I was gonna ask you. Being in morocco (the fossil Capitol of the world) have you found or seen any for sale over there? I watched a documentary a while back on morocco and fossil trading.When I was a young boy, one of my first fossil books was 'The Fossil World', by Richard Moody who was the world's leading authority on fossil turtles at that time. Later, I became quite interested in fossil turtles and their evolution and studied them extensively. Even collected a few pieces from the phosphate deposits in Tunisia and Morocco. Never found an Archelon, though.
Magnificent creatures, they must have been.
Goodness gracious, the place is swarming with 'em. As a paleontologist by training and vocation, the place is a paradise for me. Don't buy them,but collecting, especially down south is wonderful. Planning my next expedition for a months time or so.I was gonna ask you. Being in morocco (the fossil Capitol of the world) have you found or seen any for sale over there? I watched a documentary a while back on morocco and fossil trading.
Not Eugene Gaffney or Roger Wood? Not even Richard Owens? LOLWhen I was a young boy, one of my first fossil books was 'The Fossil World', by Richard Moody who was the world's leading authority on fossil turtles at that time. Later, I became quite interested in fossil turtles and their evolution and studied them extensively. Even collected a few pieces from the phosphate deposits in Tunisia and Morocco. Never found an Archelon, though.
Magnificent creatures, they must have been.
Lol indeed.Not Eugene Gaffney or Roger Wood? Not even Richard Owens? LOL
Lol indeed.
If you mean Sir Richard Owen, he died considerably before the time of my youth, I'm not that old, no one is, I was a child and though had heard of him, didn't study him till my teens.
Gaffney became famous later, in the 80's, I believe and i'm afraid I was not aware of Wood at that time in Europe before these internet days.
It"s not nice to mock childhood heros who helped guide me into the marvelous world of paleontology, and encouraged me to study at Kingston University where he was professor, as well as working with him in the field in the Sahara and doing a bit of TV with him. He is still Professor Emiritus at Kingston and a wonderful paleontologist.
Cute quoteI was gonna ask you. Being in morocco (the fossil Capitol of the world) have you found or seen any for sale over there? I watched a documentary a while back on morocco and fossil trading.