2008-09-20

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group of people

A hot day in the gullies, but we had a good turnout.

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excavating a fish

A fish is being carefully excavated from the side of this gully.

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collecting fossils

Searching for parts of a fossil fish

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dirt bag

Gully season is over for the year due to hunting season.

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crocodile scute

Back at the lab, James showed us the difference in size of the baby crocodile we found in the gully, and what is normally found in Alabama.

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crocodile bones

James Lamb pulls out a tray of fossil crocodile bones, to show us the difference in the size of the baby crocodile bone we've found, and what is normall

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shark vertebra

A large number of shark vertebra were found on the side of this chalk bank.

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shark and enchodus teeth

Shark teeth and a couple of enchodus teeth

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sifting for crocodile fossils

This is the location where the baby crocodile bone and scutes were found.

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searching in gully

When we first arrived at the gully, it was difficult to find anything.

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