BPS members defied the extreme heat and went to south Alabama to assist in collecting fossils and close down the dig site until the weather cools off some. A number of mosasaur bones were found, and a mosasaur jaw still containing a tooth. Other fossils found included shark teeth, shark vertebra, various varieties of fish, turtle bone, and enchodus jaw and teeth. The thermometer read 110 degrees, so after lunch under a covered pavilion, we headed to a nearby creek to cool down. The creek yielded numerous shark teeth, brachiopods, and a few cephalopod pieces.
Mosasaur jawbone with tooth sockets clearly showing.
Collecting in the creek
Collecting shark teeth in the creek
Mosasaur bones
Turtle bones
Shark teeth
Watching James excavate a bone.
Collecting shark teeth in the creek
Shark teeth
Shark teeth found in the creek.
Mosasaur vertebra found down the hill from the jaw bone
Excavated mosasaur jawbone with embedded tooth
View of the gully. These gullies are huge!
Headed to the dig site, to remove the tarps and frame, and stabilize the excavation.
Shark tooth
Watching James excavate part of a mosasaur.
The gang showed up in spite of the 110 degree heat!
Digging out a mosasaur vertebra
Piece of a cephalopod
Gully view
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