Ohio Rock Talks Episode 5: How to Collect Ohio's Fossils
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Use the resources below to prepare yourself for a day of collecting Ohio fossils. For more information, visit the ODNR Division of Geological Survey Facebook page: odnrgeosurvey
Further Reading
Eriksson, M., 2002, Tiny hidden treasures-The microfossils of Ohio: Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey GeoFacts 24.
Feldmann, R.M., and Hackathorn, M., eds., 1996, Fossils of Ohio: Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 70, 577 p. [Reprinted with minor revisions 2005.]
La Rocque, A., and Marple, M.F., 1955, Ohio Fossils: Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 152 p. [Out of print; pdf available through Ohio State University Knowledge Bank: kb.osu.edu/han...]
Shrake, D.L., 1992, Excursion to Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County, Ohio: a classic Upper Ordovician fossil-collecting locality: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey Guidebook 12, 18 p., 9 plates [Out of print; pdf available through Ohio State University Knowledge Bank: kb.osu.edu/han...]
Shrake, D.L., 1995, Isotelus-Ohio’s state fossil: Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey GeoFacts 6 [Revised 2016.]
Shrake, D.L., 2014, Fossil collecting in Ohio: Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey GeoFacts 17.
Clubs
Cincinnati Dry Dredgers - drydredgers.org
Columbus Rock and Mineral Society - columbusrockandmineralsociety.org
North Coast Fossil Club - ncfclub.org
Natural History Museums
Cincinnati Museum Center - cincymuseum.org
Cleveland Museum of Natural History - cmnh.org
Orton Geological Museum - ortongeologicalmuseum.osu.edu
Karl E. Limper Geology Museum - miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/limper-museum
Other Resources
Caesar Creek U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Visitor Center - (513) 897-1050
Hueston Woods State Park Nature Center - (513) 524-4250
Olander Park System Fossil Park - (419) 882-8313, olanderpark.com/explorefossilpark
This video should have more likes for how often it's viewed. C'mon fossil lovers! Step it up.
Very interesting. I think I may have found a new hobby. Thank you for the info.
We are glad you enjoyed this video.
Paint Creek state park (Ross county) spillway area has a huge wall with many ocean fauna fossils.
What did you find there?
I would suggest backing up all of your videos on Rumble as well.
I'm a few years behind but I have some questions about micro fossils. Would hunting in streambeds by cliffs in Ashtabula, Lake, and Geauga Counties be with trying to find any in?
Rocks in Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties are Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) in age, and were deposited in a range of environments, from shallow marine to terrestrial. Most contain microfossils. In the marine, organic-rich, black Ohio Shale along Lake Erie, microfossils include teeth-like elements of conodonts (extinct jawless vertebrates) that are extensively used as index fossils, and spores from Protosalvinia, an early plant or possibly an alga. Deltaic and riverine deposits of other formations within those counties contain palynomorphs, including pollen and spores from terrestial plants. These microfossils do not usually survive erosion from the rock (and would lose their context), so they are collected by examining the whole rock or are extracted using special procedures to disaggregate or dissolve the rock. Microfossils are often ignored by amateur collectors- but the smaller you look, the more fossils you will find!
River is really low in vermilion river.Used to collect rocks till it overtook my room as a kid.Arnold Murray from The shepherds chapel found kentucky stones, Bat Creek stones.E.Raymond Capt Lost tribes of Israel found.Cant find his 1st name anywhere very unusual?💪😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I found a near complete rostroconchia
Very cool!