| Fossil leaves from the Middle Miocene Savage Canyon Formation, Nevada. Top specimen is 22mm long and belongs to a Mountain Mahogany, genus Cercocarpus; leaf at bottom is a Catalina Ironwood, 58mm in stem length, genus Lyonothamnus, a species that was quite common throughout the ancestral Great Basin region during Miocene times, but is now restricted solely to the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California. Lyonothamnus A. Gray from the later Cenozoic Era of North America has recently been completely revised by Dr. Diane Erwin and Howard Schorn of the University California Museum Of Paleontology. |
| A fossil Hover Fly, 10mm in total length, from the Middle Miocene Savage Canyon Formation, Nevada. The fossil was collected from an area that is now completely off limits to unauthorized amateur fossil seekers. |
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In addition to my many Web pages pertaining to matters paleontological and geological, I also have 5 sites up and running that feature my solo, acoustic, instrumental 6 and 12-string guitar playing--in addition to songs I have recorded with my parents over the years (family music) And it's all free music--for listening and for downloads of the mp3 files. Jump on over to The Acoustic Guitar Solitaire Of Inyo--A Cyber-CD for 30 covers of some of my favorite songs--all played on a 1976 Martin D-35 6-string guitar. For 32 mp3 selections of original compositions and covers of some of my favorite songs--all played on a 1970 Stella 12-string guitar, a 1976 Martin D-35 guitar and a Sigma DMISTCE guitar, head on over to Beyond The Timberline--A Cyber-CD . Over at Inyo And Folks--A Musical History I've created a page that features 35 songs I recorded with my parents over an 18-year period--all played on acoustic 6 and 12-string guitars, banjo, kazoo, comb, tambourine and drum brushes. I also have some of my parents' and my acoustic music--in addition to several of my original compositions--housed at two free public sites: (1) SongClick (71 selections) and (2)Amaze.fm (65 selections)--all played on a 1976 Martin D-35 guitar, a 1952 Martin O-18 guitar, a 1970 Stella 12-string, a banjo and a 1998 Sigma DMISTCE guitar. |