Comments on: A paleontological meeting at the Owl Creek Formation

By: Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:03:03 +0000

Hello Kelly:

We did indeed find many Exogyra specimens. Here’s a photo of one of them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Exogyracostata.JPG

Thanks for your comment!

By: Kelly Hurt

Kelly Hurt — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:59:02 +0000

I grew up playing and digging in this particular stretch of Owl Creek. Do you ever find the big Exogyra Costatas? I used to pick up buckets full of them. Besides the ammonites, there were also thin flat/layered/mother of pearl fossils. Quite a cool place to grow up.

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By: Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson — Sun, 30 May 2010 00:41:24 +0000

You can quote me on this one, Susan! At this particular site I had much fun people-watching … and I was probably a tad tired of digging oysters out of the mud.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:31:02 +0000

“As fun as the geology was, it was even more entertaining to see the mix of southern and New York accents and mannerisms…”
Can I quote you on that?
Not that we choose our careers on the basis of how much fun they are. Not at all.
Signed, A Social Scientist