Big Brook has produced some pretty neat pseudofossils. Anybody remember that amazing iron concretion "fish head?" It had eyes, gills and pouty fish lips. It really, really looked like a fish head. But, alas, it was just one of nature's little jokes. I still have a handful of concretions that look like teeth, ammonites and other just plain weird shapes. Both the darker iron (hematite or limonite?) and the siderite concretions take on many bizarre forms.
The conditions at Big Brook in the Late Cretaceous were not conducive to terrestrial footprints. That water was deep. But there have been footprints found in the soft clays of the Raritan(?) Formation. Those were found many years back while mining for brick clay.
Erich Rose, Exhibit Designer 807 The Living End Austin, TX 78746 512-382-7197 --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Henry <digsfossils@...> wrote: From: Henry <digsfossils@...> |
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