Monthly Archives: April 2009

Possible Eobalaenoptera jaw

Posted on April 29, 2009 by altondooley

The SEAVP conference is coming up next month, and I’ve been spending most of my time trying to get that organized, including preparing my own presentation. I’m going to be speaking on Eobalaenoptera material that wasn’t figured in the 2004 description of … Continue reading →

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More sperm whales

Posted on April 23, 2009 by altondooley

Some time ago I posted a photo of the tooth shown on the left above when I was talking about sperm whales from the Calvert Formation. I didn’t mention at the time that it was the only known tooth from the … Continue reading →

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Fort Ticonderoga

Posted on April 20, 2009 by altondooley

For the last week I’ve been working almost non-stop preparing this whale jaw for my SEAVP presentation, and trying to get other things organized for the meeting (which VMNH is hosting at the end of May). I should have some additional photos of the … Continue reading →

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Galeocerdo

Posted on April 10, 2009 by altondooley

As many regular readers may have surmised, my son Tim is homeschooled, which is how he’s able to spend so much time in the field with me. As part of his science education he’s required to do various projects (some … Continue reading →

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Solite Day 10

Posted on April 5, 2009 by altondooley

We had a more productive day today and found several insects, including the one shown above. I’d like to have a better picture, but that will have to wait for a microscope photo; this is the best my hand-held camera … Continue reading →

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Solite Day 9

Posted on April 4, 2009 by altondooley

The Cow Branch Formation (the unit exposed at the Solite Quarry) was originally described as being non-fossiliferous. There are days on an excavation when it’s easy to see why. We did actually find some fossils today, including a partial Tanytrachelos, a … Continue reading →

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Solite Day 8

Posted on April 3, 2009 by altondooley

There was beautiful weather at the Solite Quarry today, and we spent several hours walking through the 170 meters of sediment exposed along one wall of the quarry. As I’ve mentioned before, there is a range of sedimentary features exposed through … Continue reading →

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Solite Days 4-6

Posted on April 2, 2009 by altondooley

With the legless mammal diversion behind us, we can get back to Solite. Unfortunately, the weather has been pretty terrible the last few days. Tuesday was quite productive, and Wednesday we spent the day splitting rock in a misting rain, … Continue reading →

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Wooly snakes

Posted on April 1, 2009 by altondooley

I’m hoping to be back at Solite later today, but here’s something to hold you over. The photo above is an example of a so-called “wooly snake”, Pseudoserpente canuckistanensis. As you may have already guessed, in spite of its legless condition … Continue reading →

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