Illinois Adventure #1401 - Museum of geology at western illinois university

WHILE THIS FARM RECREATES THE RECENT PAST, A MORE DISTANCE PAST HAS BEEN RECREATES THE RECENT PAST, A MORE DISTANCE PAST HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN STONE. MORE DISTANCE PAST HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN STONE. SOME OF IT CAN BE SEEN IN MACOMB PRESERVED IN STONE. SOME OF IT CAN BE SEEN IN MACOMB AT THE MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY ON THE SOME OF IT CAN BE SEEN IN MACOMB AT THE MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY ON THE CAMPUS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS AT THE MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY ON THE CAMPUS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. IT IS A GOING COLLECTION THAT BEGINS IN ONE ROOM, AND SPILLS OUT IN THE HOWL WAY. BEGINS IN ONE ROOM, AND SPILLS OUT IN THE HOWL WAY. YOU CAN DISCOVER DIVERSITY OF OUT IN THE HOWL WAY. YOU CAN DISCOVER DIVERSITY OF GEOLOGY AND THE MUSEUM. YOU CAN DISCOVER DIVERSITY OF GEOLOGY AND THE MUSEUM. >> WE HAVE A LARGE CROCODILE GEOLOGY AND THE MUSEUM. >> WE HAVE A LARGE CROCODILE QUARTS. >> WE HAVE A LARGE CROCODILE QUARTS. CROCODILE QUARTS IS INTERESTING QUARTS. CROCODILE QUARTS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF CROCODILE QUARTS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE QUARTS AS IT GREW IN THE BECAUSE THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE QUARTS AS IT GREW IN THE GROUND WAS SUCH YOU HAD A MULTI THE QUARTS AS IT GREW IN THE GROUND WAS SUCH YOU HAD A MULTI FACETED BUMPY SURFACE WITH GROUND WAS SUCH YOU HAD A MULTI FACETED BUMPY SURFACE WITH COLORATION OF IMPURITIES THAT FACETED BUMPY SURFACE WITH COLORATION OF IMPURITIES THAT MAKE IT RESEMBLE A CROCODILE'S COLORATION OF IMPURITIES THAT MAKE IT RESEMBLE A CROCODILE'S BACK, IF YOU WILL. MAKE IT RESEMBLE A CROCODILE'S BACK, IF YOU WILL. THIS SPECIMEN WE HAVE IS TRULY BACK, IF YOU WILL. THIS SPECIMEN WE HAVE IS TRULY THE LARGEST I HAVE SEEN. THIS SPECIMEN WE HAVE IS TRULY THE LARGEST I HAVE SEEN. IT WEIGHS 126 POUNDS WHICH WOULD THE LARGEST I HAVE SEEN. IT WEIGHS 126 POUNDS WHICH WOULD BE WELL OVER A MILLION CARRATS IT WEIGHS 126 POUNDS WHICH WOULD BE WELL OVER A MILLION CARRATS IN WEIGHT. BE WELL OVER A MILLION CARRATS IN WEIGHT. >> THERE IS ALSO A COLLECTION OF IN WEIGHT. >> THERE IS ALSO A COLLECTION OF FOSSILS FOUND AT MAZON CREEK. >> THERE IS ALSO A COLLECTION OF FOSSILS FOUND AT MAZON CREEK. IT IS AN AREA KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOSSILS FOUND AT MAZON CREEK. IT IS AN AREA KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR ITS PRESERVATION IN THE IT IS AN AREA KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR ITS PRESERVATION IN THE SOFTER TISSUES OF SOME ANIMALS. FOR ITS PRESERVATION IN THE SOFTER TISSUES OF SOME ANIMALS. >> WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF CLAMS AND SOFTER TISSUES OF SOME ANIMALS. >> WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF CLAMS AND FISH AND SHRIMP, AS WELL AS WHAT >> WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF CLAMS AND FISH AND SHRIMP, AS WELL AS WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS BLOBS. FISH AND SHRIMP, AS WELL AS WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS BLOBS. BLOBS WERE LATER DISCOVERED TO USED TO BE KNOWN AS BLOBS. BLOBS WERE LATER DISCOVERED TO BE PRESERVED JELLYFISH. BLOBS WERE LATER DISCOVERED TO BE PRESERVED JELLYFISH. YOU CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE BE PRESERVED JELLYFISH. YOU CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE JELLYFISH HAD NO HARD PART, YOU CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE JELLYFISH HAD NO HARD PART, PRESERVING A JELLYFISH IN A JELLYFISH HAD NO HARD PART, PRESERVING A JELLYFISH IN A FOSSIL IS QUITE DIFFICULT AND PRESERVING A JELLYFISH IN A FOSSIL IS QUITE DIFFICULT AND ALSO SOMEWHAT RARE. FOSSIL IS QUITE DIFFICULT AND ALSO SOMEWHAT RARE. SO THESE BLOBS TEND TO BE ALSO SOMEWHAT RARE. SO THESE BLOBS TEND TO BE OVERLOOKED FOR YEARS. BUT NOW SO THESE BLOBS TEND TO BE OVERLOOKED FOR YEARS. BUT NOW WE ARE FINDING THEY ARE, INDEED, OVERLOOKED FOR YEARS. BUT NOW WE ARE FINDING THEY ARE, INDEED, VERY WELL PRESERVED SPECIMENS. WE ARE FINDING THEY ARE, INDEED, VERY WELL PRESERVED SPECIMENS. OUR STATE FOSSIL IS THE TELE MON VERY WELL PRESERVED SPECIMENS. OUR STATE FOSSIL IS THE TELE MON STROM GREGARIUM. OUR STATE FOSSIL IS THE TELE MON STROM GREGARIUM. MOST UNUSUAL THING IS WE ARE NOT STROM GREGARIUM. MOST UNUSUAL THING IS WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHAT IT IS. MOST UNUSUAL THING IS WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHAT IT IS. THERE IS NO ANIMAL LIKE IT COMPLETELY SURE WHAT IT IS. THERE IS NO ANIMAL LIKE IT BEFORE IT IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, THERE IS NO ANIMAL LIKE IT BEFORE IT IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, AND THERE IS NO ANIMAL EXACTLY BEFORE IT IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, AND THERE IS NO ANIMAL EXACTLY LIKE IT AFTER IT IN THE FOSSIL AND THERE IS NO ANIMAL EXACTLY LIKE IT AFTER IT IN THE FOSSIL RECORD. LIKE IT AFTER IT IN THE FOSSIL RECORD. IT WOULD AT FIRST APPEAR TO BE RECORD. IT WOULD AT FIRST APPEAR TO BE SOME SORT OF A SLUG LIKE ANIMAL IT WOULD AT FIRST APPEAR TO BE SOME SORT OF A SLUG LIKE ANIMAL OR LIKE A SOME SORT OF SQUID. SOME SORT OF A SLUG LIKE ANIMAL OR LIKE A SOME SORT OF SQUID. IT HAS A LONG PROSTHESIS, WITH OR LIKE A SOME SORT OF SQUID. IT HAS A LONG PROSTHESIS, WITH TOOTH BEAK AT THE END, BUT IT HAS A LONG PROSTHESIS, WITH TOOTH BEAK AT THE END, BUT APPARENTLY THE MOUTH IS NOT IN TOOTH BEAK AT THE END, BUT APPARENTLY THE MOUTH IS NOT IN THAT BEAK. APPARENTLY THE MOUTH IS NOT IN THAT BEAK. THE EYES ARE AT THE END OF A THAT BEAK. THE EYES ARE AT THE END OF A RIGID BAR, LIKE THE SNAIL, THE EYES ARE AT THE END OF A RIGID BAR, LIKE THE SNAIL, EXCEPT IT HAD NO ABILITY TO RIGID BAR, LIKE THE SNAIL, EXCEPT IT HAD NO ABILITY TO CONTROL. EXCEPT IT HAD NO ABILITY TO CONTROL. THEY WOULD MOVE IN A DIFFERENT CONTROL. THEY WOULD MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THEY WOULD MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IT WAS AT THE END OF A RIGID DIRECTION. IT WAS AT THE END OF A RIGID BAR. IT WAS AT THE END OF A RIGID BAR. THE BODY APPEARS TO BE SEGMENTED BAR. THE BODY APPEARS TO BE SEGMENTED LIKE A WORM, BUT IT HAS FEW THE BODY APPEARS TO BE SEGMENTED LIKE A WORM, BUT IT HAS FEW OTHER CHARACTERISTICS LIKE A LIKE A WORM, BUT IT HAS FEW OTHER CHARACTERISTICS LIKE A WORM. OTHER CHARACTERISTICS LIKE A WORM. THAT GUESS THAT I HAVE HEARD WORM. THAT GUESS THAT I HAVE HEARD RECENTLY IT MAY P A HEDRO THAT GUESS THAT I HAVE HEARD RECENTLY IT MAY P A HEDRO POSDEROID OR A SNAIL. RECENTLY IT MAY P A HEDRO POSDEROID OR A SNAIL. THEY COME FROM NORTHERN POSDEROID OR A SNAIL. THEY COME FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THEY COME FROM NORTHERN ILLINOIS. IN FACT, THEY ARE FOUND ONLY IN ILLINOIS. IN FACT, THEY ARE FOUND ONLY IN ILLINOIS, NO WHERE ELSE IN THE IN FACT, THEY ARE FOUND ONLY IN ILLINOIS, NO WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. ILLINOIS, NO WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE LOTS OF ROCK AND NEURO WORLD. WE HAVE LOTS OF ROCK AND NEURO SPECIMENS, INCLUDING A FAIRLY WE HAVE LOTS OF ROCK AND NEURO SPECIMENS, INCLUDING A FAIRLY GOOD SIZE COLLECT OF STATE SPECIMENS, INCLUDING A FAIRLY GOOD SIZE COLLECT OF STATE MINERAL, FLOOR ITE FLOURITE. GOOD SIZE COLLECT OF STATE MINERAL, FLOOR ITE FLOURITE. IT IS PRODUCTION OF STEEL ITEM, MINERAL, FLOOR ITE FLOURITE. IT IS PRODUCTION OF STEEL ITEM, AS WELL AS PRODUCTION OF IT IS PRODUCTION OF STEEL ITEM, AS WELL AS PRODUCTION OF FLOURITE OR HYDRO OH FLOOR IC AS WELL AS PRODUCTION OF FLOURITE OR HYDRO OH FLOOR IC ACID. FLOURITE OR HYDRO OH FLOOR IC ACID. >> WHAT ATTRACTS ATTENTION ARE ACID. >> WHAT ATTRACTS ATTENTION ARE THE DINOSAUR BONES AND >> WHAT ATTRACTS ATTENTION ARE THE DINOSAUR BONES AND REPRODUCTIONS. THE DINOSAUR BONES AND REPRODUCTIONS. LARGEST WHICH DOMINATES THE MAIN REPRODUCTIONS. LARGEST WHICH DOMINATES THE MAIN ROOM IS THE HEAD OF A T-REX. LARGEST WHICH DOMINATES THE MAIN ROOM IS THE HEAD OF A T-REX. >> IT IS A REPRODUCTION OF ONE ROOM IS THE HEAD OF A T-REX. >> IT IS A REPRODUCTION OF ONE OF THE TWO IN THE AMERICAN >> IT IS A REPRODUCTION OF ONE OF THE TWO IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW OF THE TWO IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK. MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK. REX, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, YORK. REX, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, PROBABLY MOST SCHOOL KIDS CAN REX, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, PROBABLY MOST SCHOOL KIDS CAN TELL YOU, WAS 40 TO 50 FEET PROBABLY MOST SCHOOL KIDS CAN TELL YOU, WAS 40 TO 50 FEET LONG, WEIGHED SOMEWHERE AROUND TELL YOU, WAS 40 TO 50 FEET LONG, WEIGHED SOMEWHERE AROUND EIGHT TONS, AND HAD TEETH LONG, WEIGHED SOMEWHERE AROUND EIGHT TONS, AND HAD TEETH ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT EIGHT TONS, AND HAD TEETH ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IN LENGTH. WE HAVE SOME ANYWHERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IN LENGTH. WE HAVE SOME REPRODUCTIONS OF ARCHEOPRIC, INCHES IN LENGTH. WE HAVE SOME REPRODUCTIONS OF ARCHEOPRIC, LIMESTONE IN GERMANY AND BA VAIR REPRODUCTIONS OF ARCHEOPRIC, LIMESTONE IN GERMANY AND BA VAIR YARKS AND CONTHO HAD MATIS, LIMESTONE IN GERMANY AND BA VAIR YARKS AND CONTHO HAD MATIS, WHICH IS CONFUSED WITH. YARKS AND CONTHO HAD MATIS, WHICH IS CONFUSED WITH. WE HAVE SEVEN DAILD VERTEBRA WHICH IS CONFUSED WITH. WE HAVE SEVEN DAILD VERTEBRA FROM PLAUTICUS, FROM THE WE HAVE SEVEN DAILD VERTEBRA FROM PLAUTICUS, FROM THE JURASSAC. FROM PLAUTICUS, FROM THE JURASSAC. THESE VERTEBRA WERE FOUND IN THE JURASSAC. THESE VERTEBRA WERE FOUND IN THE DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT. THESE VERTEBRA WERE FOUND IN THE DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT. AT THAT TIME IT WAS A PRIVATE DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT. AT THAT TIME IT WAS A PRIVATE DIG FUNDED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE. AT THAT TIME IT WAS A PRIVATE DIG FUNDED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE. WHEN WE FOUND THEM, THEY WERE DIG FUNDED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE. WHEN WE FOUND THEM, THEY WERE STILL WRAPPED IN THE PLASTIC WHEN WE FOUND THEM, THEY WERE STILL WRAPPED IN THE PLASTIC JACKET. STILL WRAPPED IN THE PLASTIC JACKET. WE DISPLAYED THEM THAT WAY SO JACKET. WE DISPLAYED THEM THAT WAY SO PEOPLE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IS WE DISPLAYED THEM THAT WAY SO PEOPLE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IS INVOLVED IN TAKING MASSIVE CHUNG PEOPLE GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IS INVOLVED IN TAKING MASSIVE CHUNG OF ROCK, 700 POUNDS, SHIELDING INVOLVED IN TAKING MASSIVE CHUNG OF ROCK, 700 POUNDS, SHIELDING IT, JACKETING IT AND SENDING OF ROCK, 700 POUNDS, SHIELDING IT, JACKETING IT AND SENDING BACK TO A MUSEUM WHERE IT WILL IT, JACKETING IT AND SENDING BACK TO A MUSEUM WHERE IT WILL BE PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED TO BACK TO A MUSEUM WHERE IT WILL BE PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED TO EVENTUALLY EXPOS THE PT BONES BE PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED TO EVENTUALLY EXPOS THE PT BONES AND HAD MOUNT THEM. EVENTUALLY EXPOS THE PT BONES AND HAD MOUNT THEM. THIS IS ALSO USED AS A TEACHING AND HAD MOUNT THEM. THIS IS ALSO USED AS A TEACHING AIDE, AND IT ATTRACTS CLASSES THIS IS ALSO USED AS A TEACHING AIDE, AND IT ATTRACTS CLASSES FROM AREA SCHOOLS. AIDE, AND IT ATTRACTS CLASSES FROM AREA SCHOOLS. >> THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU FROM AREA SCHOOLS. >> THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FIND >> THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. SOME OF THE MATERIAL WE HAVE, ANYWHERE ELSE. SOME OF THE MATERIAL WE HAVE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL SOME OF THE MATERIAL WE HAVE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF MILES, IF NOT MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL HUNDREDS OF MILES, IF NOT MAYBE THOUSANDS OF MILES TO FIND. HUNDREDS OF MILES, IF NOT MAYBE THOUSANDS OF MILES TO FIND. UNIVERSITIES, OF COURSE, BY THOUSANDS OF MILES TO FIND. UNIVERSITIES, OF COURSE, BY NATURE, ARE RE'I TORIES OF UNIVERSITIES, OF COURSE, BY NATURE, ARE RE'I TORIES OF KNOWLEDGE. WE THINK IT IN PART NATURE, ARE RE'I TORIES OF KNOWLEDGE. WE THINK IT IN PART OUR DUTY TO PUT THE MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE. WE THINK IT IN PART OUR DUTY TO PUT THE MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE OUT FOR THE PUBLIC OUR DUTY TO PUT THE MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE OUT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO THAT WE HAVE OUT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING CLASSES. AS WELL AS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING CLASSES. >> THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM IS ON THE ARE TAKING CLASSES. >> THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF TILLMAN HALL ON >> THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF TILLMAN HALL ON THE CAMPUS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS FIRST FLOOR OF TILLMAN HALL ON THE CAMPUS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY'S GEOLOGY MUSEUM, CALL (309)298-1727.