Devonian Fossil Gorge
An overlook of eastern Iowa’s prehistoric treasure, the Devonian Fossil Gorge near the Coralville Dam.
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Edward Toomire & Kelley Werner with Patrick Boberg
Devonian Fossil Gorge Coralville Iowa
This is a short video about the Devonian Fossil Gorge near the Coralville, Iowa Reservoir. Video recorded on Saturday 19 March 2011.
The Devonian Fossil Gorge
A history and description of the Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake created and managed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers near Iowa City, IA
Iowa's Mini Badlands: Rockford Fossil and Prairie Park
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In this episode we explore Rockford's Fossil and Prairie Park and go hunting for some awesome Devonian fossils!
Fossil Hunting~ 470 Million Year Old Asteroid Impact Site ~ Decorah Iowa
This video is about Fossil hunting, ~ 470 Million Year Old Asteroid Impact Site ~ Deborah Iowa, fossil dig, fossil hunt, Decorah fossils, sea creatures, Decorah sea creatures, Decorah impact, Decorah fossils, Iowa fossils, meteor strikes, asteroid strikes, meteor strikes earth
Rockford, Iowa: Fossil Prairie Area
Rockford, Iowa is home to Devonian Fossils.
Fossil Hunting Wager - Devonian Era Gorge - Rockford Iowa
Fossil Hunting Wager $ Adventure - Devonian Era Gorge - Rockford Iowa
Join my son and I as we hunt devonian era fossil from a gorge in Rockford Iowa. We put TWO bets on the line.
Did I win the first one?
Will I win the second?
It is up to you! Please vote in the comments with who you felt found the best fossil on this hunt. Voting will end at midnight on September 30th 2019.
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Devonian Era Fossil
Got this sample in Warren County, Pennsylvania. It appears to have marine fossils on one side and terrestrial fossils on the other.
50 States of Fossils - Iowa (ft. Mid-America Paleontology Society)
MAPS (Mid-America Paleontology Society) and FOSSIL welcome you to Iowa! We will be exploring the 375 million year ocean depths at the Fossil and Prairie Center in Rockford. Remember there is no selling the fossils from this sites. The rules discussed in the video apply for this site. You are responsible for knowing the collecting rules for the site you choose to collect at. Happy hunting!
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Fossil Colonial Coral from SE Iowa
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Geology of Iowa Over Two Billion Years of Change
Fossil hunter scans Iowa rivers for treasures
KCCIs Angie Hunt talks to a fossil hunter in western Iowa who uncovered some new finds.
Fossil collecting in Iowa, at Fossil & Prairie Center near Rockford.
Fossil collecting in Iowa, at Fossil & Prairie Center near Rockford.
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Mammoth Bones Discovered Behind House in Iowa
Iowa family makes giant find after going out to pick blackberries. For more, click here:
13,000 year old mammoth remains unearthed in Iowa
Volunteers have been getting dirty in Mahaska County, digging up the remains of animals that once roamed Iowa thousands of years ago.
Last year a farmer in Mahaska County found a strange bone. It turns out he had discovered the bones of three woolly mammoths. The animals lived 13,000 years ago in an area that would later become the state of Iowa.
Volunteers have been helping uncover the bones. When a bone is found, its exact location is recorded.
It's really slow work, you gotta probe the dirt first to see whether there is anything there before you dig otherwise you can damage the bones, says volunteer Eric Dodson.
The Mahaska County Conservation Board and volunteers are not saying where the dig is in an effort to keep looters away from the site.
Board member Laura DeCook says this site is a rare and exciting find, This site is considered one of the best sites in the United States, because of the bones we have found the multiple number of mammoths and the precious opportunity we have here locally.
The farmer who found the bones says he plans to sell some and keep some.
The Mahaska County Conservation Board plans to buy some for education. People can volunteer to help dig by contacting the board.
400 Million years old Devonian Period Fossil found!
While walking at the beach we found interesting fossils from broken stones. And we found out that this was a Devonioan Period with 400 Million years old
Fossils Show Big Bug Ruled the Seas 460 Million Years Ago
Earth's first big predatory monster was a weird water bug as big as a human, newly found fossils show.
Almost half a billion years ago, way before the dinosaurs roamed, Earth's dominant large predator was a sea scorpion that grew to 5 feet 7 inches, with a dozen claw arms sprouting from its head and a spike tail, according to a new study.
Scientists found signs of these new monsters of the prehistoric deep in Iowa, of all places.
Geologists at the Iowa Geological Survey found 150 pieces of fossils about 60 feet under the Upper Iowa River, part of which had to be temporarily dammed to allow them to collect the specimens. Then scientists at Yale University determined they were a new species from about 460 million year ago, when Iowa was under an ocean
Then, all the action was in the sea and it was pretty small scale, said James Lamsdell of Yale, lead author of the study published Monday in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.
This is the first real big predator, Lamsdell said. I wouldn't have wanted to be swimming with it. There's something about bugs. When they're a certain size, they shouldn't be allowed to get bigger.
Technically, this creature — named Pentecopterus decorahensis, after an ancient Greek warship — is not a bug by science definitions, Lamsdell said. It's part of the eurypterid family, which are basically sea scorpions.
Those type of creatures are really cool, said Joe Hannibal, curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Hannibal wasn't part of the study, but praised it for being well done, adding this species is not particularly bizarre — for a eurypterid.
Unlike modern land scorpions, this creature's tail didn't sting. It was used more for balance and in swimming, but half this creature's length was tail, Lamsdell said.
There were larger sea scorpions half way around the world at the same time but those were more bottom feeders instead of dominant predators, he said.
Lamsdell could tell by the way the many arms come out of the elongated head how this creature grabbed prey and pushed it to its mouth.
It was obviously a very aggressive animal, Lamsdell said. It was a big angry bug.
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Indiana Fossils
Join Rick Crosslin host of Indiana Expeditions as he learns about 300 million year old fossils from The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Natural Science Curator and fossil expert Dallas Evans shows us examples of fossils found throughout Indiana including brachiopods, trilobites, gastropods and crinoids, a fossil Indiana has become famous for world over. Dallas highlights fossils from various eras of Earth's history including the Plasticine and Paleozoic eras.
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Explore Iowa's Abandoned Mine Reclamation Efforts
In episode 702 of #IowaOutdoors follow the Iowa's Mines and Minerals bureau through the abandoned surface mines of southern Iowa. Discover Iowa's hard learned lessons on environmental indifference and unregulated mining, as well as the necessity for environmental protection and conservation.
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Video of West Overlook Campground, IA from Mary S.
Join me on a walk around the campground to see all sections.
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Mary S.'s Review on The Dyrt:
▶︎ Ranger Review: OOahh Sport Slide Sandal by OOFOS at West Overlook Campgroun
CAMPGROUND REVIEW - 4 stars
The West Overlook Campground at the Coralville Dam Complex north of Iowa City is run by the Army Corps of Engineers and has 89 sites. We've stayed at many of their campgrounds and have always been pleased with them; trees and grass are always appreciated. My only issue with this campground is that the sites are too visible and usually too close to each other for our liking.
FYI there are other campgrounds at the Dam Complex:
Campground Basics
See the video of the campground for a view of 5 camping areas within West Overlook. There is a bathroom/shower house near sites 1-33 and a second bathroom/shower house near sites 39-60.
Dump station, drinking water, filling station, trash dumpsters and fish cleaning station are on the right just before the campground entrance.
Bathrooms are a bit old but fine. We were there mid-week when the campground wasn't busy so the bathrooms were quite clean. It's nice that there's a utility sink outside the bathroom.
Sites are all back in/pull in, and most are parallel to each other. Most parking pads are gravel but there are some concrete pads.
Each site has a picnic table and fire ring.
The price is right at $20 ($10 if you have an NPS Lifetime Senior Pass).
Activities In and Near the Campground
Horsehoe pits and 2 playgrounds in the campground
Boat launch site within the campground along with parking slots for boats in the camping area
Day use area with picnic tables, picnic shelter, volleyball court, beach and playground
Boating and fishing
Devonian Fossil Gorge and hiking trails near the campground
The lack of privacy and close proximity to other sites would probably prevent us from making this more than a one night stopover in the future. Our camping unit is a teardrop trailer so we spend most of our non-sleeping time outside, and we really don't like being in full view of another site less than 20 feet away. As you can see on a photo o...
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