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I've started to see an occasional bluebird around our house. We have lots of wildlife, but it's always a surprise to see the blue and orange.
06:11 PM - Jun 21, 2023
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This Greenops trilobite is a bit beat up, but the small dots on this plate are Ostracods (sometimes known as seed shrimp). I found this on the Lake Erie shoreline near Buffalo, New York. It's Devonian aged Wanakah Mb.

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04:44 PM - Jun 20, 2023
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I usually post invertebrates for #FossilFriday . This is one of the few vert fossils in my collection. Pennsylvanian aged amphibian tracks from the Mansfield Fm. near Bloomfield, IN. There's even a faint tail drag on the larger piece.
10:17 PM - Jun 16, 2023
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These are my fossil cabinets.
10:36 PM - Jun 14, 2023
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I'm down to the last 6 drawers of my fossil collection that still need to be added to my inventory. Everything else has a specimen number and label.

(I still have a lifetime of unprepped material that will eventually get a number and ID when cleaned)
10:27 PM - Jun 14, 2023
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05:35 PM - Jun 10, 2023
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Here's a strange one for #TrilobiteTuesday

This is a Spathacalymene nasuta from the Silurian Massie Fm. near Napoleon, Indiana. These are very rare trilobites with a shovel nose and often found upside down. This specimen had to be flipped during preparation.
09:02 PM - Jun 06, 2023
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Bebe
07:26 PM - May 30, 2023
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You just have to look for the beauty in this world. It's out there.
06:04 PM - May 29, 2023
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Find some beauty in this world.
06:04 PM - May 29, 2023
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Three different blastoids from the Thunder Bay Limestone of Alpena, Michigan. I found all of these last weekend - Placoblastus, Nucleocrinus and Heteroschisma. The first 2 are uncommon and often beach worn. These are perfect specimens.

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10:00 AM - May 26, 2023
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I took my son fossil hunting last weekend and we had an amazing trip. I found some beautiful blastoids. He found the best crinoid and I'm very jealous. I'm prepping it for him and it should be stunning. Megistocrinus concavus from the Devonian Thunder Bay Limestone.
08:31 PM - May 22, 2023
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Comic Con always makes me feel a little bit more grounded.

I had fun.
09:57 PM - May 19, 2023
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I'm a huge comic geek also and I'm about to head to Motor City Comic Con. So here's something different for #FossilFriday - a trilobite comic book!

It was published in 2006 by Josh Frankel.
09:51 AM - May 19, 2023
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INTRUDER!!!!
08:12 PM - May 18, 2023
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We have at least 3 large snapping turtles in our pond.

This one likes to rest on the muskrat home.

Her name is Snappy McSnapperface.

She lays eggs in our yard every year.
07:56 PM - May 15, 2023
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This is a small Devonian horned coral that tells a story of survival. Something happened to the primary body (attack, buried in a storm?) and two new corallites started to grow.

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11:53 AM - May 12, 2023
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The first Gogia is done. This is a 500 million year old echinoderm, related to starfish and sand dollars.

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07:47 PM - May 01, 2023
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Time for some #FossilTherapy

Prepping some eocrinoids from the Cambrian of Utah.
06:38 PM - May 01, 2023
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This gives you a sense how small it really is. I was on my hands and knees looking for blastoids and trilobites.

#fossils #FossilFriday
03:05 PM - Apr 22, 2023
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I had another great day fossil hunting. Blastoids are hard to find here.

This one is the smallest I've found. Hyperoblastus reimanni from the Devonian Silica Shale. Blastoids are echinoderms related to starfish and sand dollars. They have 5 point symmetry.

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03:03 PM - Apr 22, 2023
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I'm taking my kids on a field trip to the Devonian tomorrow. We always find lots of brachiopods and if I'm lucky I'll find a blastoid.
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This is not an alien face hugger.

It's an early echinoderm called Gogia spiralis from the upper Wheeler Fm in the House Range of Utah. This is a 500 million year old relative to starfish and sand dollars.

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04:12 PM - Apr 21, 2023
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A recent find from my trip. Asaphiscus wheeleri from the upper Wheeler Fm. of Utah. It's about 500 million years old and ~4 cm or 1.5 inches.

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11:44 AM - Apr 18, 2023
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Finally got some time in my prep room tonight. This guy looks pretty good for 500 million years old.

Modocia typicalis from the Marjum Fm. of Utah.

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09:41 PM - Apr 14, 2023
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We might have made beef ribs, bacon wrapped asparagus and fresh bread.
06:29 PM - Apr 13, 2023
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Not all of my trilobites are complete, museum grade specimens. This Eldredgeops was broke when I found it and shows the geodized center. It's a crystal filled, 370 million year old trilobite for #FossilFriday
03:31 PM - Mar 31, 2023
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Maybe, finally, some consequences?
07:29 PM - Mar 30, 2023
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This cute Paciphacops was given to my son at MAPS unprepped last fall. I cleaned it up for him. There's also a small brachiopod stuck to its cheek. The eye lenses are stunning. Paciphacops have fewer rows of lenses than Kainops, but they look very similar.

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09:39 PM - Mar 28, 2023
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