Hunting for 95 million year old lizards and
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Hunting for 95 million year old lizards and snakes on the island of Hvar, Croatia: Dalmatian Coast & Adriatic Sea Michael Caldwell, Arjun Keswani, Jakov Radovcic, Katarina Krismanjic, Murray Gingras, Cajus Diedrich, Alex Dutchak, Timon Bullard, Anne Schulp Funding: National Geographic, CRE Grant & NSERC
WE WENT LOOKING FOR MORE OF THESE….
Aigialosaurus dalmaticus
Opetiosaurus bucchichi
Pontosaurus lesinensis
The Island of Hvar… A difficult place to do Fieldwork…haaaa!!
A Map
Close-ups
The Island, looking northwest
Our village - Vrboska
Fields of lavender
Dr. Murray Gingras & Dr. Cajus Diedrich…on the rocks
Our quarry: Al Lindoe & Anne Schulp (from Maastricht)
Uvala Maslinica (Little Olive Bay)
Vineyards, Stone Houses, and Rooves with fossils on the shingles… …a new collecting technique?
Algae
…trace fossils of ancient shrimp
Dinosaur Trackway Uvala Zukova Timon Bullard Dr. Michael Caldwell Alex Dutchak Dr. Diedrich
Other Fossils
Some of the invertebrates SNAIL OYSTER
Some of the Fishes
New marine lizard…no snakes
Pontosaurus lesinensis - new specimen
The Ancient World of Hvar: Upper Cretaceous Shallow Marine Lagoons What did it really look like 95 million years ago?
Open Ocean Patch Reefs Lagoon Barrier Reef Coast
We find the fossil lizards, snakes, and Fishes in the lagoon portions…
Shallow, high salt water, with low rates of rock formation, made for platy rocks with many fossils
The Island, looking northwest
