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Pilo's Puerco Procurements


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Hey all:

I mostly had been adding to my early forum ramblings in the I.D. section, but thought it best that I start one the proper part of the forum (admins can consolidate if they wish).

Pfooley called last week and we went out to the Puerco...constant rains have been keeping us out and even this journey almost came to an inauspicious end as I got us stuck for about 10 minutes in the mud. Pfooley's well-tempered but doubt-ridden counsel helped us get free.

We managed to free ourselves and backtracked the better roads to the Dakota formation for some late K searching (Cenomanian?). The rains have really transformed the landscape and that is just about all I have to share as the pickings were slim:

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The Dakota is really a beautiful thing out here, even if it wasn't giving up too much in the way of treasure...

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The monsoon precipitation does have other advantages...the one intact find of the day for me...

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Pfooley inspects an erratic from the formation that was all "vermed up", but I don't think you can tell it from this distance...

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The rest of the finds are more appropriate to my pareidolia/pseudo-fossil thread...hope to see you there, and happy hunting!

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Your photos just make me want to head west.... Nice report.

The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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... (Cenomanian?)...

Yes. Paguate Sandstone and underlying Clay Mesa Shale of the Dakota Formation.

Great photos my friend...I'm still in awe of how green it is out there. Fossils or not, 'twas a beautiful day in the Puerco. Hoping to do it again soon.

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