Dinosaur Dreaming

Museum Victoria and Monash University have conducted “Dinosaur Dreaming” digs since 1995. Originally at the Flat Rocks site outside Inverloch, Victoria, it has evolved to include localities along the Bass and Otway Coasts. Since 2008 this blog has shared images and stories of crew taking part in excavations, fossil bones recovered, and fossilly things we get up to between digs. The most recent dig took place at Eagles Nest and Twin Reefs for 10 days in February 2024.

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Hurray - a mammal jaw at last!

After nearly two and a half weeks the first mammal jaw for the season turned up!
Found by our very lovely Jacqui Tumney, it is a handsome specimen with at least 7 teeth.
David Pickering (Museum Victoria's Collections Manager) thinks it could be an Ausktribosphenos nyktos. More will be revealed after further preparation at the Museum.
Well done Jacqui.