The Fossil Record: Green River Formation
The Green River Formation is a series of Eocene outcrops with outstanding preservation. Here we see the species that lived and died then fossilized within the sediments at the bottom of intermountain ...
6 Joulu 20208min
Palaeontology: John Leahy & Dave Langevin
John Leahy & Dave Langevin worked up at the McAbee Fossil Beds for more than two decades. Together they opened up the site and our understanding of British Columbia during the Eocene. Both have passed...
5 Joulu 20206min
The Fossil Record: McAbee Fossil Beds
The McAbee Fossil Beds are known for their incredible abundance, diversity and quality of fossils including lovely plant, insect and fish species that lived in an old lake bed setting 52-53 million ye...
5 Joulu 202014min
Exploring the Triassic: Hallstatt, Austria
The Hallstatt Limestone is the world's richest Triassic ammonite unit, yielding specimens of more than 500 ammonite species. Along with diversified cephalopod fauna — orthoceratids, nautiloids, ammon...
3 Joulu 20209min
Geology & the Fossil Record: Building Washington State
There was a large downpour that hit Washington State causing massive slides. The blocks you see here all came crashing down on the hillside. Once the skies cleared, hikers found plant impressions in ...
28 Marras 202019min
Geology & the Fossil Record: Ktunaxa Nation Eager Formation
Ktunaxa people have occupied the lands adjacent to the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers and the Arrow Lakes of British Columbia, Canada for more than 10,000 years. On their land sits one of the outcrops o...
27 Marras 202010min
Dr. Ted Danner, Professor Emeritus, UBC
In May 2001, Dr. Ted Danner, Professor Emeritus from UBC and my mentor gave a talk to the Vancouver Paleontological Society. For over fifteen years, we would meet for dinner on the third Thursday of e...
27 Marras 202012min
Geology & Fossils of the Gulf Islands
The Gulf Islands in British Columbia include Mayne, Galiano, Hornby, and Gabriola. The largest is Salt Spring, famed for its locavore-minded farmers, artisan producers, and organic vineyards. Wildlife...
27 Marras 202010min
