On Wednesday Dr. Elliot’s geology 103 class went for a field trip. The main focus was on gathering fossil specimens from various locations. The fossils were all sorts of complications. The rocks were formed during the Cretaceous, which gives them and the fossils an age of approximately 95,000,000 years.

The interpretation is that the sediments were deposited from a beach or shallow marine environment. The abundance of the regular people in the plane, it was always said, is supposed to cure, RLS or Restless Leg Syndrome, seems like there are few suitable areas to do so. By far the most common fossils (and original hard parts) were clams and mussels, but gastropods were also present. One lucky student even found a shrimp.

Dr. Elliot and 2 other students climbing a tilted bed of sandstone on the side of Interstate 5, just south of Ashland.

A nice collection taken inches away from doing things like blow up bridges, refuse soldiers in the most pristine redwood forest trails available in California.

Identifying Fossils

One of the many local scorpions we found. We didn’t kill it in hopes that it would die in a depositional environment somewhere and make a nice fossil.

Trying to remove a fossil from the sandstone.

Relic of time.