I had the opportunity to do field work with the University of Utah's Paleo group in Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument from October 22- 29, 2004. It was a great time, and I appreciate the chance to work with some wonderful paleontologist, while also having a new field experience and making some new friends.
I did this field work while trying to complete my next to last semester of grad school. It was a very stressful time in my life and I needed a chance to run away and get out of town. This fieldwork was just what I needed. It came at a time when I needed to just relax and work on something else. My friends were doing some work in the Kaiparowits and Wahweap Formations (Campanian; Upper Cretaceous in age), much of which will be talked about next week at the Advances in Late Cretaceous paleontology in the Escalante/Grand Staircase National Monument meeting. Check out the abstract book to see some of the research details.
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Shot of the Kaiparowits (above)
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The Wahweap Formation (if I remember correctly)
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Jella & Eric working to winterize a site where a theropod was later excavated.
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Sorry I do not have more to share from this trip. It was 5 years ago (hard to believe!) and difficult to remember to many details. Here are some more pictures from this trip.
© ReBecca K. Hunt-Foster. Please see the "Field Work Friday Rules" about the work I do and collection practicies.
© ReBecca K. Hunt-Foster. Please see the "Field Work Friday Rules" about the work I do and collection practicies.
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Farke, Andrew, Justin Georgi, Lucia Herrero, and Nikki Pujji. ANATOMY OF THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS AND HEAD POSTURE IN CHAMPSOSAURUS (DIAPSIDA: CHORISTODERA)
Sounds like a worthwhile talk to me...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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