Cretaceous

August 16, 2008 - Cretaceous - Dallas and Perry Counties, Alabama

Day 1 Friday         Day 2 Saturday         Day 3 Sunday

A weekend trip to the Cretaceous chalk gullies of Dallas County Alabama and a creek in Perry county turned up numerous fossils.  Ancient creatures, including shark, turtle, mosasaur, ptychodus, fish, clam, and ammonite were found during the three day weekend trip.

August 15, 16, 17, 2008 - Cretaceous Fossils, Dallas and Perry Counties, AL

A weekend trip to the Cretaceous chalk gullies of Dallas County Alabama and a creek in Perry county turned up numerous fossils.  Ancient creatures, including shark, turtle, mosasaur, ptychodus, fish, clam, and ammonite were found during the three day weekend trip.

Day 1 Friday         Day 2 Saturday         Day 3 Sunday

 

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Shark tooth

Cretoxyrhina mantelli shark tooth (ginsu - ecologically similar to the great white shark).

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enchodus tooth

Enchodus tooth still connected to bony part of jaw.

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Gully overview

Overview of one of the gullies surveyed on Sunday.

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unidentified item

Unidentified item

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fragments of fish bone

Fragments of fish bone.

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bone

Protestega (turtle) bone

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Bone

Mosasaur rib bone fragments found by Don.

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fish vertebra

Fish vertebra.

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