Malcolm Bedell providing details and cautions before the dig.
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Malcolm Bedell providing details and cautions before the dig.
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Malcolm Bedell providing details and cautions before the dig.
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Some people just aren't very serious about fossil hunting!
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Canyons between Baculite Mesa and Tepee Buttes
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The Tepee Butte on northern end of east flank of Baculite Mesa. This was a very productive butte for me, but it takes patience and close attention to details.
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Walking westward from the Tom Hollow parking area. In this area, you primarily look for fossils or concretions containing fossils that have weathered out of the canyon walls.
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Tom Nelson contemplates the day's finds, while enduring the heat and wind.
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Inoceramous clam in concretion.
Spec#: SW00027 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Baculite. The mother of pearl does not survive the trip without application of paleobond or vinac at the site.
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Inoceramous clam Spec#: SW00028 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Baculite Spec#: SW00029 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Inoceramous clam Spec#: SW00030 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Inoceramous clam Spec#: SW00031 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Inoceramous clam Spec#: SW00032 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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NOT A FOSSIL, BUT VERY INTERESTING!!! Ironstone concretion. Spec#: SW00033 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "068":
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Above: NOT A FOSSIL, BUT VERY INTERESTING!!! Ironstone concretion. Spec#: SW00033 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "068":
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Inoceramous clam Spec#: SW00034 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Inoceramous clam replaced by silicates. Spec#: SW00035 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Inoceramous clam. Spec#: SW00036 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Inoceramous clam. Spec#: SW00037 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Exiteloceras jenneyi (?) Spec#: SW00038 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Baculites compressus (?) Spec#: SW00039 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "071":
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Didymoceras stevensoni (?) Spec#: SW00040 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "072":
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Didymoceras stevensoni (?) Spec#: SW00040 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "072":
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Didymoceras stevensoni (?) Spec#: SW00040 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "072":
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Didymoceras stevensoni (?) Spec#: SW00042 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis Spec#: SW00041 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis Spec#: SW00041 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis Spec#: SW00041 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis Spec#: SW00041 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis Spec#: SW00041 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis Spec#: SW00041 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis Spec#: SW00041 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Baculites grandis spec# SW00041 was found two-thirds of the way up this side side canyon in Tom Hollow.
Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Didymoceras stevensoni (?) Spec#: SW00042 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS: "073"
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Didymoceras nebrascense (?) Spec#: SW0008 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Didymoceras nebrascense (?) Spec#: SW0008 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Tom Nelson's specimen including Baculites compressus (?), scaphites, etc.
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Tom Nelson's specimen including Baculites compressus (?), scaphites, etc.
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Tom Nelson's specimen including Baculites compressus (?), scaphites, etc.
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Large Inocermous clam. These are fairly common at Baculite Mesa. Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO GPS reading: "071"
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Large Inocermous clam. These are fairly common at Baculite Mesa. Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO GPS reading: "071"
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Specimen owner unknown.
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Large Inocermous clam. These are fairly common at Baculite Mesa. Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO GPS reading: "071"
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Large Inocermous clam. These are fairly common at Baculite Mesa. Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO GPS reading: "071"
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Specimen owner unknown. Found near: GPS reading: "071"
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Large Inoceramus clam
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Inoceramus clam (side-view)
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Petrified wood.
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Petrified wood.
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Baculites asperiformis Meek (?)
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Large Inoceramus clam
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Large Inoceramus clam
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"How the bone was found in the canyon wall". Bison antiquus - radius/ulna
Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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"Extracting the bone while wrapping the fragile parts in foil." Bison antiquus - radius/ulna
Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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"Marking orientation and GPS reading on foil." (for Bison antiquus - radius/ulna)
Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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"Marking orientation and GPS reading on foil." (for Bison antiquus - radius/ulna)
Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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Image shows Tom Hollow wall where Bison antiquus - radius/ulna was found - see arrow.
Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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Bison antiquus - radius/ulna Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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Bison antiquus - radius/ulna Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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Bison antiquus - radius/ulna Spec#: SW00043 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
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Bison antiquus
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Spec#: SW0005 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0005 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0006 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0006 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0006 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW00 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW00 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0009 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0010 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0011 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0012 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0013 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0014 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0015 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0016 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0017 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0018 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0020 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "070"
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Spec#: SW0019 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
GPS reading: "069"
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Spec#: SW0021 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "068":
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Spec#: SW0022 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "068":
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Spec#: SW00023 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Spec#: SW00024 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Spec#: SW00025 Locality: SW0313 Pierre Shale, Cretaceous, private Baculite Mesa - Pueblo Cty, CO Collector: Steve Wagner, 5/2004
Details (GPS): "067":
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Cactus flower with spider inside. Hey - it's not all about fossil hunting!
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Cactus flower.
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Cactus flower.
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