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Pectin and other shells were found in the chalk layers as the turtle was being excavated.
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Cretaceous
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As we hear screams of excitement from Claire, everyone begins converging on the site where Jan found a nicely preserved fish jaw with teeth, and also vertebra and other bones.
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Numerous pieces of fossil turtle are scattered around this area.
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As James Lamb excavates dirt, more and more turtle bone is exposed, Also a large shell is in the same area.
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Mosasaur bone of an adult or larger juvenile found in the roots of the tree.
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James Lamb spotted the bones of an adult mosasaur skull, and several (5-6) vertebra of a baby mosasaur, mostly caught in the roots of the small tree. One was so lightweight, it was caught in a spiderweb! The bulk of the bones washed down the gully long ago.
