July 1, 2014
Monday Geology Picture(s): Fossils in the Floor
Posted by Evelyn Mervine
My husband and I are travelling in the US at the moment. A little over a week ago we attended an event at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, and I noticed some interesting fossils in some beautiful building stones on the floor of a hallway connecting the center with an adjacent hotel. I snapped a few pictures of the fossils. Can anyone identify them? Does anyone know where the building stones come from?
Here are a few more pictures:
Miami International Airport
Never mind. I didn’t read the entire question. Sorry.
Maybe ammonitico rosso. (Translated by Google from Italian [I hope], so broken English) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosso_ammonitico&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAmmonitico%2Brosso%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DCBR%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D667
Dana only has one photo of the stuff from our OSU geo-tour, but it’s a good one! #5 under stop 13. http://freethoughtblogs.com/entequilaesverdad/2012/10/30/osu-geotour-supplemental-v-a-spring-in-your-steps/
Very observant fossil find right in front of everyone’s eyes! Keep up the great rockhound adventure during your travels.
Believe those are crinoids, often found in limestone. Would not surprise me if the building in Boston was built with Indiana limestone either, which is often full of crinoid fossils.