A project to systematically collect and document small vertebrate fossils eroding from the earliest Jurassic sandstone units at Wasson Bluff began in 2015. In the summers of 2016 and 2017, the Fundy Geological Museum hosted public excavations to assist in the surface collecting and screening of near surface exposures of a section of fluvial sandstone… Continue reading Jurassic Fossil Digs 2016-17
Category: Field Work
Fundy Fossil Research in 2017
Summary of Previous Field Work Last year the Fundy dinosaur field work focused on collecting all specimens on the surface of a section of cliff at Wasson Bluff. The research team focused on collecting small elements exposed on the surface of the sandstone. After ten days of field work the Museum research team had collected… Continue reading Fundy Fossil Research in 2017
July Field Work – Bay of Fundy Jurassic Fossils
The field work done by research staff and volunteers at the Fundy Geological Museum in June to collect Bay of Fundy Jurassic fossils was very successful. Several new specimens were found and collected. These new specimens include portions of several lizard-like reptile (Clevosaurus) skulls, the tip of the snout (premaxilla) from a theropod dinosaur, and… Continue reading July Field Work – Bay of Fundy Jurassic Fossils