For the past seven years I've been part of a team from the Manitoba Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum that have been excavating a site in central Manitoba with exceptional preservation. We've been collecting some of the best preserved fossil jellyfish in the world, as well as eurypterids, and a new genus of horseshoe crab that extends the fossil record of the group by 100 million years.
We've reconstructed the environment of the site as an ancient shallow lagoon about 450 million years old.
Where are you of to? What's the focus? Good hunting.
ReplyDeleteFor the past seven years I've been part of a team from the Manitoba Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum that have been excavating a site in central Manitoba with exceptional preservation. We've been collecting some of the best preserved fossil jellyfish in the world, as well as eurypterids, and a new genus of horseshoe crab that extends the fossil record of the group by 100 million years.
ReplyDeleteWe've reconstructed the environment of the site as an ancient shallow lagoon about 450 million years old.
Sean, have a great time digging up history. Be safe and have fun!
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