Fossil expedition photos

[ice]

Hey! Just got back from the dig, and got a few photos.

NB: I will upload the rest when I get them.

My collection
i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/ice_lassut/bonecollection.jpg


I found an Emydops skull that was completely intact!

Top view
i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/ice_lassut/skulltop.jpg

Here, you can see the right eye socket and the right hole behind the eye (which occurs in all mammal-like reptiles (MLR)).

Side view
i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/ice_lassut/skullside.jpg

(The snout is pointing down). You can see the lower jaw and, if you look REALLY closely, one of it's tusks, which proves that this particular specimen is a male.

Bottom view
i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/ice_lassut/skullunderneath.jpg

Here you can see the lower jaw.

All in all, it was a very fun trip. (even though I was the youngest, I found the most bones by far). I found three more skulls, but they were important, and were taken by the palentologist.

[emily]

Whoa, that's so cool.

So you dug them up yourself, or am I super confused?

[ice]

Some I had to dig out of the rock, but most were just lying around, or hidden under other rocks. The rock that they're usually found in is really easy to break, but that means that they are easily broken too.

Emydops belong to the group /diictadonts/. At the place I went, the MLR /diictadon/ is the most common type of MLR. They lived around 250 million years ago.

[Annie]

That sounds so cool.

It's Ok, dear. You get to do fun things too.

Yeah, but fossils. ;_;

*thumps human* Get over it.

[ice]

I added a few more pics - check out the webalbum.

www.freewebs.com/coolenoughforme