Establishing a extensive dinosaur excavation site in the basal ferrugenous paleosol level just above the J-K boundary was the prime goal for weekend, Next establish if a correlation of the new BYU ankylosaur bonebed with the Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae bonebed. Stay tuned....

SCORE!!!! #FossilFriday Today; checking out the basal Cedar Mt ferrugenous paleosol, Berriasian. Josh Lively walked up on a bunch of bones weathering out. Nice polacanthine 2nd cervical spine, iguanodont jaw & ungual. Enough material to name polacanthine n. Sp. C. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social

That would probably be an eolian sandstone bed in the lower or middle Jurassic, the Smith Cabin is nestled in the middle Jurassic Carmel Fm.

Got my copy. What a wonderful compilation of visions from deep time.

We are talking about conducting a paleo inventory of unexplored regions of the Blanding Basin in the spring for which we will be recruiting volunteers. A number of us are retiring in next few years. These positions will be highly competitive. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @jeremybroberts.bsky.social

Afternoon was spent looking at Morrison around the southern of Black Mesa before looking at Naturita out a Hovenweep NM before dinner in Bluff, where we ran into the Queen of the Morrison, Christine Turner! @dinochick.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @paleontologizing.bsky.social

For anyone interested in more details, the book that's heavily referenced in this story is fantastic, and #philsci people will also be interested in the central role played by Ludwig Fleck: bookshop.org/p/books/fant...

No....maybe a crack.....

Watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5EB...

I have heard that its ties are actually to the Jaguar? If true?

So a tadpole stage in ankylosaur ontogeny....that explains everything!!!

Sad for paleo, that this became an "Us vs them debate."!