March 2008

Other  projects have been keeping us out of the streams lately. The end of March
 presented us with the opportunity to get out and do a little exploring.

We covered a lot of ground, stopping here and there to see what a few shovelfuls
of gravel would produce. Not much in the way of teeth, although one location did produced
 some nice bivalves. The serenity of the day was soon ruined by Bob's scream of "BONE",
 as he pulled a half buried mosasaur vertebra from the gravel bank. 

Mosasaur vertebra - 2 1/2 inches long 2 inches wide
Monmouth County, NJ
 

    Left - front view Right - rear view
Mosasaur vertebrae are concave on the front end and convex on the posterior.

Not much in the way of teeth on this trip. Most of what we
did find were rather stream worn.
 

I just kind of like this one.