Today's Hunt in Wyoming- 7/18/19

[PaleoNoel]

Another day hunting in Wyoming's Lance formation proved more successful than yesterday. Due to the high amount of rain Wyoming has been facing this year, many would be exposures were grassed in. We started at a channel deposit which was producing a number of bone pieces. Although bones were relatively plentiful, there were no spectacular finds with the best being a thescelosaurus vertebra found by another member of the group. My best find from this hillside was a section of Triceratops jaw, a partial crown found in the conglomerate where the fossils were eroding from. and some variety of small animal limb bone (reptile or mammal).

Here are some pics from this site

A hadrosaur spit tooth

A piece of softshell turtle shell

A bivalve 

The Triceratops crown

 

After most of the people had left the site, I explored the surrounding area and found an anthill which proved to be very bountiful in the microfossils it produced. I found several small crocodilian teeth, a tiny myledaphus tooth, a gar tooth and a potential mammal tooth.

 

[Troodon]

Thanks for the progress photos, hope you are having a blast.

[jpc]

anthill fun... yay.  Can you post a closer up of the possible mammal tooth?

[PaleoNoel]

12 hours ago, jpc said:

anthill fun... yay.  Can you post a closer up of the possible mammal tooth?

Will do soon, it slipped my mind today. Rob Sula (one of the guides) confirmed its identity for me. I'll get a shot of it tomorrow and show to you guys.

 

13 hours ago, Troodon said:

Thanks for the progress photos, hope you are having a blast.

I absolutely am, I'm happy people are enjoying the photos and the reports!

[JohnBrian]