Page 1: Introduction
In September, 2003, the Dry Dredgers field trip was to Northeastern Kentucky, It rained on and off all night. And it stopped raining in time for the field trip.
Dan Cooper, the field trip chairman, was one of the first to arrive and scoped out the site. (No. He didn't remove all the fossils first.)
At first, it was very overcast. After a while, the sky began
to clear and it was a great day for fossil hunting!
Members began to arrive slowly. When everyone had arrived, there was
about 20 attending. This is slightly less than usual, probably due to the
threatening weather.
The rain made it great for finding fossils. It caused the best fossils to be
light brown against the grey shale. Can you find the gastropod (a snail called Cyclonema)
in the picture below?
The site was a huge road cut near Maysville, Kentucky. It was so huge, the group was spread out. You could spend a whole day out on this road cut and never run into another member.
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Page 3: Fossils Found That Day, Part 1
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