Trammel Fossil Park Earthcache EarthCache
Trammel Fossil Park Earthcache
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Trammel Fossil Park is a fossil dig park open to the public in
Sharonville, Ohio. Fossils found here are from the Ordovician
period of the Paleozoic era.
The Ordovician Period occurred XXX million years ago and Trammel
Fossil Park represents Y million of those years. The rocks found
here contain some of the oldest forms of invertebrate animals
lacking a backbone. There were no amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs,
mammals, and most certainly no humans.
Four million years ago when shallow seas covered North America the
bedrock underlying Cincinnati and the Tristate region was formed at
this time with primitive forms of algae advancing to the edges of
the land. Geologist have called this time the late Ordovician
period. The entire state of Ohio was lying 20 degrees south of the
equator in the warm shallow sea, similar to the Bahamas at this
time. During certain times the western edge of Ohio was emerging as
muddy islands with limy sediments being very dominant. Volcanic
activity and mountain building to the eastern side of Ohio produced
periodic layers of ash over the entire state and muddy deltaic
sediments in eastern Ohio. The seas deepened in later Ordovocian
time, covering the entire state. Primitive fish swam in part of
this sea but not in the Cincinnati area. At the close of the
Ordovocian time, continental glaciation in the southern hemisphere
lowered sea levels and produce this fossil dig. In fact, the layers
of limestone and shale composing the bedrock serve as a scientific
standard for comparison throughout North America and are called the
“Cincinnatian Series.”
Trammel Fossil Park is named after the family who donated the 10
acres to the City of Sharonville, the R.L. Trammel Family. When
this land was donated to the City of Sharonville, it developed it
into a place where schools and avid fossil hunters could come and
explore. Since the park has recently been opened to the public,
there are many fossils in very good condition for everyone to take
home a souvenir. Schools as far as New York have come to Trammel
Fossil Park for exploration. The cordinated listed are to the
entrance of the park. Please take a picture of yourself by the sign
with the park name and your GPS or take a picture of the park sign
with your GPS clearly showing the cordinates. Enjoy!!!
To log this Earthcache you must take a photo and answer two(2)
questions, as defined below:
1) Take a photo of yourself and/or your GPS. The sign at entrance
to the park, as shown below, must be in the photo to log this
Earthcache!
2) During the Ordovician period, how many years ago was life
restricted to the seas?
3) How many years of the late Ordovician period does Trammel Fossil
Park represent?
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