2008-09-20

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hike to gully

After a slight delay, well, a very long delay, due to a mixup in who was going to call who, we finally gained access to the site.

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worn fish bones

Very badly worn fish bones, based on the tooth, it looks like a type of enchodus.

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tiny fish vertebra

Tiny fish vertebra.

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crab fossil

Tiny pieces of a crab found by Claire.

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fish vertebra

Close-up of a fish vertebra

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flower

Prairie flower

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baby crocodile scute

Scute from a baby crocodile, the smallest one ever found in Alabama.

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bones

Ichthyornis bones (a type of seabird) found by Becky.

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enchodus tooth

Worn enchodus tooth.

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rubble in chalk gully

Part of what makes it difficult to find fossils is the large quantity of rubble on the ground, that all looks like fossils.

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