Life In Fossil / Adventures ...

[Cosimah2o]

This thread is the continuity of Life in Fossil ( 2 years ago ) .
PLEASE RESPECT THIS PREMISE :

A PLACE FOR TALKING - WITH A CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC RIGOUR - ABOUT GEOLOGICAL JOURNEYS ( ROUTES) DONE IN YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS IN PROSPECT .

Sparkchaser some data that I told you .
FIRST ADVENTURE : DINOSAURS OF EMOSSON - 46°02’56 N, 6°53’04 E

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[Meadow337]

What exactly do you want to discuss *confused over here*

 

[sparkchaser]

That's cool. I have never come across dinosaur tracks in situ.

 

[Occlith]

Cosimah2o did you already visit that place or do plan of doing so?

 

[Cosimah2o]

Bien sûr Occlith, I have been there for several reasons.

 

[Cosimah2o]

That's cool. I have never come across dinosaur tracks in situ.

The surroundings are very interesting for reading the geological history .
There is another place with footprints.... Have you heard about Dinosaures du Jura ??

--- By the way, I still remember our pending matter about the Carboniferous landscapes...

 

[sparkchaser]

I have not heard of that.

Now it makes me want my own dinosaur tracks.

 

[sparkchaser]

I have plans to head up to Sassnitz, Germany in October to go hunting for amber and Hühnergott (Adder stones) on the Baltic Coast.

 

[Cosimah2o]

Date of this deposit of Amber ?? I refer to millions of years, maybe there you only find Copal !!
By the way, do you know the process of polymerization ?? I have some tricks for knowing when is Copal or Amber ...

 

[sparkchaser]

Baltic Amber is Eocene-Oligocene so 30-55 million years old and it's definitely amber.

I have some Colombian copal with insect inclusions.

 

[Cosimah2o]

And any pollinating insect inside your amber or copal ??
I am planning to visit the surroundings of Gasteiz after reading this article and maybe for several reasons....

A team of European scientists has found several specimens of thrips with pollen grains captured in amber, providing the oldest known evidence of insect pollination. During the last two decades, amber specimens from the Lower Cretaceous (about 110-105 million years ago) found in the Basque country in northern Spain have revealed many new plant and animal species, mainly insects ----- The most representative specimen was also studied with synchrotron X-ray tomography at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France ....

 

[sparkchaser]

I have a piece of amber in storage in the U.S. with a stingerless bee.