Archaeocete Be Thy Name

I got an opportunity to fossil collect in Giant Cement Quarry in January. The area was the “green cap” above the Santee Limestone known for its C. Auriculatus and fossilized whale material. It was a cool windy morning; perfect to dig! Myself, minifossz and microfossz were digging in the green cap finding mostly smaller teeth when I flipped over some overburden only to see the enamel of a whale tooth! It looked relatively large; and I dug with caution. We hummed some choice classic metal and slowly extracted the tooth…pretty sweet canine! Microfossz struck next with a small portion of an archaeocete molar; not bad for his first whale tooth. We dug around some more and mostly found small teeth and a nice vertebrae then minifossz bagged a decent rick. We dug a little more after lunch but succumbed to hunger and the cool north wind. Thanks to Giant for the fun day collecting!

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