FIELD EXCAVATION DATA SHEET

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BASIC IDENTIFICATION

Dig name: Dinomation Como Bluff

Location (site / nearest town / state): Medicine Bow Wyoming

Country:US

Year(s) participated: 1994-1997

Season (month or time of year):Summer

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ORGANIZATION

Lead paleontologist(s):Dr. Robert T. Bakker

Institution / museum / university: Casper College 

Public dig, research project, or private quarry: Research Project

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SPECIMEN INFORMATION

Primary species: Apatosaurus

Other species present (if known): Allosaurus

Type of material found:

•partial skeleton

•isolated bones

•bone bed

•trackways

•other:

Major elements recovered: Pubis, femur, 

Condition of fossils:

•fragile

•weathered

•hard sandstone

•soft shale

•other: Smectitic clays

Geologic formation (if known):Jurassic

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SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE

Why the specimen mattered:

•rare species

•unusually complete

•provided new information regarding Brontosaurus

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Destination museum or collection (if known): 

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PERSONAL PARTICIPATION

Your role:

•prospecting

•excavation

•mapping

•plaster jacketing

•stabilization

•preparation

•documentation/photos

•public education

Typical day activities (short phrases):

Tools used:

(pick, awl, brush, jacketing, consolidant, etc.)

Time spent at site:

(days/weeks) approx two weeks each summer

Memorable technical events:

Helping excavate the Bertha Apatosaurus specimens

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SITE ENVIRONMENT

Terrain:Incised Syncline

Rock type: Sedimentary

Weather conditions: Dessert and thunderstorms

Camp / housing type: the Virginian Hotel

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