Alabama
Alabama Geological Survey
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Alabama Paleontological Society - (club)

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California fossils
Includes map to California fossil sites.

Capitola Bay - (site)
Take Highway 1 South into the town of Capitola. ake the Capitola Bay Ave. exit off Highway 1. Turn right and go straight for approx. 1 mile. You will reach the beautiful Capitola beach. Park, pick up your gear and walk to the southern end of the beach until you get to a large cliff. See URL for more detail.
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The San Diego Mineral and Gem Society - (club)

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Southern California Paleontological Society - (club)
Meets 1:30 PM on the first Sunday of each month, except August, at Page Museum
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Paleo Portal entry for Colorado
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Florrisant Fossil Beds National Monument - (museum)
Astonishingly detailed plant and insect fossils.
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Western Interior Paleontological Society - (club)
Meetings: 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80205
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Delaware
See fossil info from the Delaware Geological Survey .
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal - (site)
Dredge spoil piles just west of St. Georges and also just east of the north side of the Reedy Point Bridge. Include Belemnitella americana. See map at DGS site. Also lists fauna.
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Delaware Mineralogical Society - (club)
Nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and education of mineralogy, paleontology and the lapidary arts. Meets at Delaware Museum of Nature and Science
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Florida
See fossil resource page from the Florida Museum of Natural History
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Tampa Bay Fossil Club - (club)
Meetings are at 7:30 pm, usually the first Saturday of the month (unless that is a holiday, in which case the second Saturday) Located at USF Behavioral Science Room #103.
Great group, speaking as a remote member.
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Florida Fossil Hunters - (club)

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Fossil Club of Miami - (club)

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Manasota Fossil Club - (club)

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Southwest Florida Fossil Club - (club)
Meetings: 26300 Airport Road, Punta Gorda, Florida
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Illinois
See the Illinois Geological Survey for information on the Tully Monster, an improbable name for a state fossil
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Paleontology Group, Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois - (club)
Meetings: 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
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Indiana Geological Survey
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Falls of the Ohio State Park - (site)
At one point the Falls of Ohio State Park had a number of links to collecting sites. Those pages seem to have disappeared. But the map links and directions on this page probably still work. There are definitely educational possibilities at the park.
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Crawford Co. - (site)
Intersection of I-64 and State Road 37 at exit 86, Crawford Co., Indiana. Famous locality.
Type of exposure: road cut. Rock types - sandstone, shale and limestone, Beech Creek limestone, ar Springs Sandstone, Indian Springs Mbr. (productive layer), Haney limestone, Hardinsburg sandstone
Types of fossils: blastoids, brachiopods, bryozoans, conularids, corals (horn), crinoids, gastropods, pelecypods, shark eeth and scales, trace fossils, trilobites.
Upper Mississippian (Chesterian).
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Grantsburg, Crawford Co. - (site)
State Road 37 several miles north (near Grantsburg, Crawford Co., Indiana)
Type of exposure: road cut. Rock types - sandstone, shale and limestone
Types of fossils: blastoids, brachiopods, bryozoans, conularids, corals (horn), crinoids, gastropods, pelecypods, shark teeth and scales, trace fossils, rilobites.
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Floyds Knobs - (site)
US 150, Floyds Knobs, Floyd Co., Indiana (just of I-64 at exit 119, Greenville - Paoli exit). Map marker location approximate type of exposure: road cut. Rock types - siltstone, Edwardsville and Ramp Creek formations
Middle Mississippian (Osagean and Meramecean)
Types of fossils - brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids, trace fossils.
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Kentucky Geological Survey.
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Carroll Co. - (site)
State Roads 467 and 227 between I-71 and Worthville, Carroll Co., KY. Map marker location approximate type of exposure: Road cut. Rock type: Primarily shale with thin limestone layers
Types of fossils: brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, conodonts, gastropods, graptolites, monoplacophorans, pelecypods, scolecodont teeth, trace fossils, rilobites.
Upper Ordovician (Maysvillian - Cincinnatian stages).
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Jefferson Co. - (site)
U.S. 421 north of Madison, Jefferson Co., KY. Map marker location approximate type of exposure: Road cut, also creek exposures on west side. Rock type: Interbedded shale and limestone
Types of fossils: brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, conodonts, corals, crinoids, edrioasteroids, gastropods, monoplacophorans, pelecypods, scolecodont teeth, stromatoporoids, starfish, trace fossils, trilobites.
Upper Ordovician (Maysvillian - Cincinnatian stages).
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Fisherville / Taylorsville - (site)
State Road 155 between Fisherville (Jefferson Co.), KY and Taylorsville (Spencer Co.), KY. Map marker location approximate type of exposure: Road cut. Rock type: interbedded shale and limestone
Types of fossils: brachiopods, bryozoans, cephalopods, conodonts, corals, gastropods, monoplacophorans, pelecypods, scolecodont teeth, stromatoporoids, trace fossils, trilobites. Mineralized brachiopods, aulocerid stromatoporoids and colonial corals with calcite, dolomite, celestine and other minerals.
Upper Ordovician (Maysvillian - Cincinnatian stages).
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Bardstown Co. - (site)
State Road 245 between I-65 and Bardstown, Bullitt or Nelson Co., KY. Map marker location approximate tType of exposure: road cut. Rock type: Waldron shale and Laurel Limestone (actually is a dolomitized limestone)
Types of fossils: brachiopods, crinoids, sponges, cephalopods, trace fossils, trilobites.
Middle Silurian
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Bowman Field Airport, Louisville - (site)
Cannons Lane near Bowman Field airport, Louisville, KY. Map marker location approximate type of exposure: road cut. Rock type: Jeffersonville limestone
Types of fossils: brachiopods, corals, and stromatoporoids.
Middle Devonian.
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I-265, Louisville - (site)
US 42 at I-265 (Gene Snyder Freeway) Louisville, KY. Map marker location approximate type of exposure: road cut. Rock type: Jeffersonville limestone
Middle Devonian.
Types of fossils: brachiopods, corals, and stromatoporoids.
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Bullitt Co. - (site)
Brooks Hill Road, Bullitt Co., KY. Map marker location very approximate type of exposure: road cut. Rock types - siltstone and limestone
Middle Mississippian (Osagean and Meramecean)
Types of fossils: Harrodsburg to Warsaw - blastoids, brachiopods, bryozoans, corals, crinoids, echinoids. Muldraugh - brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids, trace fossils. Brodhead - brachiopods, bryozoans, corals (horn), trace fossils. Geodes are noted in the Muldraugh formation (may fluoresce).
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Oldham Co. - (site)
State Road 329 at I-71 exit 14, north of Crestwood, Oldham Co., KY. Map marker location approximate type of exposure: road cut, highwall behind gas station and lower part of the road cut south; a one to two foot thick unit, with Ordovician Whitewater Formation below and Middle Silurian Laurel Dolostone above.
types of fossils: brachiopods, bryozoans, corals (horn), trilobites.
Lower Silurian (Brassfield Formation).
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Maryland Geological Survey
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Calvert Cliffs State Park - (site)
The entrance to the Park is clearly marked along Maryland routes 2 and 4 about 8 miles south of St. Leonard or 4 miles north of Solomons, which is at the southern tip of Calvert County. There is a hike along a service road of about 1.8 miles from the parking lot to the Chesapeake Bay. Collecting is restricted to a small beach area in the area where the service road ends. Best collecting is low tide, after a storm. The Park is normally open from March to mid-November - check with Point Lookout State Park. See also Maryland Geological Survey and Fossilguy.
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Maryland Geological Society - (club)

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Missouri Geological Survey
See Missouri Fossils at the Missouri Geological Survey.
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Eastern Missouri Society of Paleontology - (club)
Meet at Washington University's Earth and Planetary Science Building, Rm. 203 located on the northeast portion of the campus. The building is on the southwest corner of Hoyt and Millbrook Blvd.
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New Jersey
At the New Jersey Geological Survey, The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey Parts 1 and 2 look like they might be interesting publications.
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Paleo Portal entry for NY
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New York Paleontological Society - (club)

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Suffolk Gem and Mineral Club - (club)
Meets the third Monday of each month except for Holidays, July, August, and December, the last due to the Club's annual show and holiday dinner. Meeting location: Bay Shore - Brightwaters Public Library, Montauk Highway, Brightwaters, NY.
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Paleo Portal entry for North Carolina
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North Carolina Fossil Club - (club)

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Greenville - GMR - (site)
Green Mill Run is a popular site in Greenville, NC, right next to East Carolina University. GMR stream actually parallels and runs along side of the Green Mill Run Greenway, a 1.5 mile long walk way and bicycle path. See detail at the URL.
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Ohio
Even though Ohio is well known for its fossils, publicly accessible collecting localities are actually scarce. Most sites are located in southwestern Ohio; Caesar Creek (Warren and Clinton Counties), Hueston Woods (Preble and Butler Counties), Cowan Lake (Clinton County), and Stonelick (Clermont County) State Parks allow fossil collecting; check at the ranger station for designated areas. [See URL].
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Caesar Creek State Park - (site)
Collecting permitted in the park with a permit. Check in at the Ranger's Station.
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Oakes Quarry Park - (site)
Directions: I-675 to SR. 235 exit #22. Turn east off of exit. Oakes Quarry Park is just North of the roadway. Park features hiking trails, horse trails, and spoil piles (from the old stone quarry that used to be on the site) which are now available for public fossil collecting. Ordivician fossils, primarily crinoids, but also containing brachiopods, poriferia, and stromatolites. Fossils are predominantly in a red limestone near the ridge.
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Dry Dredgers Homepage - (club)
Good info on Cincinnatian, see especially the crinoids.
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Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Geological Survey has some great publications available. A very useful reference for sites is Guidebook for Geological Field Trips in South-Central Oklahoma by R. L. Neman. But as far as I can tell it is out of print

Pennsylvania Geological Survey.
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Ambridge, Mahoning Shale - (site)
According to the Pitt Geology site, this is the best plant fossil collecting locality in the Pittsburgh region. It has been documented by Burns (1991) and The Fossil Guy. See more details at the URL below. Plant fossils as well as more difficult to access common marine fossils including brachiopods, pelecypods, gastropods, cephalopods, and corals. Occasionally, fossil fish teeth may also be found. Formation(s): Pennsylvanian - Conemaugh Group, Glenshaw Formation, Mahoning shale, Mahoning sandstone, Brush Creek coal, Brush creek limestone. Detail no longer available from the Pitt site.
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Delaware Valley Paleontological Society - (club)

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New Kensington - (site)
The shale commonly contains microfauna of gastropods, bivalves and brachiopods. The Ames limestone is one of several marine units within the Upper Pennsylvanian Conemaugh Group. Detail no longer available from the Pitt site.
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South Carolina Geological Survey
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Cypress Gardens Fossil Show - (event)
Held on February 23, 2008 from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm at Cypress Gardens in Berkeley County, SC. See Website
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Dorchester Creek - (site)
Dorchester creek is a tidal creek in Dorchester County. Wading required. See URL.
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Gray Fossil Site - (site)
The Gray Fossil Site, discovered in 2000, is a 7-4.5 million year old (late-Miocene-aged) fossil site still under active investigation. Museum with interpreters on-site. Guided tours out on the site hourly from 9 am until 4 pm. Open 8:30 am and closes at 5 pm every day of the week. Closed only on Christmas, New Year's, and Thanksgiving. Travel from I-81 to I-26 East, Exit 13 and turn left at the end of the ramp. Museum and fossil site are 1.8 miles on your left. (Thanks to Jeanne Zavada for this site.)
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Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin
Lots of useful publications as well as geological maps of Texas.

Austin - Loop 360 and Bee Cave Rd. - (site)
Loop 360 and Bee Cave Rd. (FM 2244). First step up on road cuts north of 2244. Oysters and echinoids. 4 species of echinoids known from this site, though hard to find. Walnut fm.
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Austin - Northwest Park - (site)
Sharks teeth can be found in layers in the creek bed. Not easy without experience or a guide. A lot of interesting specimens have been pulled out of Shoal Creek, including two relatively complete, small plesiosaurs. If you find one, call the University of Texas Geology Department.
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Austin - Pease Park - (site)
Worn oysters in the creek gravel. A traditional spot to take small children. At one time pyritized fossils could be found in the gray material on the Lamar side, but most of that has been covered in aid of flood control.
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Austin - Texas Memorial Museum - (museum)
Great Texas and local fossils. Become a member! Closed until Fall 2023 for renovations.
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Austin - Paleontological Society of Austin - (club)
Meets 3rd Tuesdays (7:00pm) at the Austin Gem and Mineral Society facility, 6719 Burnet Lane. If you want to find fossils in Central Texas, these are the guys to talk to. They can also identify your finds.
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Round Rock - Fossil Fest - (event)
Old Settlers Association Headquarters. The Paleontological Society of Austin annual fossil show the first week in November.
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Brazos River at I-10 - (site)
Pleistocene material, hard to find. This site, including the bar just upstream, has produced fossil mammoth, horse, deer, camel, bison, alligator and turtle shell parts. Easiest access is on the west side. There are some exposures of gravel on both sides of the river under the bridge, but note that river height is a major factor. If you can get to it (difficult due to massive amounts of poisen ivy) there is a large gravel bar on NE side of the river upstream which could keep you busy for a long time.
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Dallas Paleontological Society - (club)
Very large and active club in the Dallas area. Meets at Dallas Museum of Natural History.
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science - (museum)
2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, TX 75201
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Mineral Wells Fossil Park - (site)
The park is open Fridays through Mondays, 8 am to dusk. Admission is free. Address is 2375 Indian Creek Road, Mineral Wells, Texas, though it would be best to use the map shown on their website.
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Dinosaur Valley State Park - (museum)
Noted for dinosaur tracks in creek bed. Careful when you go - if the creek is full, you are not going to see much.
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Fossilmania - (event)
Annual fossil show put on by the Dallas Paleontological Society. Last week of October, Somervell County Expo Center.
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Houston Gem and Mineral Society
The HGMS Paleontological Section has produced some of the most useful publications for amatuer collectors.
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Houston Museum of Natural Science - (museum)
Great paleontology collection with a large collection of impressive dinosaurs. Terrific trilobites.
Hermann Circle Drive
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Lake Texoma - (site)
Park in the parking lot just west of the dam, off the road to Eisenhower State Park. Walk the shoreline west. Ammonities, some very large (18-24 inches in diameter, whole ones hard to find) and echinoids.
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Lake Waco pit - (site).
Essentially closed to amatuer collectors. Previously the Corp of Engineers provided group permission (see URL). Classic collecting spot, noted for pyritized micro-fauna, some sharks teeth, hard to find brittle stars.
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Museum of the Big Bend - (museum)
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Sunday - 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Closed Monday. Admission free. There is a gift shop on the premises. The museum is accessible to the disabled. Guided tours are available; call (432) 837-8143 for reservations.
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North Sulpher River, Ladonia - (site)
Specimens can be hard to find, but worth the effort. This site is heavily collected by folks in the Dallas area. Mosasaur vertebrae, teeth, and other parts, turtle, Xiphactinus, ammonites and baculites. Some Pleistocene material mixed in. Park on the NW side of the N. Sulpher River. See the Dallas Paleontological Society publication Fossil Collectors Guidebook to the North Sulphur River.
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Utah
Utah Geological Survey. See also the home page of the Utah Friends of Paleontology
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Utah Friends of Paleontology - (club)
See website for meeting announcements, both online and in person.
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