Fossil Excavation at the Gingin Chalk
On the weekend, we stopped at a chalk outcropping near Gingin to hunt for fossils. Our main goal was to find some shark teeth, but we weren’t successful. We did find a large assortment of crinoid bits, sea urchin spines, pieces of giant clams, and rhizoliths.
We headed across the fields to the chalk outcropping.
"Wait for me!" The thick mud in the field slowed RJ down a bit.
"Where'd they go?" RJ got to the top and had to search for the other members of our expedition.
LR was already hard at work digging out crinoid stems down in the abandonded quarry.
RJ was desperate to find some shark teeth. "The hammer goes BOOM!"
At one point, RJ found slugs everywhere.
"Can we keep them? They're cute."
Stomp! Squish! Stomp! Squish! Stomp! Squish!
With a bucket full of fossils and some very muddy boots, it was time to head home.
