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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.
to TONMO Kim, Nice fossils, keep the photos coming! Thanks for the info on them also, very informative.
