Grab a picnic lunch and JOIN our ZRS Paleontologist for an exciting and educational fossil collecting day trip - great for families with children! We will visit TWO separate sites to collect marine fossils from the Late Devonian Period (375 million years old) Cerro Gordo limestone member of the Lime Creek formation. This area is recognized as one of the most fossiliferous and easy to collect localities in the upper Midwest - with nearly 200 different species of marine invertebrates and micro-fossils described from the area.
During the Devonian Period, this portion of Iowa was a shallow sea shelf and shelf-margin environment that bordered a deep-water basin in eastern Iowa and central Illinois. A major global extinction event immediately followed the time represented by these interesting Rockford deposits.
Our group will visit both a public collecting site as well as an additional location on private property. These collecting sites are located about a 2.5 to 3-hour drive south from the ZRS Fossils and Gifts store in Minneapolis. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to the collecting sites. Complete fieldtrip details will be included in the itinerary e-mail you will receive AFTER your registration has been completed.
Our ZRS Paleontologist will provide on-site sample specimens, personal collecting guidance and individual identification of collected fossils to each family during the picnic lunch gathering at the first site. Each participating individual/family will also receive special handouts for identification of the fossils collected.
Be sure to pack your camera, a picnic lunch and get ready to have fun on this interesting, educational and inspiring adventure for young and old!
REGISTRATION FEE - $25 per person
Call ZRS at 612.824.1068 to register for this great family fossil collecting experience!
ALL participants MUST BE pre-registered for this special event!
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