Connecting the environment of the ancient past with the natural and cultural history of yesterday and today.















 

 

Virtual Tour

Upper fossil beds near Fisherman's Point
View of the Upper Fossil Beds

Outcrop of Upper Fossil Beds

As we explore the upper fossil beds (named the bryozoan - brachiopod layer because of the abundance of those types of ancient creatures) one can observe a great variety of fossils.

Although the fossils tend to be smaller, there are actually a greater diversity of species in this layer than on the coral beds.

The upper fossil beds are exposed most of the year (occasionally flooded in the spring).

  Glacial sandstone boulder on the upper fossil beds

Glacial erratic sandstone boulder (center, foreground)

Turbonposis snail and other fossils on the upper fossil beds

Turbonopis snail on upper beds

Fenestrate or 'lace' bryozoanBrevispirifer gregarius brachiopods and Cladopora labiosa branching coral

  Fenestrate 'lace' bryozoan is common on the upper    The ubiquitous Brevispirifer gregarius brachiopod and

  fossil beds. E .Ellison photo.                                    branching coral Cladopora labiosa in the upper beds.

        E .Ellison photo.