.jpg "Sean Wright and Alanna Maguire") |
| Sean and Alanna |
.jpg "David Pickering, Astrid Werner and Alanna Maguire") |
| Blue sky! |
.jpg "Sean Wright and Alanna Maguire") |
| Sean and Alanna |
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| Alan and Phil's bones - associated? |
.jpg "Sue Fleur") |
| Sue finds a tooth |
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| Sue's tooth |
.jpg "Sue Fleur") |
| Sue hides from the sun |
.jpg "Lisa Nink, Sean Wright, Mary Walters, David Pickering, Alanna Maguire") |
| The ornithopod jaw finders look very happy |
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Wed 20th - an ornithopod jaw and sunshine
We found the most beautiful ornithopod jaw today! Lots and lots of teeth - all shiny and glistening in the sun.
Tues 19th - Blue skies and lots of fossils
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| Long ribby bones |
.jpg "Darren Hastie and Alanna Maguire") |
| Darren spots the photographer |
.jpg "Travis Park") |
| Travis watches the waves |
.jpg "Fossil Turtle Vertebra") |
| Turtle Vert (found by me!) |
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| Big mystery bone |
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| Other side of mystery bone |
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| Joe and Mary's toe (or centrum) |
.jpg "Sean Wright") |
| Sean shows off his fossil fish jaw |
.jpg "Joe Burgess and Mary Walters") |
| Joe and Mary admire the toe (or centrum) |
Mon 18th - patches of sunshine
.jpg "Alanna Maguire and Sean Wright") |
| Alanna and Sean at work |
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| A pretty fossil |
.jpg "Alanna Maguire") |
| Alanna clowns for the camera |
.jpg "Sean Wright and Travis Park refill the jackhammer") |
| Sean and Travis add petrol to the Cobra |
.jpg "Alan Tait and Phil Spinks") |
| Alan and Phil find a fossil |
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| Alan and Phil's fossil |
.jpg "Mary Walters") |
| Mary enjoys her lunch break |
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| A small fossil |
.jpg "Alanna Maguire, Mary Walters, Darren Hastie") |
| Alanna, Mary and Darren H |
.jpg "David Pickering") |
| Dave extracts a fossil with the angle grinder |
.jpg "Darren Hastie") |
| Darren loves his fossil find |
.jpg "Sean Wright uses a jackhammer") |
| Sean removes rock |
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Sun 17th - we find fossils
.jpg "David Pickering on jackhammer, Alanna Maguire and Lisa Nink watching") |
| We used the jackhammer to remove overburden |
.jpg "Sean Wright and David Pickering examine the jackhammer, Alanna Maguire and Lisa Nink supervise") |
| Drilling holes for plugs and feathers |
.jpg "Corrie Williams, Mary Walters and Keiichi Aotsuka") |
| Corrie, Mary, Keiichi |
.jpg "Phil Spinks, Eve Eidelson, Darren Bellingham, Matt") |
| Phil, Eve, Darren, Matt |
.jpg "Sean Wright, Lisa Nink, Alanna Maguire and David Pickering remove a large rock") |
| The triumphant plugs and feathers team |
.jpg "Lisa Nink and David Pickering examine a fossil") |
| Lisa and Dave examine the first fossil find of the dig |
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| The crew rushes to see the fossil |
.jpg "David Pickering") |
| Dave cuts the fossil out |
.jpg "David Pickering retrieves a fossil") |
| Dave chips the fossil out |
.jpg "David Pickering, Alanna Maguire and Sean Wright move a rock") |
| Moving a large rock |
.jpg "Andrew Giles, Alan Tait and Darren Bellingham swing sledge hammers") |
| Meanwhile, down the other end of the beach... |
.jpg "Keiichi Aotsuka and his fossils find") |
| Keiichi shows off his fossil find. |
Sat 16th - rain forced us off the beach early
.jpg "Mary Walters gets wet") |
It was wet
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.jpg "The crew gets wet") |
We tried to make the most of it
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.jpg "The crew gets wet") |
We huddled like penguins in the driving rain
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.jpg "The crew gets wet") |
We conceded to the inevitable...
...and headed off the beach
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.jpg "Alanna Maguire and a rainbow") |
| But there was a rainbow... |
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Gearing up for the Otways
Preparations are well underway for our excavation near Cape Otway in a couple of weeks. We've assembled the largest crew we've had there for many years, and are figuring out where they are all going to sleep. We don't find as many fossils in the Otways as we do in the Strzelecki, but some of the fossils from there have been real beauties including a mammal jaw and an artculated partial dinosaur. Exciting stuff.
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Final Flat Rocks fossil count
At final count, we recorded 497 fossils in the 2013 Flat Rocks field catalogue.
This does not include all of the "shoulder bones" (bones that we could determine were too incomplete to be of scientific interest) that we discarded at site or at the house.
It does include a few fossils we labelled "microscope check" on site that Dave or Lesley subsequently prepared more and then discarded.
Most of these fossils will go back to the Melbourne Museum where Dave Pickering will oversee their removal from the rock during the year.
A few turtle specimans have gone home to Lesley's house to be prepared there. Lesley is working on describing our turtle (with some other scientists) and is keen to see as much material as she can before committing her conclusions to paper.
A big thanks to our volunteers, Friends and sponsors for making this all possible.
This does not include all of the "shoulder bones" (bones that we could determine were too incomplete to be of scientific interest) that we discarded at site or at the house.
It does include a few fossils we labelled "microscope check" on site that Dave or Lesley subsequently prepared more and then discarded.
Most of these fossils will go back to the Melbourne Museum where Dave Pickering will oversee their removal from the rock during the year.
A few turtle specimans have gone home to Lesley's house to be prepared there. Lesley is working on describing our turtle (with some other scientists) and is keen to see as much material as she can before committing her conclusions to paper.
A big thanks to our volunteers, Friends and sponsors for making this all possible.
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