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I was particularly intrigued to see fern fossils in Antarctica because of the part plant fossils played in the history of science here. However, these are much younger ones. They are part of a little open-air museum of interesting rocks collected by previous expedition staff or visitors, sitting on a boulder above the beach at Walker Bay on Livingston Island.
When Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed party was found, they were carrying the first plant fossils discovered on Antarctica. These were a key piece of the puzzle proving continental drift – they showed that Antarctica had once had a warmer, forested climate and had once been connected to South America and Australia. Falcon had been asked to look for just such evidence, and he knew how important it was. Even in extremis, he did not jettison these precious specimens. Falcon’s were much older than these, though, from the key period (Permian, 300–250 Mya) when the continents had been joined into Gondwana. The sedimentary strata in the cliffs here are Cretaceous (88–68 Mya, according to all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2014/12/one-year-ago-yest... ). So, while they're far more accessible than the ones Scott found in the interior, they don't have the same scientific value. Nevertheless, they do tell the tale of a warmer, wetter climate.
Fossil Magnolia Leaf (Aleurites glandulosa) These plants lived during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago. They are preserved in the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone. Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer, Lincoln Co., Wyo.
Found at the Logan Butte, origin 29 million years ago. Thomas Condon Paleontology Center, Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
Fossil Hydrangea Leaf (Hydrangea fraxinifolia) showing gall damage, preserved in the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation about 34 million years ago. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Teller Co., Colo.
An 18 inch long fossil of some life form from 450 million years ago. (that's the age of the rock in this layer) Possibly an endocerids, a cephalopod or creature with a long thin shell that could have reached a few meters in length.
Sag Quarries
Lemont, Illinois
View of sagebrush and sand dunes at Fossil Lake, looking northeast, Feb. 21, 2017, by Greg Shine, BLM.
The Fossil Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern includes the dry lake bed of Fossil Lake, once the bottom of an ancient lake more than 200 feet deep, and an area that - since 1877 - continues to be an important location for scientific discovery.
Over more than 100 years, paleontologists identified over 23 species of mammals, 74 species of birds, 6 species of fish, and 6 species of mollusk from fossils unearthed here.
Some species are extinct, such as the mammoth, Dire wolf, giant beaver, and a large species of eagle. Others, such as the Tui chub, rabbit, ground squirrel, salmon, and prairie dog, exist here or in other parts of North America.
These fossils range in age from about 10,000 years old, to as much as 400,000 years old.
Each year, new species continue to be unearthed by research groups at Fossil Lake.
Collecting fossils is strictly prohibited at the site, and the entire area is closed to off-highway vehicle use to protect the fragile fossils located there. Access to this special area is limited to walk-in traffic only.
Contact:
Bureau of Land Management
Lakeview District
1301 South G Street
Lakeview, OR 97630
541-947-2177
BLM_OR_LV_Mailbox@blm.gov
Fossil Free Göttingen celebrates their win. The city has voted to divest. The university is next.
Credits: Fossil Free Göttingen
This was seen at the butterfly conservation reserve at Prestbury Hill Gloucestershire UK. It was a loose piece of Cotswold stone lying in the grass and then I saw the shell embedded in it.
Anna and her papa went fossil hunting the other day. There are many good places (lots of sand) near our house for this. They were hoping for some shark teeth or maybe a fish fossil but they just got some sweet sand dollars. The important part is that they had a really great time.....
And he took these shots when they got home. I love 'em.
Fossil Fish, victims of a large die-off, possibly as a result of a volcanic event. Most of the fish preserved here in the Green River Formation are Knightia eocaena or Knightia alta. These species lived in a large freshwater lake during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago. The Green River Formation is a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The unusual chemistry of the lake prevented rapid decay of dead organisms. The lake also was subject to sudden surges of volcanic ash and mud, resulting in immediate burial of fish like these. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone. Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer, Lincoln Co., Wyo.
Fossil Crinoid Holdfast (Eucalyptocrinus crassus). This specimen was found in the Cincinnati Group and lived during the Ordovician Period about 450 million years ago. Highland Co., Ohio. (Collection of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Golden, Colo.)
Fossil Palm Leaf (Sabalites sp.) These plants lived during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago. They are preserved in the Green River Formation, a laminated limestone precipitated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone. Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer, Lincoln Co., Wyo.
Fossil Beetle (Fam: Curculionidae) found in the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation. This snout-nosed beetle lived during Eocene time, around 45-50 million years ago. The specimen is about 5 mm long. Bonanza, Uintah Co., Utah.
sneak preview of a photo from my upcoming book "The Art and Style of Product Photography" published by Wiley & Sons.
Fossil Horn Coral. Specimen is weathering out of a limestone boulder in Death Valley Wash near Mesquite Spring (i.e., not in-situ). Possibly Caninia sp., from the Mississippian Perdido Formation. Death Valley National Park. Inyo Co., Calif.
An ancient piece of beach, location unknown. These are pretty recent-looking shells, so I'm assuming this wasn't from the time of brachiopods...
A nearly complete sponge fossil in the Naco Formation
Locality: Near Whispering Pines, Arizona
For more information:
geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/geo_stud_vol_46_...
Love the watch my mom got for me as a super early birthday gift? LOL!
Good thing my sister works at Fossil! DISCOUNT!
Fossil Brittle Star (Ophiopinna elegans) from the La Voulte Limestone of Middle Jurassic age. Field of view is 3 cm. La Voulte-sur-Rhone, Ardeche, France.
Millbrook Village
Warren County, New Jersey
April 2012
Not sure how well this lends itself to artwork, but this small fossil in the stream caught my attention. The shape of the central section reminds me of a safety pin. Photo represents about a 4 inch long section to give this some scale.
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Just a picture of color and shapes. For size reference, the greenish triangle on the left (a Bone Valley Megalodon) is 2.25 inches, on it’s longest diagonal. The large grey/black one is another Megalodon. Then there are three Hemipristis, two Mako varieties, a Great White, and a transitional Great White (the rust/orange one). All sitting on a piece of petrified Shilderia adamanica! Mmm Mmm good! I am told that the S. adamanica is related to modern Ephedra.
Today the 10-10-10 at 10h10, I've taken 4 photos. Three of them can be seen here. Flick'r was asking us to record our day and to upload them in certain groups. Thus those images. First, why not take a pic of my screen, to prove the hour... :) Then I realized the futility of the exercise. Just under my screen, I could see the two fossils, the first one being 50 million years and the second one 450 million years. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION YEARS!!! We all want a small part of eternity...yup. That's why I take all those photos and put them on Flick'r and Facebook and Blogger... But what will be left of those in 450 million years? Nothing, absolutely nothing... Even if I post all my life on the net. Nothing...
Maybe I should drown myself into mud hoping that my body will be preserved and found out in 450 million years... So I could get my little part of eternity...
Oyster
Lower Jurassic.
What many people don't realise is that - most bivalve fossils are found (like this one) tightly closed.
Bivalves open when they die, that is why you will find many open bivalves or half shells on the beach. If you find any closed ones they are likely to still be alive.
A closed fossil bivalve indicates that it was rapidly buried whilst still alive, in a sufficient weight of sediment to prevent the bivalve opening.
The fact that the majority of fossil bivalves are found tightly closed, indicates that most were buried rapidly. This goes against the popular idea that fossils are formed by gradual burial in a slow build up of sediment.
Rapid formation of strata, recent evidence:
www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Fossil museum: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157641367196613/
There is no credible mechanism for progressive evolution.
Progressive, macro evolution is based on the ludicrous idea that random mutations (accidental, genetic, copying mistakes) selected by natural selection, can provide constructive, genetic information capable of creating entirely new features, structures, organs, and biological systems. Macro evolution is based on a belief in a complete progression from microbes to man through millions of random, genetic copying MISTAKES. There is no evidence for it whatsoever, it is unscientific nonsense which defies logic.
Micro-evolution is simply the small changes which take place, through natural selection or selective breeding, but only within the strict limits of the built-in variability of the existing gene pool. Any changes outside the extent of the existing gene pool requires a credible mechanism for the creation of new, constructive, genetic information, that is what is essential for macro evolution. Micro evolution does not involve or require the creation of any new, genetic information. So micro evolution and macro evolution are entirely different. There is no connection between them at all.
Macro evolution is the ridiculous idea that everything in the genome of humans and every living thing past and present (apart from the original genetic information in the very first living cell) is the result of genetic copying mistakes. mutations ... of mutations .... of mutations.... of mutations .... etc. etc.
In other words, Neo-Darwinism proposes that the complete genome (every scrap of genetic information in the DNA) of every living thing that has ever lived was created by a series ... of mistakes ... of mistakes .... of mistakes .... of mistakes etc. etc.
If we look at the whole picture we soon realise that what is actually being proposed by evolutionists is that, apart from the original information in the first living cell: every additional scrap of genetic information for all - features, structures, systems and processes that exist, or have ever existed in living things, such as:
skin, bones, bone joints, shells, flowers, leaves, wings, scales, muscles, fur, hair, teeth, claws, toe and finger nails, horns, beaks, nervous systems, blood, blood vessels, brains, lungs, hearts, digestive systems, vascular systems, liver, kidneys, pancreas, bowels, immune systems, senses, eyes, ears, sex organs, sexual reproduction, sperm, eggs, pollen, the process of metamorphosis, marsupial pouches, marsupial embryo migration, mammary glands, hormone production, melanin etc. .... have been created from scratch, by an incredibly long series of small, accumulated mistakes ... mistake - upon mistake - upon mistake - upon mistake - etc. etc.
If you believe that ... you will believe anything.
Conclusion: progressive, microbes-to-man is impossible - there is no credible mechanism to produce all the new, genetic information which is essential for that to take place.
The evolution story is a fairy tale.
can someone please help me identify what this is? it looks like a fish, but perhaps it is a worm? if you can zoom in there are many segments
11 campsites with drinking water, restroom, tables and fire rings. Fed by the rains and snows of the last Ice Age, the Owens River once flowed from Owens lake down through this narrow valley between the Coso and Sierra Nevada Mountain ranges. Several times during the last 100,000 years, the discharge from the Owens river has been great enough to form a vast interconnected system of lakes in what are now the arid basins of the Mojave Desert. The rugged and primitive features of Fossil Falls are the produce of volcanic activity. As recent as 20,000 years ago, lava from the local volcanic eruptions poured into the Owens River channel. The erosional forces of the Owens River acted upon this volcanic rock, forming the polished and sculptured features that now can be seen at Fossil Falls.
Photo by Jesse Pluim, BLM
Fossil Brachiopod (Paraspirifer bownockeri). Deposited in the Silica Shale Formation during the Middle Devonian, about 385 million years ago. The shell, originally composed of calcium carbonate, has been partially replaced by pyrite during preservation. Sylvania, Lucas Co., Ohio. (Collection of the Mines Museum of Earth Science. Golden, Colo.)