On the first trip we visited the Claw Conglomerate in the upper most layers of the Morrison Formation. Crocodile teeth and turtle shell fragments abounded in this layer. But many other interesting fossils were found by our members, Ceratosaurus teeth, a dinosaur toe bone, Pterodactyl wing bones, fish vertebrae and a possible seed. Dr.Bob's great scence of humor added comic relief to the long hot hours of digging. This fall Gary Birs, Dr,Bob's curator of reptiles has identified nearly six different species of turtle by looking at the turtle shell fragments we discovered on our trips to the Claw Conglomerate, one of which was probably almost 100 poundswe are told.
On our next trip twe helped Dr.Bob excavate a sauropod femur(brontosaurus upper leg bone) and a variety of Allosaurus bones out a flood sandstone one hundred feet above the base of the Morrison formation. Our primary work efforts were on the sauropod femur which we plaster jacketed and made ready for flipping. This bone, along with the allosarus bones will eventually find their way to Cheyenne for preperation and display.
We are looking forward to returning next summer and finishing our work on the giant sauropod femur as well as the rest of the bones in the flood sandstone. We hope that our regular members and our new members will be able to attend this coming summers dino dig at Wyoming's very own Jurassic Park.
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