08-07-vl-1738-gully
Into a new gully - and James Lamb almost immediately holds up a nice find, but what is it?
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08-07-vl-1784-shark-tooth
Very well preserved Squalicorax kaupi shark tooth (Crow shark).
08-07-vl-1697-coprolite
More shark coprolite and piece of a jaw.
08-07-vl-1700-gully
This is the first of several gullies we surveyed. Note the numerous dark rocks in the foreground. These are rounded pieces of marcasite/ fools gold. They littered the ground throughout this gully.
08-07-vl-1763-gully
Entrance to a large gully. As we were working our way around the bushes and ledges, we heard Claire start screaming, and apparently jumping up and down. As several of us rushed over to see if she had spotted a snake, we realized it was something much better than that.
08-07-vl-1799-gully
We hiked all the way across this large gully fairly quickly. On the way back, several nice finds were made. Each one takes quite a bit of time to excavate properly, and James Lamb jokingly told us to quit looking down!
08-07-vl-1725-coprolite-echinoid
Shark coprolite and a tiny echinoid plate, very rare for this area.
08-07-vl-1778-gully
The vastness of the gully makes one feel quite small. The gullies were extensive. We searched as much as we could, and felt as if we had barely started.
08-07-vl-1768-mosasaur
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.
