Phosphatic nodules (fauna)
Phosphate nodules
    Sharks and Fish
(more Petrodus denticles)

Listracanthus sp. (shark/fish spine)

Petrodus dermal denticle 1

Petrodus dermal denticle 2
(Bad Break)

Petrodus dermal denticle 3

Fish scale? #1

Fish scale? #2

Assortment of unbroken nodules

The vast majority of the nodules are found in a 1 to 12 inch
brown shale zone just below the Worland limestone. They
are also found in the black shale just below the Worland
limestone.


Hundreds of nodules have been collected.
There will be numerous additions to this page.

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