Reassembled trackway

[RetiredLawyer]

It’s taken over a year of excavation, hauling and reassembly but I’ve got the trackway essentially completed. The chunk at the top needs to go at the bottom of the picture but my yard has a slope where it goes. Spencer Lucas, Hendrik Klein and four others are coming in October to study my collection so I’ll have help moving the entire trackway to finish it. 28’x18’

[fossilhunter21]

Wow! that's amazing!  

 

[FranzBernhard]

OMG!!! 

...and I think, I have many "rocks"...

Thanks for sharing!

Franz Bernhard

[minnbuckeye]

Unbelievable!!!! 

[Fossildude19]

This is an incredible labor of love!  

Can't wait to hear what the experts think of this!   

Thanks for keeping us updated on these remarkable finds!   

[connorp]

Amazing!

[JohnJ]

@RetiredLawyer 

Incredible work, sir!

 

Are the blocks behind your smaller section also potentially part of the same trackway surface?

[RetiredLawyer]

1 minute ago, JohnJ said:

@RetiredLawyer 

Incredible work, sir!

 

Are the blocks behind your smaller section also potentially part of the same trackway surface?

Those are from a bit further down the wash. They were all found in piles and buried from when the rock surface was undercut and it collapsed ages ago. So technically yes. They would be a giant trackway if it was possible to fit all 250 of them together. 

[Troodon]

Truly amazing and such a large triassic trackway.   You've got some very knowledgeable folks checking it out please us up-to-date.  How much is left at the site and has our incredibly active monsoon affected you?

[RetiredLawyer]

2 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Truly amazing and such a large triassic trackway.   You've got some very knowledgeable folks checking it out please us up-to-date.  How much is left at the site and has our incredibly active monsoon affected you?

The intact part of the trackway extends into the side of the wash for who knows how far. I’ve uncovered but not removed another ten feet. Spencer asked that I leave it in place until he visits. The monsoon actually helped by scouring out the bed of the wash and exposing some more slabs. 

[Nanosaurus]

Absolutely spectacular!!! Your efforts are awesome in doing this and sharing with science!!!

[marguy]

it's fantastic, what meticulous work with these large blocks to reconstruct a unique document on the biological activity of this site! Thank you for sharing. (to share is to multiply happiness, I am happy to take advantage of your findings)

[Jeffrey P]

That is truly awesome to behold. Congrats and thanks for sharing it.

[jpc]

just Wow!

 

[Yoda]

Very impressive 

[PFOOLEY]

On 8/12/2021 at 6:45 AM, RetiredLawyer said:

...Spencer Lucas, Hendrik Klein...

 

Wow, you can't do much better than that...that is the two best in the field of trackways.

 

Nice work over there...can't wait to hear about how it goes.

[RetiredLawyer]

Deeply indebted to DPS Ammonite for getting me in touch with Spencer Lucas! Couldn’t get anyone from Arizona museums interested. 

[Bobby Rico]

Breathtaking  

[PFOOLEY]

20 minutes ago, RetiredLawyer said:

Deeply indebted to DPS Ammonite for getting me in touch with Spencer Lucas! Couldn’t get anyone from Arizona museums interested. 

 

I think that worked out for the best...for both you and the specimen.

 

Nice work @DPS Ammonite.