Dry Dredgers Field Trip
November 26, 2006
PCS Mine, North Carolina
Pictures and report by Ron Fine
Fossils Found
Clams
Quahog clams are extremely numerous in the mine. You can pick up dozens of whole specimens in a short period of time.
This clam (above and below) lay on the bottom for quite some time before it was buried and made a good home for many other animals after its original owner died. The outside of the shell was heavily burrowed into. The inside made a nice shelter for barnacles, coral, bryozoans and spirorbid
worms.
T A B L E OF C O N T E N T S
Fossils Found
Page 2: Clams Part 1
Page 3: Clams Part 2
Page 4: Scallops, Holes in Clams, Clams in Coral
Page 5: Oysters and Gastropods
Page 6: Coral, Barnacles, Bryozoa, Sponges, Urchins, Crabs and Worms
Page 7: Fish, Rays, Sharks, Dolphins, Whales and Dung
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