It's not uncommon to find the fossil imprints of seashells in the rocks lining streambeds here in upstate New York. Today we're looking deeper into this natural phenomenon and in the process discovered the huge importance fossils like these played in the creation of geology as a distinct scientific field. Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Sources / Further Reading http://geology.teacherfriendlyguide.org/index.php/fossils/region-2-appalachian-piedmont ​​https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.12987/9780300224566-004/pdf https://earthathome.org/hoe/se/fossils-brp/ https://blog.nyhistory.org/18696-2/ https://archive.org/details/elementsofconcho00mend https://books.google.com/books?id=ppDvjwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.jstor.org/stable/23153528 https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#500 https://www.fossilguy.com/sites/18mile/18_col.htm https://www.fossilguy.com/id_papers/index.htm http://wallace-online.org/converted/pdf/1835_Lyell_WS2.1.pdf http://www.bressan-geoconsult.eu/the-origin-of-geology/ https://abriefhistoryoflife.com/2015/04/16/13-geotheories-and-revolution-1750-1790/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/darwin-the-geologist/ https://www.loc.gov/resource/g9096c.ct003148/ https://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1163885/fossil-review-complete-_review-of-fossil-collections-in-scotland.pdf https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Book%3A_An_Introduction_to_Geology_(Johnson_Affolter_Inkenbrandt_and_Mosher)/02%3A_Plate_Tectonics/2.01%3A_Alfred_Wegener%E2%80%99s_Continental_Drift_Hypothesis https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225940/http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/earth/p_hutton.html https://www.loc.gov/item/2009579466/ https://uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub/historicalgeologylab/chapter/chapter01-platetectonics/ https://www.museumoftheearth.org/learn-and-teach/fossil-id https://earthathome.org/quick-guide-common-fossils/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264416366_Index_of_Living_and_Fossil_Echinoids_1971-2008 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2017/01/17/darwins-first-steps-as-a-geologist/?sh=47bb77045495 https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_14233/ Music: "Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Ave Marimba" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/