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Evening primrose. One of the prettier plants that grows wild here.

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Arizona collared lizard

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Pretty butterfly

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Another nice dino dookie. 240 million years old, Moenkopi Formation, Middle Triassic.

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Arrowhead, Southwestern indigenous, probably pre-Pueblo.

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Coprolite (fossilized poop). 240 million years old, Middle Triassic, Moenkopi Formation.

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Chirothere pes (rear) track. The long digits 1-4 counterclockwise show up pretty distinctly. The 5th digit is the smaller stub far left just below digit 4. The large bump at the bottom is the heel. Middle Triassic, 240 million years old, Moenkopi Formation.

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A faint set of three chirothere pes (rear) and one manus (front) tracks from the same animal. Middle Triassic, 240 million years old, Moenkopi Formation.

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Southwest arrowhead.

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Found this indigenous artifact today.

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Got some wall art of a few of my tracks.

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Chirotherium rex tracks. The first six were made in soft mud which deforms the track making it look smaller. The last two show a much larger track on a firmer surface with less deformation. Middle Triassic, Moenkopi Formation, 240 million years old.

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This is a pretty bad Chirotherium rex tracks near, the largest of the chirotherium. It was found 3/4 mile away from the original huge tracksite. Middle Triassic, 240 mya, Moenkopi Formation.

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Rat jawbone. Too big for my taste.

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New find from today. Chirotherium track, 240 mya, Moenkopi Formation, Holbrook member. Middle Triassic.

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Picture on left is a bryozoan fossil. The looped fossil on the right is probably also a bryozoan but I am not certain. Paleozoic. Did not originate in this area but there are many fossils of this type here. Most likely came from an area to the west and south.

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Found this today. Polished quartz, almost perfectly rounded. Bottom is slightly tapered. My guess is indigenous jewelry - checking with my museum contact for his opinion.