Any paleontologists?

>>654902
not really but I've found some ammonites fishing. Some other fisherman found an entire t-rex skeleton in a place where I fish some years ago after some flooding. Basically embedded in a cliff wall. Generally where I fish is a very fossil rich area.

>>654943
Where do you usually fish? I've heard there's some Cenozoic stuff on some kansas lake shores

I'm a quaternary scientist, not exactly paleo but hey ho. If I ever come across an exposed soil horizon I sometimes have a scrape at it. I then sit at camp and have a think if I'm alone and bored.

>>654902
Worked with a national park here in Minnesota during the summers during highschool. One of the things I did when I had nothing better to do was go help with the digs of the old Native American villages nearby. It was cool because I got to dig a hole and find artifacts that ranged from plows and bricks from my great grand parents homestead to trade beads and pipes from the fur trade.

>>654902
>rapid city
do you like reptile gardens? have you been there?

>>655409
Haven't been to the Gardens or most of the touristy stuff, but I want to check them out as well as the dinosaur museum close by

>>655020
What do you mean by a quaternary scientist?

>>655468
>quaternary scientist?

I believe that means he deals with the Quaternary geologic time period, which is from the present back to 2.8 million years ago.

>>655505
Oh, I meant what specifically, just like saying a Mesozoic scientist could study climate, dinosaurs, plants, sea life etc

Ive always had an interest for paleontology and other such fields, and have ammased a meager collection of fossils. Some of wich i have found myself, others i have purchased. My best find is a Echinoid preserved in sandstone, and my best purchased fossil is a Megalodon tooth from the Cooper River USA (20 MYO)

>>655505
Yeah, this

>>655518
I guess my area is fire histories. You can work out a hell of a lot about past climates from how much of certain types of charcoal are in the soil.