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.
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
Leah and Jan cooling off at lunch.
Mosasaur jawbone immediately after being excavated from the chalk.
Fish vertebra
Fish vertebra
Piece of fossil bone
The long pointy tooth is an Enchodus tooth, and the others are shark teeth
Mosasaur jawbone with tooth sockets clearly showing.
Collecting in the creek
Collecting shark teeth in the creek
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