Category: Mazon Creek
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Mazon Creek in the News
From Chicago Tribune: … Before the time of the dinosaurs, long-nosed Bandringa sharks were leaving their freshwater homes to lay eggs in the shallow coastal waters of a long-gone sea that stretched over most of the American Midwest, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology…. … In 1969, researchers discovered…
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Where Can I Collect Mazon Creek Fossils?
Here is the state park in Illinois that is known for Mazon Creek fossil collecting – http://www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/PARKS/R2/MAZONIA.HTM Resources about collecting: http://www.esconi.org/esconi_earth_science_club/2009/01/mazon-creek-reference-information.html ESCONI hosts two Mazon Creek collecting field trips each year to a site on private land. You just need to be a member of the club to attend. Here is the page with information…
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Mazon Creek Fossils: Dinner With Dr. Frederick R. Schram by Mary Fairchild
Rob Sula, Dr. Frederick R. Schram, Jack Wittry, Jim Fairchild.–August, 2011. The Mazon Creek site is very significant because of the diversity of life compared to other Lagerstatten. Frederick R. Schram (2) In August, ESCONI members Rob and Sondra Sula, Jack and Charlene Wittry, and Jim and I met with Dr. Frederick Schram at the Two Brothers…
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