PaleoNoel Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I spent another great day in the Hell Creek formation of South Dakota (w/ Paleoprospectors) and found a lot of great fossils. It was a beautiful day, the temperature wasn't bad at all, helped by the occasional breeze and the bugs were tolerable for the most part. We started the day on a microsite which was eroding out of the side of a hill. The iron siderite pebbles were sharp to sit on and the slope was steep- being sure footed was certainly an asset along a good portion of this exposure. In spite of those factors, I still found some awesome fossils. A view of the microsite from the ground. My first good find of the day- A worn Richardoestesia tooth Most likely a Myledaphus vertebra A Champsosaur vertebra in situ An Amphibian vertebra- probably salamander. Probably my best find of the day- a claw whose identity is currently unknown. Two great anthill finds- Top: likely a marsupial tooth (Alphadon?)- Bottom: a multituberculate tooth (Cimolodon?) After these finds, I went to prospect with some other people but unfortunately came up empty handed. At least I got some pics of the cool looking exposures. After we returned from prospecting I decided to finish the day hunting the microsite where I started and spend some time at a channel deposit below which was also producing some solid finds (Another participant found a nice Acheroraptor tooth and a small theropod or bird claw there earlier) Center left: Myledaphus tooth A nice croc tooth. My last good find was a small section of theropod claw which I unfortunately did not get a pic of. Stay tuned because tomorrow we visit another Hell Creek ranch in North Dakota this time! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Thanks for taking us along on a trip we all envy. Love the in-situ photos. These images of how your finds looked when you first spotted them really help to draw us into the trip report and make us feel we're right there with you. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Nice trip report and great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Congratulations on the wonderful finds. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 13 hours ago, digit said: Thanks for taking us along on a trip we all envy. Love the in-situ photos. These images of how your finds looked when you first spotted them really help to draw us into the trip report and make us feel we're right there with you. Cheers. -Ken 12 hours ago, JarrodB said: Nice trip report and great pics. 9 hours ago, ynot said: Congratulations on the wonderful finds. Thanks guys, I'm glad people are enjoying my daily updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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