Hello my name is Kim. I live near Dallas, Texas.
I’m a very active member of the Dallas Paleontological Society and frequent contributor to their monthly newsletter. I am a serious amateur paleontologist and an avid fossil collector.
What got me hooked on fossil collecting was finding a 12 inch (30 cm) Eopachydiscus marcianus ammonite while hiking down a creek my freshman year of college in North Central Texas.
Texas has more genus and species of fossilized cephalopods than I’ll ever be able to collect in my lifetime. I spend many weekends out hiking and fossil hunting. I’ll pick up any fossil, but cephalopods are my favorites.
I grew up watching Jacques Cousteau and the Mutual of Omaha nature show on TV and listening to my dad talk about scuba diving. I wanted to become a scuba diver and explore nature and wildlife.
I have 2 B.S. degrees in science. While getting my biology degree I had to do a little marine biology. I’ll never forget the day I was on a biology field trip on a Texas A&M marine research boat near Port Aransas, Texas. I remember inspecting the contents of what the net pulled up. I can’t remember a single thing that was pulled up other than the little cuttlefish. I was instantly mesmerized and captivated by it. I don’t remember anything else about being on that boat except that beautiful, fascinating creature.
I’m a very active member of the Dallas Paleontological Society and frequent contributor to their monthly newsletter. I am a serious amateur paleontologist and an avid fossil collector.
What got me hooked on fossil collecting was finding a 12 inch (30 cm) Eopachydiscus marcianus ammonite while hiking down a creek my freshman year of college in North Central Texas.
Texas has more genus and species of fossilized cephalopods than I’ll ever be able to collect in my lifetime. I spend many weekends out hiking and fossil hunting. I’ll pick up any fossil, but cephalopods are my favorites.
I grew up watching Jacques Cousteau and the Mutual of Omaha nature show on TV and listening to my dad talk about scuba diving. I wanted to become a scuba diver and explore nature and wildlife.
I have 2 B.S. degrees in science. While getting my biology degree I had to do a little marine biology. I’ll never forget the day I was on a biology field trip on a Texas A&M marine research boat near Port Aransas, Texas. I remember inspecting the contents of what the net pulled up. I can’t remember a single thing that was pulled up other than the little cuttlefish. I was instantly mesmerized and captivated by it. I don’t remember anything else about being on that boat except that beautiful, fascinating creature.
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