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.
The thermometer read 110 degrees in the gully.
Mosasaur jaw bone with tooth sockets
Searching for fossils in the gully.
Mosasaur vertebra
Mosasaur jawbone
Unusual vine in creek
Shark teeth and gastropod
Prairie flower
Creek
Bob and James haul out the tarps that were protecting the dig site and providing shade.
Becky searching for more mosasaur bones.
Mid-day lunch in a cool pavilion.
Excavating a mosasaur jaw bone. Several members carefully sifted the chalk down the gully from the main excavation, finding several vertebra.
Mosasaur vertebra
Shipworm
Don & Leah taking a shade break from the 110 degree heat.
Fish vertebra, enchodus tooth and several shark teeth found in the gullies. Notice the whiteness of one of the shark teeth - many have deteriorated under the hot sun.
Mosasaur vertebra
Private creek where shark teeth are found
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