mosasaur

BPS members defied the extreme heat and went to south Alabama to assist in collecting fossils and close down the dig site until the weather cools off some. A number of mosasaur bones were found, and a mosasaur jaw still containing a tooth. Other fossils found included shark teeth, shark vertebra, various varieties of fish, turtle bone, and enchodus jaw and teeth. The thermometer read 110

July 11, 2009 - Cretaceous Fossils, Greene Co, AL

Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 2:17pm

Alabama›Greene

BPS members and guests headed down to Greene county, Alabama for our July trip. This site is a creek covered with pea gravel - making screening for shark teeth and other fossils quite difficult. However, most found it fairly easy to spot the fossils lying on top of the gravel. Numerous shark teeth were found, a couple of mosasaur teeth, several ptychodus teeth, a gar vertebra and tooth, c

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Submitted by admin2 on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 10:55pm

A better view of the Clidastes mosasaur jaw found by Claire.

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Submitted by admin2 on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 10:55pm

Part of the Clidastes mosasaur jaw found by Claire.

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Submitted by admin2 on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 10:54pm

Claire has found a Clidases mosasaur jaw, including several teeth, literally laying on the surface of the gully, in eyesight of where we parked our cars.

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Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 10:48pm

After a brief overview of the geology of the area, and a review of collecting and flagging procedures by James Lamb, the group headed out into the gullies.