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Date: | Wed, 29 Jul 1998 08:54:15 -0400 |
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Hi all
I have been lurking on this list for a couple of months, but I am just
now getting around in sending an introduction. My name is Michael
Reagin and I live in Cleveland Heights, OH. My main intrest is fossil
shells. I originally lived in Atlanta (28 years) then six in
Pensacola, FL. Living in the south afforded me ample opportunity to
collect Tertiary deposits from both the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal
Plains and this list has warmed my heart by discussions of some of the
classic locations that I had visited (i.e. Little Stave Creek, Coon
Creek). Much of my collection is from the Eocene of Alabama, the
Chipola and Shoal River Formations of the Florida Panhandle, and the
Pliocene shell beds of South Florida. After a job related move to
Ohio, I was worried about my access to Tertiary and Pleistocene
localities, but after joining a local fossil club I have made several
club trips to North Carolina and Maryland to collect local shell beds.
Besides, now that I collect Paleozoic invertebrates, I find that many
collectors are willing to trade younger fossils for the older
material.
I have also recently developed an interest in land shells. What else
could I do being so far away from the ocean? It seems snails love
limestone and I always finding land shells when I go fossil
collecting. Plus correspondence with several fossil collectors who
also collect land snails (Leland Miyano and Phil Liff-Grief) has
intensified that interest. In fact, on a recent trip to San Diego, I
had just as much fun collecting land snails with Phil as I had
collecting fossils in the same area.
Anyway, I have rambled long enough. I am happy to be aboard and look
forward to contributing in the future.
Mike
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