Dear Andy R.,

I guess this means there'll be a fishing expedition to this station by one
or both of us soon.  How about the Gulf Coast Shell Club people?

Harry


At 09:11 AM 10/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Harry and other Exogyrophiles,
>
>I don't doubt your fisherman friend, because fishermen always tell the truth
>when asked for the location of their honeyholes. <grin> And Exogyra is so
>distinctive that I am sure that you identified it correctly. Still, it is
>very unlikely that Exogyra would be native to that locality. As David
>Campbell and I have both observed, shells are usually not transported for
>very great distances without breaking. Although the strata at the
>Alabama-Florida line on US 231 are disturbed by karsting (cave and sinkhole
>formation), no one has ever reported finding Cretaceous fossils EMBEDDED IN
>SEDIMENT anywhere near that locality.
>
>Now, Exogyra can be collected farther north on the same highway, and the
>highway is one of the main routes for tourists to the Florida beaches. There
>is a lot of traffic by people on vacation. On the whole, it seems more
>likely that some child picked up an Exogyra farther north and then a parent
>threw it out the car window near the border. As I said, I do believe your
>fisherman friend, though I couldn't resist making a joke at his expense.
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
Harry G. Lee
Suite 500
1801 Barrs St.
Jacksonville, FL 32204
USA   904-384-6419
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