Worm tube and mixture of teeth. Shark tooth, sawfish tooth, and enchodus tooth.
What's that? Rumbling in the distance, and word was sent that the rain was about an hour away. So we headed back to the cars.
We've arrived at the field next to the gullies, where Dr. John Hall gives us an overview of the ecology and geology of the area. This area is being transformed into prairie with careful culling and burning. He also explains collecting techniques to follow so fragile fossils aren't damaged.
A collection of teeth, including shark and enchodus, along with an internal mold of a gastropod.
As many people know, BPS got its beginning with the Red Mountain Museum in 1984, where Gorden Bell, James Lamb and Scott Brande trained their first group of amateurs on how to assist professional paleontologists in the field. Larry joined us at the meeting location, modeling an ancient Leaping Lizards T-shirt from the old Red Mountain Museum. Unfortunately, he had to leave early and missed all the fun.
Joshua has found an exogyra with both halves. It's easy finding just bottoms, or just tops, but matching pieces are much more difficult.