August 17, 2008 - Cretaceous - Dallas and Perry Counties, Alabama

Cretaceous
Dallas
Alabama
shark teeth
turtle
shark vertebra
enchodus
fish
crocodile

Day 1 Friday         Day 2 Saturday         Day 3 Sunday

A weekend trip to the Cretaceous chalk gullies of Dallas County Alabama and a creek in Perry county turned up numerous fossils.  Ancient creatures, including shark, turtle, mosasaur, ptychodus, fish, clam, and ammonite were found during the three day weekend trip.

DAY 3 - SUNDAY

After a good night's sleep, we headed off to a set of larger gullies early Sunday morning. A lot of fish bones, shark vertebra, shark teeth, enchodus jaw/tooth, nice piece of turtle shell, and even crocodile bones were found.  As usual, we stayed in the gullies until darkness made it impossible to collect any more.

(photos courtesy Claire Smith and Vicki Lais)

  • Gully overview

    Overview of one of the gullies surveyed on Sunday.

  • ammonite replaced by iron pyrite

    Part of ammonite replaced by iron pyrite.

  • unidentified item

    Unidentified item

  • fragments of fish bone

    Fragments of fish bone.

  • enchodus tooth

    Enchodus tooth still connected to bony part of jaw.

  • fish vertebra

    Fish vertebra.

  • Shark tooth

    Cretoxyrhina mantelli shark tooth (ginsu - ecologically similar to the great white shark).

  • Shark tooth and shark vertebra

    Scapanorhynchus shark tooth and shark vertebra.

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