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Penn Dixie is on most fossil collectors' bucket lists. I experienced the "Digging With the Experts" event last year and had a great time. I would definitely recommend. You will find nice trilobites (enrolled and prone), horn corals, and brachiopods galore, along with the occasional rare cephalopods and crinoids. Trilobites can be found in groups, sometime with 7 on the same plate!
At last weekend's Braceville field trip, we got to talking to Tim Rogers, who was on his first Mazon Creek trip. He mentioned Penn Dixie and some of his finds. Well, he sent along a few photos and we just had to share them here. He has not one, but two amazing Greenops boothi and multiple Eldregeops rana (sometimes still referred to as Phacops rana).
Thanks for shaing, Tim! Hope to see you out there next year!
Greenops boothi
Eldregeops rana
A nice cruziana... a trilobite trackway
The before and after on the Dipleura head is amazing!
Hello, Paleo Joe!
Here's a nice plate just loaded with fossils
