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Fossil Hunting Where: Utah/Wyoming When: July 2013 How long: 3 weeks Traveled: 7,000 miles.

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1 Fossil Hunting Where: Utah/Wyoming When: July 2013 How long: 3 weeks Traveled: 7,000 miles

2 Trace Fossil! See the footprint?

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4 How Many Dinos?

5 2 Dinosaur Tracks Here Sauropod

6 Chased by a….. Allosaurus

7 How do we know this? Fossils and Feet! Look at the specific footprints…..

8 See the three?

9 Where is this dino going?

10 Dog is SITTING in single footprint of the sauropod….

11 Which dino was bigger?

12 See it?

13 What else I found here…. Dinosaur bone fragments….. Gastroliths

14 Mystery Fossil?? What do you think this is? What you need to consider: –Where found –What layer found in –What types of dinosaurs were in this area.

15 Best Guess?? HadrosaurusAllosaurus

16 Impromptu fossil dig! Wyoming How do you know where to look? What will you find? Will you get in trouble with the law?

17 Drive in….

18 Looking for color changes in rock

19 Where could the fossils be?

20 Right here?

21 Time to do a little digging.

22 LOOK! A FOSSIL!

23 Winter 2015 Where: Florida West Coast When: Dec 2015 How long: 2 days Traveled: 3,000 miles

24 What looking for? Megalodon Fossils! –Ancient shark –Largest shark to live EVER –Mostly teeth preserved…..why? –See the human??

25 How BIG did Megalodons get?

26 How much? IF you find one this size…..worth at least $2,500! BUT……. Most Teeth you’ll find are only worth a buck if anything!

27 What did I find??

28 How do you know what sharks these are from?

29 NOT all shark teeth, but all fossils!

30 Time for you to make your own! Fossils take AT LEAST 10,000 years to preserve The VAST majority of plants/animals are NEVER fossilized (<10% are fossilized) Different TYPES of fossils.


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