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On the last day of the Family Digs, we were hard at work trying to finish up excavations of the week's discoveries while making some new ones. Pictured below is the cool find of the day - can you guess what it is?
Some of you may have guessed but we'll go ahead and tell the rest of you - It's a Nanotyrannus tooth! William was especially excited about this find made by Isaac's mom Melinda. The Nanotryannus ('dwarf tryant') is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur, and is possibly a juvenile specimen of Tyrannosaurus. It's always interesting to find carnivorous teeth in the midst of herbivorous bones because it gives us insight as to what dinosaurs might have dined on the Edmontosaurus.
As you can see from the above picture, the families were hard at work up to the very last minute of digging time. We were up to ears in plastering and once again, everyone walked away with their names on something, either from discovery, excavation, or both. Cheryl and Clay worked tirelessly for 2 days on the fibula, getting it to where it will be ready to be jacketed by the teachers. While patiently working to 'take the wall down' to the level of the fibula, they ran across a number of more bones and they even found a rib bone with teeth marks.
We hate to say good-bye to the last of our families and to our friends in Faith, and we are already looking forward to next year. We will continue to post updates throughout the year so check back and find out what we're up to and what you need to plan for. We wish the teachers luck in their digging adventures and can't wait to see what they find so stay tuned!
