Cretaceous

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Fish bone

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fish

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Fossil bone, possibly a very weathered mosasaur vertebra.

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Fragments of fossil fish bones (enchodus).

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Enchodus fish tooth and part of the jawbone

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Part of a fossil fish jaw, with several teeth still embeded in the jaw.

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Overview of the large gully where we first collected today.

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This large slab of calcite or selenite crystals was found near the entrance to the gully.

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A couple of shells common to the area, though most are broken in pieces.

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An area that has been flagged to mark several areas of fossil fish.

This tiny bone found by Vicki turned out to be one of the most important finds of the day. At first thinking it was a very large bird, after closer examination, James realized it was a baby crocodile, the only baby one found in Alabama! After waving us all away from the area, he proceeded to search on hands and knees, finding at least 8 tiny scutes, which had been missed when the bone was flagged. He even hiked back to the cars to get a screen, so the area below the find could be searched. If you examine the photo carefully, the small items that look bits of broken shell are actually parts of scutes.