Sunday, September 29, 2024

Rockford, Part 1: The Site

A few weeks I was able to join a Geological Society of Minnesota field trip to the Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve of Floyd County, Iowa, which to some of you may be more familiar as the Rockford site. We ended up having a practically ideal day: pleasant temperatures, clear skies, dry conditions, and a light breeze. If you have an itch to collect fossils (an itch that's becoming difficult to legally scratch in Minnesota these days), I highly recommend a visit.

A view into the old quarry directly south of the parking area.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Your Friends The Titanosaurs: Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra

2024 has been a great year for new titanosaurs, as we are now on the fifth to be announced and we're still more than three months from the end of the year. For a change of pace, this time we're heading to Europe. Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra, the first new European titanosaur in more than two and a half years, hails from the Lo Hueco site in Spain.