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After searching the first gully carefully, some of us moved on to the next large gully.
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A fish is being carefully excavated from the side of this gully. It was found by accident, when the tooth part of an enchodus jaw found on top of the gully rolled down, and we were hunting for the broken off tooth.
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Back at the lab, James showed us the difference in size of the baby crocodile we found in the gully, and what is normally found in Alabama. This scute is the smallest one found in Alabama thus far.
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Gully season is over for the year due to hunting season. On a prior trip, parts of a fossil were found, and James is hoping to find more small bones in the large bags of dirt he collected from the same area. We had so many fossils to collect, it was dark by the time we arrived at this gully.
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James Lamb pulls out a tray of fossil crocodile bones, to show us the difference in the size of the baby crocodile bone we've found, and what is normally found in Alabama. He is holding the same bone in both hands.
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A large number of shark vertebra were found on the side of this chalk bank. More vertebra, both whole and broken, littered the ground below, where they had washed down the gully. After collecting, washing and sorting out the pieces, it was discovered there were approximately 20 whole vertebra found at this spot.
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Shark teeth and a couple of enchodus teeth
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This is the location where the baby crocodile bone and scutes were found. James and Claire are sifting the dirt down the gully from the find, in hopes of finding more scutes and bones.
