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Inside the fossil hunt: Digging for the monsters of Illinois’ Mazon Creek
From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...
Fossil nerds and speculators help make the Field Museum's Mazon Creek collection world-famous
Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.
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Scientists Can’t Quite Figure Out This Fossil Of A 308-Million-Years-Old Arachnid
The cool thing about fossils is that you never know what you ... “Douglassarachne acanthopoda comes from the famous Mazon Creek locality in Illinois and is about 308 million years old.
Chicago outdoors: Fossil hunting and rare finds among the notes
Jay Damm hunting fossils at Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area leads the note package around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
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A Strange Fossil Unearthed In Illinois During The 1980s Revealed A Prehistoric Arachnid Once Roamed The State Over 308 Million Years Ago
A fossil of the creature was originally unearthed from the Mazon Creek deposit in northeastern Illinois by Bob Masek, a ...