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Parts of a turtle bone during excavation, using a soft brush to keep the dirt cleared away.
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08-06-vl-vertebra-252
Five or six baby mosasaur vertebra were found in the roots of the tree.
08-06-vl-wood-236
Several members found blackened fossil wood, which looked like charcoal. Note the shell attached to the wood. Samples were gathered, as sometimes the specimens are so well preserved one can determine the species.
08-06-vl-vertebra-210
This is a very well detailed fossil fish vertebra. Fossil shells and fragments littered much of the gully.
08-06-vl-oyster-enchodus-vertebra
A fossil oyster shell bed is in the background, with an enchodus tooth in the lower right, a fish vertebra, shell and what appears to be a coprolite specimen in upper left.
08-06-vl-turtle-366
Pectin and other shells were found in the chalk layers as the turtle was being excavated.
