MICRO FOSSIL Dig Kits FUN FOR KIDS!! Plus Bonus NANTAN METEORITES!!

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Up for bid is a neat item called the DIG KIT.     It includes 3 bags of material from the Lee Creek Phosphate Mine in North Carolina.   The material from Lee Creek is rich in MICROFOSSILS. So what you'll want to do with this kit is pour the material from the bags into a shallow box or pan, and then search for the microfossils. When you first look through the kit, you may not see much. Since the fossils are very tiny, you'll need to look at each piece individually in order to find them. Then you may want to go through it again to see if there are any fossils that you missed.   Also included with the dig kit is a color handout with photos which gives a general guide to the fossils in the dig kit  (THIS IS A GUIDE OF THE FOSSILS YOU MAY FIND - NOT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOSSILS PICTURED MAY BE PRESENT IN EACH DIG KIT). Most of the fossils you'll find are invertebrate shells, coral, bone fragments, fish and shark tooth fossils.  These dig kits are a lot of fun for kids and adults alike. It is a great science activity for kids to encourage searching, learning, and observing!

 

As an added bonus, there are also some small Nantan meteorite fragments that I mixed in with the Lee Creek Material! When I prepare meteorites, there are small fragments left over so I thought it would be fun for the kids to finds some of these fragments in the dig kit! The Nantan meteorite fell in China, but since meteorites fall all over the world, it is possible that a meteorite has fallen in the same location where these micro fossils were found. If you run a magnet over the material, you will easily find the meteorites! 


ALSO CHECK OUT THE ULTIMATE DIG KIT IN MY STORE (Item #171034675793) -  In addition to the 3 bags of Lee Creek Material, it also includes a mini microscope, a collection case, and a collection vial.  The price for the Ultimate dig kit is $17.50.     

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Your General Guide to Lee Creek Fossils in the kits


Barnacles

Blanus sp. are small volcano looking objects.  They are often found attached to other things like coral or clams.

 Sea Urchin spines

Echinoids had spines for protection.  These are remnants of them.  Sea urchins ate clams and other shelled animals.

Coral

Solenastrea sp. are abundant and easy to identify with star shaped markings along the body.  Each hole had a living organism.

Various Shark Teeth

Numerous small shark teeth can be found in every bag of matrix.  Sharks shed teeth throughout their entire life which is why so many are found here.

Ray Teeth

Rays are closely related to sharks but their teeth are quite different.  They are elongated bar shaped teeth.  Teeth were mostly for crushing food.

Various Bones

Bones are from fish and perhaps some mammals.  Most are smooth from water action.

 Coiled Shells

Conus adversarius shells are curled like these.  Related to snails, these were marine.

  Various Shells

Clams, scallops (pectin), other gastropods and other shelled creatures are abundant and hard to identify.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Crab Claws

Crab claw pieces, are relatively abundant in this site.

 

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 FOSSIL EDUCATIONAL DIG KITS                                                    

PCS Lee Creek Phosphate Mine, Aurora, North Carolina                                                                             
Miocene-Pliocene Time Period (15-4.5 Million Years Ago)                                                                                 

Lee Creek Info

On the south shore of the Pamlico river in North Carolina near the Outer Banks lays an open pit phosphate mine still in operation.  The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) is currently operating a large phosphate mine in Aurora.   This mine produces some of the finest fossil shark teeth in the world and the region is known as "Lee Creek" by most.  In the process of prospecting for phosphate, the mine digs through several fertile fossil-bearing formations. This gives paleontologists and fossil enthusiasts a unique opportunity to collect and study this rich fossil bearing material.  The shark teeth from Lee Creek are highly prized by collectors due to their exceptional preservation and excellent coloration. 

There are four recognized formations each with its respective representation of an epoch in time.  They are in order of oldest first, PUNGO RIVER (Lower Miocene), YORKTOWN (Early Pliocene), CHOWAN RIVER (Late Pliocene), and JAMES CITY (Pleistocene).  It is currently believed that the Pungo River layer once existed as a sub-tropical marine environment. 

Approximately 50 species of sharks alone are found in the Lee Creek mine.  Other fossils exist and represent skates, rays, bony fishes, mammals (mainly marine), reptiles (turtles) and a host of marine invertebrates.  Lee Creek is a world-class site for some of the finest shark fossils.  Being a land site, the detail and preservation exhibited by these shark teeth are nothing less than outstanding - some of the finest marine fossils known.  The PCS mine also dumps piles of fossil bearing sediments at the towns museum for visitors to search through.

 

 

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