CLALLAM BAY FOSSIL HEIST

Vertipecten fucanus (Dall, 1900)Some water-worn samples of the bivalve Verdipectin fucanus, Clallam Formation, Clallam Bay, Washington State. Miocene.It all began one gloriously sunny summer weekend when the planets aligned, the calendar gods smiled, and my mother and I were simultaneously free. Naturally, this meant one thing: we were going fossil hunting. I still get out collecting