Here are some photos from the field trip to the Vulcan Quarry in Sycamore, IL. It was a beautiful day, mostly clear, windy, with temperatures in the mid 40s to lower 50s. There were some good finds, cephalopods were plentiful, brachiopod plates, bryozoans, and a very nice enrolled trilobite.
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