hunting for 95 million year old lizards and snakes on the island of hvar, croatia:
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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: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Hunting for 95 million year oldHunting for 95 million year oldlizards and snakes on thelizards and snakes on theisland of Hvar, Croatia:island of Hvar, Croatia:
Dalmatian Coast & Adriatic SeaDalmatian Coast & Adriatic Sea
Michael Caldwell, Arjun Keswani, Jakov Radovcic, Katarina Michael Caldwell, Arjun Keswani, Jakov Radovcic, Katarina Krismanjic, Murray Gingras, Cajus Diedrich, Alex Dutchak, Krismanjic, Murray Gingras, Cajus Diedrich, Alex Dutchak,
Timon Bullard, Anne SchulpTimon Bullard, Anne Schulp
Funding:Funding:National Geographic, CRE Grant & NSERCNational Geographic, CRE Grant & NSERC
WE WENT LOOKING FORWE WENT LOOKING FORMORE OF THESE….MORE OF THESE….
Aigialosaurus dalmaticusAigialosaurus dalmaticus
Opetiosaurus bucchichiOpetiosaurus bucchichi
Pontosaurus lesinensisPontosaurus lesinensis
The Island of Hvar…The Island of Hvar…A difficult place to do A difficult place to do Fieldwork…haaaa!!Fieldwork…haaaa!!
C roatia
D ubrovnik
Split
S ibenik
Zadar
R ijekaKarlovac
Zagreb
G ospic
PulaKrk
KresRab
Pag
Brac
Lastovo
Korcula
Mijet
H ungary
S lovenia
BosniaH erzegovina
O sijek
100 km
Otok
Kornat
A d r i a t i c S e a
HvarVis
Starigrad
Jelsa
VrboskaSection 1
Section 2
Neolithicsite
Section 3
Rudine
Bay of Z
ukova
Bay of Starigrad
Bay of M
eslinic
a
Nicola’s quarry
Bay of Vrboska
4315,47
80 9284 88 96
5 km
84
88
1613,63
Tracksite
Hvar
A MapA Map
Close-upsClose-ups
The Island, looking northwestThe Island, looking northwest
Our village - VrboskaOur village - Vrboska
Fields of lavenderFields of lavender
Dr. Murray Gingras &Dr. Murray Gingras &Dr. Cajus Diedrich…on the rocksDr. Cajus Diedrich…on the rocks
Our quarry: Al LindoeOur quarry: Al Lindoe& Anne Schulp (from Maastricht)& Anne Schulp (from Maastricht)
Uvala Maslinica (Little Olive Bay)Uvala Maslinica (Little Olive Bay)
Vineyards, Stone Houses, and Vineyards, Stone Houses, and Rooves with fossils on the shingles…Rooves with fossils on the shingles…
……a new collecting technique?a new collecting technique?
AlgaeAlgae
……trace fossils of ancient shrimptrace fossils of ancient shrimp
Alex DutchakAlex Dutchak
Dr. DiedrichDr. Diedrich
Dr. Michael CaldwellDr. Michael Caldwell
Timon BullardTimon BullardDinosaur TrackwayDinosaur TrackwayUvala ZukovaUvala Zukova
Other FossilsOther Fossils
SNAIL
OYSTER
Some of the invertebratesSome of the invertebrates
Some of the FishesSome of the Fishes
New marineNew marinelizard…no snakeslizard…no snakes
Pontosaurus lesinensis - new specimenPontosaurus lesinensis - new specimen
The Ancient WorldThe Ancient Worldof Hvar: Upper Cretaceousof Hvar: Upper CretaceousShallow Marine LagoonsShallow Marine Lagoons
What did it really look likeWhat did it really look like95 million years ago?95 million years ago?
Open Ocean
Barrier Reef
Patch Reefs Lagoon
Coast
We find the fossil lizards, snakes, andWe find the fossil lizards, snakes, andFishes in the lagoon portions…Fishes in the lagoon portions…
Storm layer
Th in ly P la ty M udstones
Thaum atopore lla
M acroa lgae indet.
C hert bed
Teleoste i indet.
G astropoda indet.
Thalassino ides
Shallow, high saltShallow, high saltwater, withwater, withlow rates oflow rates ofrock formation,rock formation,made formade forplaty rocksplaty rockswith manywith manyfossils fossils
The Island, looking northwestThe Island, looking northwest