[meteorite-list] Scientists Excited About Potential Impact CraterSite i...

[MexicoDoug at aol.com]

Sterling W. kindly recounted:

>This course of study climaxed at the age of six when I took 
>a small sledge hammer and masonry chisel to the steps and 
>removed a large and perfect Dinorthis from them, much to the 
>displeasure of

Hola Sterling, You remind me of the Indiana dealer (a 9-year old  boy, son of 
a a religious man-among other jobs) who was hunting up crinoid  bushels in 
corn bags and found what he called a Warty Toad, which proved to be  the Holy 
Grail of Crawfordsville.  Maybe your Indiana neighbors are wiser  than they get 
credit for...at least the kid knew his great discovery was animal  and not 
vegetable ("Sea Lilies")...  And I'd love to trade you my field  guide for one of 
the interesting pages (or should I say steps) from your kiddie  fossil book 
anytime!  Thanks for the link, but with my slow connection  It'll be a while 
before I dig into the answers in the pdf's on the site.   Assuming the impact is 
300 million years old -give or take- Mississipian or  Pennsylvanian, it could 
have been timed during the lifetimes of the beautiful  crinoids in the 
western part of Missouri.  I am still really curious to  know if their were 
fossilized remains found which appear to have errr.. let's  call it "meteorite" 
damage, even if from a petit tsunami.  Now that would  be really cool, wouldn't it...
Saludos, Doug