April 17, 2004 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
This creek site
in Greene
County,
AL is characterized by large quantities of pea gravel, filled with
numerous shark teeth, and the occasional mosasaur vertebra.
Going
east
along the creek one is in Pleistocene age material, while going west
moves
one through an area of Mooreville Chalk (Cretaceous).
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
Ann and her bag of treasures.
Nancy showing off her ptychodus tooth.
Vicki dumped her bag to show what she had collected so far. A number of shark teeth, some in matrix, bone fragments, and several "interesting unknowns".
How many hours do you think Claire and Ann can do this?
A small canyon that proved interesting. A little out of the picture one can see the strata where the teeth and pea gravel have been deposited in the bank.
Climbing down into the canyon. (they keep telling me to quit taking pictures of rear ends....)
Lisa, with Jan and Bobby in the background. Steve was always somewhere way up the creek or way down the creek, and managed to totally avoid the camera.
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
Ann and her bag of treasures.
Nancy showing off her ptychodus tooth.
Vicki dumped her bag to show what she had collected so far. A number of shark teeth, some in matrix, bone fragments, and several "interesting unknowns".
How many hours do you think Claire and Ann can do this?
A small canyon that proved interesting. A little out of the picture one can see the strata where the teeth and pea gravel have been deposited in the bank.
Climbing down into the canyon. (they keep telling me to quit taking pictures of rear ends....)
Lisa, with Jan and Bobby in the background. Steve was always somewhere way up the creek or way down the creek, and managed to totally avoid the camera.