Outcrop with Evan pointing to where he found the jaw of the fish. |
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Outcrop with Evan pointing to where he found the jaw of the fish. |
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| The hard Greenhorn beds that cap the top of the local hills. | Evan pointing to a fossil ash bed (bentonite) just above the layers that contained the fish. The fossil was found in the shale/clays below the hard limestone. Although this has been called Graneros formation it is probably a lower unit (Hartland Member) of the Greenhorn Formation. | Dental picks were used when bits of black fossil material were found. |
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| Once we had found the extent of fossil, we dug around it and then encased the fossil (still in the shale) in a frame and stabilized it with plaster of Paris. | Evan and his Dad undercut the fossil and used tape and nylon straps to hold it together. With a handyman's jack and a lot of sweat we got the fossil turned over. | Using the jack we slid it into the back of the pickup so we could get it indoors and remove the matrix without worrying about the rain. |