2006-06-24

06_jun2_vl_1014-treeVickiLeisa

Wow, looks like we may have to come back to get this one, it won't fit in the canoe . . . .

06_jun2_vl_1009-bank

So we "park" the boat, and go along the bank collecting large pieces of petrified wood. The weather is getting ominous.

06_jun2_vl_0950-boneGreg

Greg is carefully excavating a small bone. Another piece of bone was found about 1' away from this one.

06_jun2_vl_0992-ammonite

Sutures of an ammonite peeking out from the matrix.

06_jun2_vl_0882-shells

In a different part of the creek from the echinoids, numerous shells are embedded in the matrix.

06_jun2_vl_0991-coproliteClaire

Claire also found a pile of sh#!, um, well, or rather, a bag of pyritized coprolites!

06_jun2_vl_0927-vertAnthony

Anthony found a vertebra in very good condition.

06_jun2_vl_0866-toothClaire

Claire has found a couple of shark teeth, one still embedded in the rock matrix.

06_jun2_vl_0920-shells

Worm burrows and shell impression.

06_jun2_vl_0895-echinoids

Echinoids in matrix.

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