My Final Day in Wyoming-7/19/19

[PaleoNoel]

Today was the last day spent in Wyoming and one of the most productive. This collecting area was definitely the most scenic among the spots we visited this week with a view of a wide open grassy valley with trees lining the Little Cheyenne River. I found a channel deposit site which had been worked in years past but had not been touched recently. I remained at this spot for the duration of the day, splitting through the conglomerate. 

The most abundant fossils were gar scales which appeared practically every split. I collected a number of small alligator teeth, myledaphus ray teeth and triceratops and hadrosaur spit teeth. Some of my best finds were pieces of shark spine and a thescelosaurus premaxillary tooth.

 

Views of the collecting area

A view of the open space

A very small myledaphus tooth (lower right side)

A gar scale preserved right next to a gar tooth

A small Brachychampsa tooth (rear "molar like" tooth)

A shark spine preserved next to a bivalve.

Stay tuned for South and North Dakota next week!

 

[Macrophyseter]

The view's absolutely wonderful 

[Crusty_Crab]

Beautiful scenery and unique finds! Do you know what formation they are from?

[Fossilis Willis]

I have enjoyed your reporting from Wyoming and was bummed to read this was your last day. Until I saw you were heading to the Dakotas next.

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Very nice trip reports! Looking forward to seeing what you'll find in the Dakotas

[Pemphix]

[deutscheben]

Truly a beautiful setting and it sounds like you had some nice finds too. Thanks for sharing your western trips with us!

[PaleoNoel]

On 7/20/2019 at 12:47 AM, Macrophyseter said:

The view's absolutely wonderful 

I agree, it was a beautiful vista

On 7/20/2019 at 10:55 AM, deutscheben said:

Truly a beautiful setting and it sounds like you had some nice finds too. Thanks for sharing your western trips with us!

 

On 7/20/2019 at 4:57 AM, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

Very nice trip reports! Looking forward to seeing what you'll find in the Dakotas

 

On 7/20/2019 at 8:58 AM, Pemphix said:

 

On 7/20/2019 at 3:32 AM, Fossilis Willis said:

I have enjoyed your reporting from Wyoming and was bummed to read this was your last day. Until I saw you were heading to the Dakotas next.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments, I'm glad you're enjoying my reports. I can't wait to see what I'll find in the Dakotas.

 

On 7/20/2019 at 1:44 AM, Pyranose said:

Beautiful scenery and unique finds! Do you know what formation they are from?

Lance formation (equivalent to Hell Creek, but in Wyoming).

[ynot]

Looks like Wyoming was very good to You.

Looking forward to  seeing what comes next.