#throwbackthursday Three years ago this week we excavated a braincase of a dwarf baleen whale (Herpetocetus) from Pliocene (~3myo) rocks of the Purisima Formation and hauled it down a mile of beach in a laundry basket rigged into a fossil dogsled. @tetrameryx.bsky.social @ashpoust.bsky.social 🦖🐬🧪
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Three guys in a small niche in a light tan sandstone cliff clustered around a small lump of rock they're digging out: a small braincase of a whale.