Finds on the KAW

[AshNBone]

I've started my journey into finding places to hunt along the KAW. With advice from people here and some research on my own, this week I've done some "test pits" where I'd take an hour or less before work testing out via walking around a site and see what I can find, to see if it's worth returning to. And so far I've had great success. I've found multiple pieces of bone, teeth, shell and marine animals (Fusulinids, crinoids, bryozoans, etc). I made a longer visit to the best site I've found yet and recovered more pieces. It's all been just surface searching, with only minor digging in for partially exposed pieces.

 

I've still got to take more photos, but I wanted to share some of my recovered pieces thus so far. I've not yet identified the animals to what I believe to be pieces belong to, but they're still exciting for me. Long curved tooth is some rodent, probably muskrat. I've been trying to identify what kind of turtle the fragment belongs to. The rib and vertebrae, I'm unsure what the animal is from the fragments. Looks like some large mammal tooth or horn fragment. I've been pretty excited about the large amount of biodiversity I've uncovered in the small areas I've visited. I'm looking forward to more trips into the field.

 

[Fossildude19]

What is KAW?

[Bullsnake]

4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

What is KAW?

 

 

Another name for the Kansas river in Eastern Kansas.