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September and October, 2010 - Cretaceous Fossils - Dallas Co, AL

During September and early October, BPS members had several field trips to find fossils and help excavate in the Cretaceous gullies of Dallas County.  Over a period of several days (September 19, 24, 26, October 1, 2, 3) a turtle and mosasaur were excavated.  Also, a number of other fossils were found, including shark teeth, upper and lower Xiphactinus fish jaw with teeth, a variety of shells

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Claire also found a pile of sh#!, um, well, or rather, a bag of pyritized coprolites!

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Very detailed shark coprolite specimens were found by several people.

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Larry found a handful of very detailed fossil shark coprolite.

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More shark coprolite and piece of a jaw.

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Shark coprolite and a tiny echinoid plate, very rare for this area.

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