Advanced Form to Report of Mazon Creek Nodules collected from Illinois Department of Natural Resources Property
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In order to make sure that information on fossil-bearing nodules collected from IDNR properties is not lost, the Department requires that a list of fossils collected under IDNR permits be reported to the Illinois State Museum (ISM). This form provides an easy way to provide that information to the ISM.
This form is designed for advanced collectors who collect at the site numerous times during a season and who would like to group annual collecting results into a single annual report. This form is designed to allow collectors to report collecting of new nodules separately from opening of nodules and fossil identification. We have made these separate categories for reporting to accommodate collectors who open nodules over several seasons using natural freeze-thaw techniques.
This report form does not require keeping nodules from individual trips separate or to separate nodules from different years or areas. However, if a collector would like to report this added detail, we would be happy to archive that information as well.
If, you would like to provide additional information, including photographs of more noteworthy, important, or spectacular specimens, IDNR would certainly appreciate that consideration.
You may instead report finds online using forms on the ISM website http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/mazon_creek/collecting_report.html [not available yet]
The information on this form is being archived to better understand the Mazon Creek deposits and their fossils. It may also allow potentially important fossil finds to be made known to the scientists that study those fossils.
If you have any questions or concerns about providing this information, please feel free to contact Dr. Rickard Toomey of the Geology Section at the Illinois State Museum. Information for contacting him
is as follows:
email: toomey@museum.state.il.us
voice: 217-524-7908
postal: Illinois State Museum - RCC
1011 E Ash St
Springfield, IL 62703
This form (with any supplemental information, photos, etc. you chose to send) should be sent to the Illinois State Museum at the following address:
Mazon Creek Reports
Illinois State Museum - RCC
1011 E Ash St
Springfield, IL 62703
Information to be reported:
Dates covered in this report ___/____/______ to ___/___/_______
Name ____________________________
Address ______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Phone ________________________________
Email ________________________________
Collection Information
IDNR Mazon Creek Fossil Permit Numbers:
Number of Nodules Collected:
Unopened _______; Weathered Open (2 halves) _______ , (1 half) _______:
Notes about collecting conditions:
Information on Nodules Opened and Fossils Identified in this Time Period
Number of Nodules Opened Successfully: Freeze/Thaw______; Hammer _____
Number of Nodules Discarded:
Results from opened nodules (identify to best of ability):
Taxon (common name or scientific) Number recovered
No fossil evident _____
Unidentified _____
_______________ _____
_______________ _____
_______________ _____
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_______________ _____
_______________ _____
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(please feel free to attach extra sheets as needed)
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