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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Wyoming Day 12
It was 30 degrees cooler today, and drizzling, when we returned to the site. We had one final bone to remove, a probable fibula (one of the bones in the shin). Everything went smoothly, and we were able to remove … Continue reading
Wyoming Day 11
We took today off, since temperatures in the Bighorn Basin were over 100 F today. Instead we drove through Wind River Canyon and visited the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. We planned to eat our lunch at one of the picnic benches … Continue reading
Wyoming Day 10
This morning was the big moment for the femur, as after an hour or so of additional undercutting we were ready to attempt flipping it over. In spite of my worries from yesterday, it went perfectly:
Wyoming Day 9
Today we began preparing the femur for its top jacket. I’ve been a bit worried about removing this bone, because of the way in which it’s preserved. The bone is badly fractured just distal of the midpoint, and the most … Continue reading
Wyoming Day 8
We’re into the home stretch now. We started the morning clearing the pit of the wildlife happily constructing a nest in our burlap:
Wyoming Day 7
Another short day. This time it was because we lost the truck keys for several hours. We were finally able to get to the site around lunchtime, and managed to get a few hours of digging in, including removing the … Continue reading
Wyoming Day 6
We had a short day today, as our crew is changing over. We cleared a bit more sediment off of the femur (above), which I’m VERY tentatively calling Camarasaurus.
Wyoming Day 5
It was sunny and warm today, so we were back at the site for a full 8 hours. The long bone that Nancy found a couple of days ago turns out to be a femur (above). The distal end (the … Continue reading
Wyoming Day 4
Storms rolled into the area last night (I took the photo above just before sunset), and continued to look bad this morning, so we took the day to head south, for a drive through Wind River Gorge and a tour of the Wyoming … Continue reading
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Wyoming Day 3
Today we got more into the nitty-gritty part of excavating, spending most of the day digging around bones that we’ve already located to prepare them for jacketing. We also removed the small chevron that we found yesterday afternoon.
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