Hi everyone! We had been planning this trip for a while after watching videos about it on YouTube. Digging for trilobites in Utah at U-Dig Fossils meant driving back to Utah after landing in Colorado. It was worth the drive and it was fun. I used a lot of sunscreen and I was really dusty at the end of the day. Our host at the quarry was a guy named Cole and he was great in explaining things and being a good sport to let me video him. Basically you hit the rocks with a pick and crack them open and many of them contained fossils.We found a few with many trilobites inside and then a few big ones.
From what I read, trilobites were bottom feeders in the ocean and didn’t even have eyes. These type of fossils are among the earliest type of animal fossils found and are over 500 million years old. Crazy right?! We’re going back to Wyoming in a few weeks to dig for fish fossils again. Keep an eye on my social media and I’ll post a video of this trip and photos from Wyoming soon too.
