Chula Vista

[Latimeria]

Man, there used to be some great fossil spots in San Diego before the "Big Build" started and all of the land turned into condos and track housing.

Chula Vista is a Pliocene hotspot, but at least I got a few fossils out of there before the tractors ravaged the fossil beds.

3.5' long Manatee Rib between 2.5 and 5 million years old.



I have the electricians coming soon to move my electrical box and have to box up all of my fossils that are in the way.  I haven't held this rib in 13 years, so it was really cool reacquainting myself with it.

So many cool fossils that need to properly be displayed.

[jrodda]

Wow, that is quite a find. No sign of the rest of it? I know how few bones ever actually get to become preserved, but I wonder how the other ribs didn't get preserved.

[Latimeria]

Wow, that is quite a find. No sign of the rest of it? I know how few bones ever actually get to become preserved, but I wonder how the other ribs didn't get preserved.

Too much overburden on the majority of the remaining skeleton, but it looked like most of it weathered away.

[KogaHead]

Fossil are bitchin'

Holding history in your hands and imagining what it was like back then is so cool!

[Tim524]

 I wish I knew you Back when I was digging up Carlsbad with my Excavator, we dug up some bones and they shut the job site down for a while to preserve a den of Prehistoric Saber Tooth Tiger fossils. It was pretty cool to see this first hand as the Paleontologist explained the scene to us and described this area as a spot where the tigers brought their kill......bones and skeletons everywhere !  Also found a Whale skeleton that was Millions of years old and watched them load it into a Semi Truck and haul it away piece by piece. Pretty cool Hobby to have if you know what to look for and you obviously do, Bravo and keep searching !

[Latimeria]

I wish I knew you Back when I was digging up Carlsbad with my Excavator, we dug up some bones and they shut the job site down for a while to preserve a den of Prehistoric Saber Tooth Tiger fossils. It was pretty cool to see this first hand as the Paleontologist explained the scene to us and described this area as a spot where the tigers brought their kill......bones and skeletons everywhere !  Also found a Whale skeleton that was Millions of years old and watched them load it into a Semi Truck and haul it away piece by piece. Pretty cool Hobby to have if you know what to look for and you obviously do, Bravo and keep searching !

This is just mean telling me this.  My giant cretaceous ammonite site is now under condos probably because of you.  LOL

(I would have been there in a minute if you called!)  LOL