Field work photographs
14 May 2008
I have uploaded a few photos of our recent China excavation – enjoy!
Press conference at the Dinosaur tracksite near Shanshan, April 2008
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Isolated fish scales & the cross-section of a complete fish found at a Middle Jurassic site named Aquarium
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Rico excavates (with our Hilti named Helga) Middle Jurassic sediment for screen-washing. Note the complete xinjiangchelid turtle shell in the lower left corner.
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Simone is excavating articulated Late Jurassic turtle shells
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Ben is holding a part of a large Mamenchisaurus femur found by him earlier that day
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Annette is carefully sieving sediment in search for microfossils
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The Turpan Basin field team in April 2008
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Ben, Rico & Oliver with a part of an mamenchisaurid pubis
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Screen-washing for microvertebrate fossils at an irrigation ditch in the desert
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