Ammonites and Dinos and Agate -- Oh, my!! Join ZRS for great hands-on, paleontologist-guided fossil collecting adventures in Montana! Beautiful country, many great finds and tons of fun await you on July 26th & 27th near Glendive. Stop by our Minneapolis retail store or give us a call today for more info and to register (612.824.1068) ... discover an exciting summertime family weekend to remember!
This intriguing collecting locale is about a nine-hour drive from the Twin Cities. If possible, it is best to make this adventure a long weekend by planning for an extra travel day on both ends of the trip. On Saturday we will be collecting beautiful ammonites and other marine invertebrate fossils from the Pierre Shale formation of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 80 million-years-old. At that time this part of Montana was a shallow-water, inland sea - and now produces a wide variety of exceptional fossils - including ammonites, nautiloids, snails and clams -- magnificent with their beautiful original mother-of-pearl shell. ZRS provides identification manuals, geological information and paleontologist directed collecting guidance. You'll be thrilled with your discoveries from this interesting site!
Sunday we will drive to a private ranch deep into the rolling badlands where we will be collecting dinosaur bones and teeth in addition to abundant and beautifully agatized petrified wood. This badlands property produces many dinosaur fossils -- including skeletons of several species from the 70 million-year-old Hell Creek Formation of the Cretaceous Period. The ranch owner will take us to a designated area for our day of fossil collecting at this site. Again, ZRS will be there to assist in fossil identification and with collecting guidance. There may be some restrictions on your collecting activities.
If you are interested in participating with this incredible weekend experience, it is important to register as soon as possible. This adventure has a limited number of participants and these fieldtrips usually fill to capacity. Please note that fieldtrip participants provide their own transportation to this event. To receive full details on this extraordinary fossil collecting event, send an email to
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Please note -- advance registration is always required for ZRS Fieldtrips! Be sure to contact ZRS (612.824.1068) or send us an email (
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