Protestega (turtle) bone
August 17, 2008 - Cretaceous - Dallas and Perry Counties, Alabama
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)
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Bob is assisting James with wrapping of specimens so they will make it back to the museum safely.
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Mosasaur rib bone fragments found by Don.
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Small bone in area filled with bone and shell fragments.
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Fish bone in lower left, broken shark vertebra in upper right.
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Distinctive burrow internal molds, probably made by ghost shrimp, were common in the gully.
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James examines mosasaur rib bone fragments found by Don.
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Mosasaur vertebra.