Keith wrote about the upcoming field trip to the quarry in Belvidere, IL -
Hello All,
I just got back from Irene through the Lizadro Museum. It is a
Dolminite limstone quarry. The majority of the fossils found were
Gastropods not many complete and mostly 1.5 Inch or less in size
(Trochonema, Lophospira, Hormotoma...). I've seen two partial Hormotoma
5 to 7 inches long. Only one partial Trilobit (I think Illoenus ) was
found. Many poeple came up with parts of Receptoculites and few found
Horn Coral. A 7 inch segment of a straight Cephalopod was also found in
a bolder. I would suggest surface hunting first around and on the
smaller rock, rock piles before taking the hammer to the bolders.
Happy hunting,
Keith
