Monday, November 18, 2013

Fossils in the Inyo Mountains

This is a great location in Inyo County for possible Ediacaran Period fossils, found between Cowhorn Valley and Little Cowhorn Valley. This is a new Period ratified in 2004...the first to be created in over 120 years.  The period ran for 93 million years ending 542 million years ago.  These are soft bodied animals that lived just before the great Cambrian Explosion, then they all apparently went extinct...
 


Inyo County Fossils - Ediacaran
Ediacaran Worm fossils.
 
Ediacaran worms that have been exposed showing a perpendicular cut across their body (the round images)



Inyo County Fossils - Ediacaran
More Ediacaran worms.

Below are from Google Images and represent additional fossils we found...


Inyo County Represented Fossils - Google Images
Ediacaran fossil - Cowhorn Ridge


Inyo County Represented Fossils - Google Images
Ediacaran fossil - Cowhorn Ridge


Inyo County Represented Fossils - Google Images
Ediacaran fossil - Cowhorn Ridge
Additional information on the Ediacaran Period, go to Wikipedia.

1 comment:

  1. Great! I am going to Australia and I'm looking forward to see that!!

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