Trilobites were small marine crustaceans that resembled modern day.
Marble mountains trilobite quarry.
A group of fossil seekers explores with eager attentiveness an exposure of the lower cambrian latham shale at the classic trilobite quarry in the marble mountains.
Join us for the fossil hunting trip in desert mountains.
The latham shale borders the cadiz and chambless formations both named after the small towns nearby.
It s over 500 million years old.
I found my first trilobite.
Our plan was to explore them on saturday camp there then meet the yucaipa valley gem and mineral society for a trilobite fossil hunt on sunday.
Watch this video for more.
Marble mountain fossil bed contains one of the classic cambrian trilobite fossil sites within the western united states.
Is located at this beautiful outcrop in a 60 foot thick formation over 550 million years old.
This video also features trace fossils.
One of the classic cambrian trilobite fossil sites in the western u s.
The marble mountain fossil beds lie in a beautiful shale formation that is 60 feet thick and over 550 million years old.
The mountains contain a rich outcropping of the latham shale known for its diversity of lower cambrian fossils.
Here is the posting from the california bureau of land management website please visit the website for rules on collecting.
Geology of the area.
The fossils are approximately 518 million years old.
Anyone been to the marble mountains in southern california recently to search for trilobites.
The trilobite specimens were easily spotted in the shales and because they were so exceptionally abundant everyone was almost certain to take home a memorable find.
We left highway 40 at ludlow and drove the old national trails highway route 66 through amboy to chambless.
The marble mountains trilobite quarry certainly used to be a great place to bring children and others who wished to experience the joys of fossil collecting for the first time.
January is a great month to explore the marble mountains.
The cadiz trilobite quarry also called the marble mountain rock collecting area is a small area with outcrops of fossil bearing shale southeast of the ghost town of cadiz trilobites here occur in the latham shale a greenish to brownish shale dating from the lower cambrian about 518 mya.
However the land has become part of a nationally.
Please note that this photograph was taken long before the marble mountains became part of a national monument.
What makes the marble mountains especially attractive to paleontologists is the comparatively rich cambrian fossil biota which can be found in a.
