by gillip » Jun 27, 2007 9:40 pm
I couldn't remember the correct term for the body.
When I took invertibrate paleontology, we went on a field trip to collect blastoid thecas at a quarry near Gore, Ok in Mississippian Limestone. You could pick up hundreds without swinging a hammer. We would collect extra to distribute to grade school classes. It was traditional to stop at the Wildhorse BBQ on the way back. Every year, the professor would very slyly throw a handful of blastoids into the parking lot. He would bet the most gullable person on the trip lunch that there are so many blastoids in the area that he could find one in the parking lot. Many times, students took him up on the bet and bought him lunch. The point of this rambling story is that, as wvdirtboy said, there are tons on them in Miss. Ls. I don't know if I could eat one though, with the crunchy shell and all.
JAG
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