We are approaching the maximum of images you can post here so I thought it was time I make a little showcase of all the formation pieces we covered so far on the streams.
For people who don't know: for several months now I draw one formation or fossil locality every Saturday. The next place we visit is chosen by a wheel of names, which we also constantly fill up again when a new formation is picked.
I try to make it as interesting as possible in my composition and choice of animals and I can tell you this series has been a great training when it comes to constructing these, how I call them, Menageries.
I have to thank a team of friends and colleagues who help behind the scenes with research, creation of size charts and conversation partners when it comes to deciding on the compositions of these pieces. Their help has been invaluable!
Can we get around the 30 image limit by reposting with a new image to the thread each week? We shall see. Mazon Creek now, Toolebuc formation this Saturday.
Adding Toolebuc formation
Adding the Cleveland Shale of the Ohio formation.
Adding the Consthum quarry
Adding the Ermaying formation
Adding the Bahariya formation!
Adding the Whitewater formation!
Btw. this was the last formation piece of the year, I would love to know what has been your favorite so far!
Adding the Bugti hills member of the Chitarwata formation.
First formation stream of the year!
Adding the Gigantopithecus fauna of Pleistocene China!
Adding the Hell Creek formation from the latest Cretaceous of North America! Our 1 year anniversary for this series!
Adding the Rio do Rasto formation from the middle Permian of Brazil!
Adding the Corral Bluffs from the early Paleocene of the Denver formation.
Adding the Fossil Butte member of the Eocene Green River formation.
Adding the Soom Shale, member of the Cederberg Formation in South Africa. A late Ordovician world of oddities.
Adding the Miocene St. Bathans fauna from New Zealand! A spark of life after this fauna island nearly drowned in the Oligocene!
Adding the Candeleros formation from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Argentina. Home of Giganotosaurus and many sauropods.
Adding the Rhynie Chert locality from the Devonian of Scotland. A geothermal wetland preserving early landplants and animals.
Adding the Ischigualasto formation from the Upper Triassic of Argentina, known for some of the oldest dinosaurs.
Adding Emu Bay Shale, from the Cambrian of Australia. No. 50 in this series!
Adding Sirius Passet, another Cambrian lagerstätte from Greenland. Tons of weird critters from here, among them the more than 50 cm long Pambdelurion.
Adding Bear Gulch, an incredibly diverse locality from the Carboniferous of Montana! So many fish, so little time.
