Tuesday, July 8, 2008
This morning we visited the site where in 1900 the first brachiosaurus was uncovered, then continued to the Mygatt-Moore quary site for the first of three days of digging. The site has been worked since the early 1980s, and has produced the remains of many animals, including apatosaurus, alosaurus and camarasaurus.
A few large vertebrae are currently in place at the dig site, jacketed with plaster and burlap, waiting for removal by large equipment after a little more preparation. Our "team" continued the on-going work uncovering a large rib, an apatosaurus tooth, and clearing additional area in search of removable fossil bone.
Tonight - it's off to the local rodeo. When in Rome ...
Dan Summers, education curator at the Virginia Living Museum
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