNut on Sept 28, 2010 0:55:49 GMT -5
Steve... sorry, we headed south and are in Blanding. Tomorrow we head south to AZ to see the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. Sorry we missed you. We were a ways from Salt Lake, so I didn't PM you. We do think we're coming back after Christmas though.
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Post by SteveHolmes on Sept 28, 2010 6:32:17 GMT -5
We will have to get together if you do come back. At Christmastime might be just for a visit....since the white stuff will most likely be covering the ground. You guys have a safe trip. Be sure to stop by in Holbrook and check out the Petrified Wood House. AMAZING!!! and more Wood than you could imagine. Also..just outside of Snowflake, Az is some great Wood hunting grounds. Steve
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