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Recent Squalodon Calvertensis from the Calvert Cliffs of Maryland
Images from before and during the excavation
Pictures taken by Paul R. Murdoch Jr, Stephen Godfrey, and David Rowland
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Here are the paleo-repellers at the squalodon site. Notice how high up it is! I have no clue how Paul spotted this cliff colored beast way up there!!
A closer image of the vertical dig site. Here you can clearly see the paleo-repellers mooning us. I still can't see the squalodon to much.. Thankfully, the people from THE PHILADELPHIA ROCK GYM decided to help everyone out, and lend some equipment. The person on the right is David Rowland, from the rock gym.
Stephen is inspecting the bones. Notice how close to zone 10 it is.
Stephen is carefully digging around the squalodon fossils.
Stephen is almost ready to put the plaster jacket on the bones.
This image shows an extra piece of the Squalodon. No one is sure what part it is. I guess we'll have to wait until it is prepped to find out!
This is an image of the two jackets that were removed from the squalodon site. Here they are lying safely in the CMM. The large jacket is around 2.5 ft. A fossilized beverage was also recovered from the squalodon site; perhaps it was the squalodon's food supply?
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