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Field Trip Report

Skiatook Lake, Tallchief Cove

Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society and BAPaleo

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

 

We had a good turnout for the field trip this month. partially due to the proximity to Tulsa, and the cooler weather in the wake of an excruciating heat-wave last week. The planned field trip was to Skiatook Lake's Tallchief Cove, approximately eight miles west of Sperry, OK, in Osage County. many different marine fossil species are found at this location, including: Conularids, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Cephalopods, Gastropods, Pelecopods, Bryozoa, and more. Up to fifty different species are known here. Unfortunately, the site is in danger due to impending development of a private resort and housing development. If you would like information on this site, contact me for information by email.

The following pictures should tell the story fairly well. Many nice specimens were recovered at the site.

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A NICE PLATE FROM A PREVIOUS TRIP

HEY ZACH, WHATCHA DRINKING THERE BUDDY?

OH, HI DAD!

A NICE GATHERING

LOTS OF FRIENDLY CHATTER

SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THREATENS THE COLLECTING AREA

THERE GOES A BIG PLATE!

SHALE ZONE

NICOLE PAIZIS LOOKS FOR FOSSILS

MARY WATTS AND MARGUERITTE HUNT

BRANDON RICHARDS

BRANDON FOUND THESE TWO NICE SPECIMENS. A CEPHALOPOD AND A CONULARIA

GARY COOPER TAKES A BREAK

BRANDON IS HIGH-STEPPING

TONY MORRIS SEARCHES FOR THE ELUSIVE CONULARIA

PRIME COLLECTING AREA

BOB IS IN THERE SOMEWHERE...

OH YEA, THERE HE IS! VIVIAN SHAHA IN FOREGROUND, JIM DERBY IN THE BACKGROUND, AND BOB SHAHA LAYING ON THE GROUND...!

LEO ISABELL

I THINK I CAN TICKLE THAT ONE OUT OF THERE...

TONY, "AH-HA!" MORRIS

RICHARD JAEGER FORAGES FOR ROOTS AND SEEDS, IT'S HARD TO OVERCOME THAT HUNTER-GATHERER INSTINCT!

JIM DERBY AND BOB SHAHA

VIVIAN SHAHA AND ZACHERY BEATTIE

ZACHERY BEATTIE, A NEW ROCK-PUP!

RICHARD JAEGER

BRANDON JUST KNOWS THERE IS A CONULARIA THERE SOMEWHERE!

DONNA DILLMAN, MARY WATTS, MARGUERITTE HUNT

MARGUERITTE HUNT: "ARE YOU TAKING MY PICTURE AGAIN?"

MARY WATTS: "OH MY GOODNESS, MY HAIR IS A MESS!"

DONNA DILLMAN: "DO YOU SEE THIS HAMMER? I KNOW HOW TO US IT!"

CHRIS ROBINSON: "I AM NOT GOING TO LOOK, JUST SNAP THE PICTURE ALREADY!"

A SPOT OF SHADE DRAWS A CROWD!

JIM DERBY: "CAN YOU READ MY WRITING?"

BOB AVAKIAN: "I COULD, BUT MY VISION IS A LITTLE BLURRY RIGHT NOW..."

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?"

"GEEZ, IF ONLY I WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS OLDER..."

NO DIALOGUE NECESSARY...

"AND THE NEW MIDDLE-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO!"

LEFT TO RIGHT: DONNA DILLMAN, MARGUERITTE HUNT, MARY WATTS, CHRIS ROBINSON, TONY MORRIS, RICHARD JAEGER, JEAN SILER, KEN SILER, AND CURTIS LONG

"I'M GLAD WE FINALLY GOT THE TRUCK UP THAT HILL, GRANDPA, CAN I TAKE THIS HARNESS OFF NOW?"

GARY FOUND A SHADY SPOT TO NAP...

NOW THAT'S A BRYOZOA!

FIND OF THE DAY: MARY WATTS FOUND THIS GREAT CRINOID CALYX!

WHAT YA'LL TALKIN' 'BOUT?

TRUCK FULL OF MATRIX SPECIMENS AND YARD ROCKS! NOW YA KNOW WHY THERE IS A HOIST ON THERE!

SPECIMEN PICTURE

Related Article: "Little Blue Rabbit"

©2006 Virgil G. Richards

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