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
