Field Trip Reports

The field trip reports are prepared by Bill Heimbrock. If you found something on a Dry Dredgers field trip that you would like to show on the Web, photograph the specimen and Email it to Bill Heimbrock at billheim@cinci.rr.com . He will post it with the other photos. Be sure to include a description to go with the picture, perhaps including your name.

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Field Trip Reports with Fossil Identifications:

2020

September 2020: Southeastern Indiana

2019

October 2019: Southern Indiana Fairview Site.
September 2019: Joint Picnic Field Trip with KPS to Central Kentucky
May 2019: Northeastern Kentucky
April 2019: Southeastern Indiana
March 2019: Horn Coral Heaven, Ohio

2018

October 2018: Ohio Creek Bed
September 2018: Picnic with KPS to scenic byway
May 2018: Northern Kentucky
April 2018: Northeastern Kentucky
March 2018: Canceled due to Winter Storm

2017

October 2017: Southeast Indiana Richmondian Site
September 2017: Northern Kentucky Scenic Byway
May 2017: Ponderosa Ranch, Ohio
April 2017: 75th Anniversary Field Trip to Central Kentucky
March 2017: Northern Kentucky Kope Site
February 2017: Joint Field Trip with KPS to Tour Geier Collections and Research Center

2016

October 2016: Joint Field Trip with KPS to Central Kentucky
September 2016: Northeast Kentucky
June 2016: Fossil Project Mini-Conference
May 2016: Northern Kentucky Scenic Byway
April 2016: Ponderosa Ranch, Ohio
March 2016: Southeast Indiana

2015

October 2015: Horn Coral Heaven, Ohio
October 2015: Dry Dredgers at Fossil Fest
September 2015: Joint Picnic/Field Trip with KPS to Northern Kentucky
June 2015: Penn Dixie, NY and Ft. Erie, Ontario
May 2015: An Indiana Kope/Fairview Site
April 2015: Northern Kentucky Kope Formation
March 2015: Southeast Indiana

2014

October 2014: The Dry Dredgers at Fossil Fest 2014
October 2014: Horn Coral Heaven, Ohio
September 2014: Joint Picnic/Field Trip with KPS to Mississippian of Central Kentucky
June 2014: Penn Dixie and Ridgemount Quarry Trip
May 2014: Ponderosa Ranch, Ohio
April 2014: Northern Kentucky Scenic Byway
March 2014: Southeast Indiana
February 2014: Trilobites of America Prep Lab

2013

October 2013: Northeastern Kentucky
Sept. 2013: Joint Picnic/Field Trip to Brookville, Indiana
June 2013: New York and Canada
May 2013: Mt. Orab, Ohio
April 2013: Southeast Indiana
March 2013: A Creek Bed in Ohio
February 2013: Geier Collections Tour

2012

Oct 2012: Northern Kentucky Kope Site
Sept 2012: Bardstown, KY

June 2012: New York and Ontario

May 2012: Mt. Orab Ohio Trilobite Farm

April 2012: Southeastern Indiana

March 2012: Northeastern Kentucky

Feb 2012: Tour of Cincinnati Museum Center Geier Center Collections

2011

October 2011 - Horn Coral Heaven, Ohio
September 2011 - Northern Kentucky Byway

July 2011 - Joint Picnic/Field Trip with KPS to Brookville, IN

May 2011: Southeast Indiana

April 2011: Richmond, Indiana

March 2011: Return to an Old Indiana Road Cut

2010

October 2010: A Northern Kentucky Byway
September 2010: A Creek Bed in Ohio

July 2010: Bardstown, KY with KPS
May 2010: Caesar Creek, Ohio
April 2010: Northern Kentucky Kope Site

March 2010: Southeast Indiana

February 2010: Behringer-Crawford Museum

2009

October 2009: Oakes Quarry Park
September 2009: Northeastern Kentucky

July 2009: Joint Field Trip/Picnic with the KPS

June 2009: The Dry Dredgers Appear at Fossil Events in Cincinnati

May 2009: Mt. Orab Ohio Trilobite Farm

April 2009: Ohio Ponderosa Ranch
March 2009: Popular Northern Kentucky Kope Site
February 2009: Miami Univ.'s Limper Museum

2008

October 2008: A Nothern Kentucky Byway
September 2008: Southeast Indiana

June 2008: Joint Picnic/Field Trip with the KPS

June 2008, Penn Dixie Site in NY

May 2008, East Fork Lake, Ohio

May 2008: PCS Mine, North Carolina

April 2008: Ohio Ponderosa Ranch

March 2008: Northeast Kentucky

Video of Geofair 2008 on Youtube.com Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

2007

November, 2007: Geier Center Collections Tour
Oct 2007: PCS Mine, Aurora, NC

Oct 2007: Horn Coral Heaven 

Sept 2007: Southeast Indiana

May 2007: Hueston Woods, Ohio

April 2007: Middletown, Ohio

March 2007: N. KY Byway

2006

October 2006: Ohio Richmondian Site
Sept 2006: Southeast Indiana
June 2006: Penn Dixie Site in New York
May 2006: The Dry Dredgers at Geofair

May 2006: Northern Kentucky Road Cut

April 2006: Brookville, Indiana

March 2006: Southeast Indiana

2005

Nov. 2005: PCS Mine, Aurora, NC
Oct. 2005: A Northern KY Byway
Sept 2005: Northeast KY
June 2005: Search for Noids, Pods and Zoas

May 2005: Mt. Orab, Ohio

April 2005: Northeast Kentucky
March 2005: Brookville, Indiana

2004
October 2004: A Northern Kentucky Roadcut
September 2004: Great Outdoor Weekend
June 2004: Search for Noids, Pods and Zoas!
May 2004: Mt. Orab Trilobite Farm
April 2004: Joint Field Trip/Picnic with KPS
March 2004: Southeast Indiana

2003
(More field trips than in any other year)

November 2003: Dan Cooper's Fossil Prep. Lab
 
October, 2003: Southeast Indiana

September 2003: Northeast Kentucky

Trammel Fossil Park Dedication

June 2003: Penn Dixie Site, Buffalo, NY

June 2003: The Search for Noids, Pods and Zoas!

May 2003: Mt. Orab, Ohio

April 2003: Brookville, Indiana

March 2003: Corryville sites near Florence, KY

 
March 2003: University of Chicago

2002 Field Trips
October 2002: Road cuts on a N. KY. Byway
Sept. 2002: Richmond, Indiana
June 2002: Penn Dixie, NY
May 2002: Mt. Orab, Ohio

April 2002 Trip to Southeast Indiana
March 2002 Trip to Northern Kentucky Kope Site

Selected Older Field Trips
Edrio Dig 2001: June Picnic/Field Trip to Sharonville, OH

May 2001 Trip to Mt. Orab, Ohio
September 2000 Trip to Mt. Orab
Edrio Dig 2000

See also the unofficial field trips of our Dry Dredgers members on our blog.

Special Feature: Mystery fossils found on Dry Dredgers field trips

Field Trips Videos by Greg Courtney:

Dry Dredgers March fossil hunting field trip - east KY Part 1 2 3
Fossil Hunting-Dry Dredgers Sept. field trip Ind. 2007 Part 1 2

Fossil Hunting Field Trip , Dry Dredgers Oct. 2007


 F O S S I L   P H O T O    I N D E X

FOSSILS FOUND ON FIELD TRIPS

Articulate Brachiopods

Cincinnetina
Glyptorthis

Hebertella
Holtedahlina sulcata
Lepidocyclus/Hiscobeccus
Leptaena
Plaesiomys subquadratus
Vinlandostrophia
Vinlandostrophia cypha
Vinlandostrophia hopensis
Vinlandostrophia ponderosa
Plectorthis
Rafinesquina
Rafinesquina nasuta
Retrorsirostra carleyi
Rhynchotrema
Sowerbyella
Strophomena
Eochonetes
Zygospira

Inarticulate Brachiopods

Trematis
Pseudolingula

Petrocrania scabiosa

Philhedra

Schizocrania filosa

Bryozoans

Constellaria
Spatiopora
Prasapora

Aspidopora

Escaropora

Fenestrate Bryozoans

Other Bryozoans

Cephalopods

Coiled Cephalopods
Straight Shelled Cephalopods

Coral

Grewingkia Horn Coral
Streptelasma Horn Coral

Tetradium Colonial Coral

Protaraea Colonial Coral

Other Colonial Corals

Crinoids

Ectenocrinus
Cincinnaticrinus

Cupulocrinus

Anomalocrinus

Other Crinoid Calyxes

Crinoid Holdfasts

Crinoid Stems

Other Crinoid Parts

Echinoderms Other Than Crinoids

Edrioasteroids
Cystoid Rhombiferans

Cystoids

Carpoids

Sea Stars

Cyclocystoids

Whole Flexicalymene Trilobites

In the Prone Position
In the Enrolled Position

Partially Enrolled

Group Shots

Flexicalymene Parts

Glabella
Thorax

Pygidium

Free Cheek

Hypostome

Misc Molts

Trilobite: Isotelus

Enrolled Isotelus
Prone Isotelus

Isotelus Eye

Isotelus Glabella

Isotelus Thorax Segments

Isotelus Pygidium

Isotelus Hypostoma

Isotelus Genal Area and Spine

Misc. Isotelus Fragments

Other Trilobites

Cryptolithus
Acidaspis

Ceraurinus

Tricopelta

Primaspis

Ceraurus

Other Trilobites

Gastropods

Monoplacophorans
Cyclonema

Phragmolites

Liospira

Paupospira

Other Gastropods

Ichnofossils (Trace Fossils)

Rusophycus (Trilobite Burrow)
Cruziana

Borings

Burrows

Catellocaula

Other Trace Fossils

Micro and Mini Fossils

Ostracodes
Scolecodonts

Pelecypods

Ambonychia and Similar
Modiolopsis
and Similar

Caritodens

Other Clams

Plant Fossils

Other Fossils

Cornulites and Tentaculites
Machaeridian Plates

Conularia

Graptolites

Sphenothallus

Stromatoporoids

Unidentified

Fossil Identification Photos: Ordovician
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Fossil Identification Photos: Non-Ordovician
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