by fossilstore
28. January 2010 01:26
Here are a few images of the field trip to Kouribga fossil beds of Morocco this January. It is plainly evident every year that the quality and quantity of these extraordinary fossil deposits are becoming increasingly less rewarding for the production of Marine vertebrate specimens.
An unusual amount of rain has plagued collecting work early in the year, panoramic view of the machinery of the phosphate open quarry workings.
Old conveyor system runners rust away against a backdrop of the explosion of the local fauna taking advantage of the recent deluges
Among the tailings a few boulders produced some things of interest
Pterosaur tooth
Dyrosaurus Proximal bone section
Dyrosaurus
Sand shark tooth
Sand shark tooth among the boulder tailings
A new phosphate layer below an old tailings mound, this is the first step being exposed by tractor diggers before explosives are used to break up the phosphate and fossil bedding plain, prior to extraction of phosphate for the production of cement by the large conglomerate operating the quarries in this region.
In 2009 A new type of Mosasaur is found,
Note the rounded tooth crown
An old way of life, agriculture among the machinery and Premier and vast industry of this area of Morocco
After all the hard works over………
The price of endeavour will pay dividends!
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