Tomorrow, we leave the field. We’re hoping the weather won’t delay our departure.
It’s always a little sad to leave the field, but we were highly successful. Today, we got to go on a lovely geologic tour of the Hanna Formation. We geeked out a bit over an awesome angular unconformity, collected a bunch more mammal teeth from a favorite locality, and found this:
Yup, I think that’s a horsetail, or something similar. Paleocene in age. Pretty cool, eh?
Tomorrow’s a travel day, and then it’s into the Eocene for us!
Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist 