This is the "Fossil Friday" post #186. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to [email protected]. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world!
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Today, we have a Greenops trilobite from Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve in Blasdell, NY, near Buffalo in western New York. Penn Dixie was once a quarry. Now, it's a nature preserve where you can collect fossils. The strata exposed at Penn Dixie date to roughly 382 million years ago during the Devonian Period.
This specimen was collected during the "Digging With the Experts" event, which was held Saturday, June 3rd and Sunday, June 4th, 2023.
Here's a link to the 2024 event to be held on Saturday, June 8th and Sunday, June 9th, 2024.
Join us on June 8th and 9th for our signature fossil dig — Dig With The Experts! This is our very popular, once yearly opportunity to unearth the best, most complete, and most unexpected fossils at Penn Dixie! We’ll have equipment do the heavy lifting and scientific experts on site to help with locating and identifying the best fossils. You’ll have to do your share of splitting and digging, of course, but you’re guaranteed to find something cool and interesting.
Expert volunteers — including scientists, leading fossil collectors, and experts on local geology — will lead the dig in a freshly excavated section of the Lower Windom Shale and will demonstrate how to find Devonian Period trilobites, cephalopods, fish remains, brachiopods, corals, wood, and a range of other marine invertebrates. Thanks to our experts — all volunteer collectors and paleontologists who travel to Penn Dixie to share their time and knowledge — we are celebrating our 19th dig in 2024!
This program will sell out — please reserve in advance to guarantee a spot. We do not recommend that children under age 10 attend this program due to the technical and safety requirements of splitting rocks. During Dig With The Experts, other areas of Penn Dixie will be open to fossil collectors of all ages and regular tours will be available. There will be a food truck on site each day.
Tickets are electronic and will not be mailed.