Lisa and Sean Tohill - We own a fossil quarry located in the Sharktooth Hill area of Bakersfield, California. Dedicated to collecting and preserving fossils
California, United States
Joined August 2012
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Nice section of Vertebra maybe belonging to one of the dolphin species found in the sharktooth hill bonebed. When the weather cools I’ll be back to look for more😊
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#fossilfriday 9 fossil mako shark teeth ranging from 2” - 2 7/8” and 1 pathological megalodon tooth found in the quarry a few months back.
#fossilfriday Some nice field collecting finds while walking about on the quarry after the rain from last month.
#Fossilfriday #fossil mako shark tooth found in the quarry with an interesting pathology. Rare and fun to find😄
#Fossilfriday nice 15” section of what looks like a dolphin mandible. Will post an update if we find more🤞
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#FossilFriday 3 1/16” hastalis (extinct mako) fossil #shark tooth. More rare of a find than a #Megalodon tooth at the quarry. It’s laying on the chunk of matrix that it was found in along with a 1 3/4” mako lower tooth.
White Whale Quarry retweeted
Here's another writeup on our recent paper on #Panamanian 🇵🇦 Miocene #odontocetes!!
@paleoAldo @Paleodeg #MarineMammalMonday
Recent fossil discoveries in the northern Panama Canal area suggest that marine species interchange persisted across these shallow waters during the final stages of formation of the isthmus. bit.ly/3roi0ug
#FossilFriday Treasures from the #Sharktooth Hill bonebed. Matrix piece find with 3” #Megalodon tooth, rib bone section, & vertebrae. On the back side leatherback turtle scute and desmostylus tooth section.
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White Whale Quarry retweeted
Fossils are the only direct evidence for the evolutionary history of humans and are crucial for any understanding of evolution, which is the central idea of all biology. Paleontology isn't peripheral; it's central. Everything is paleontology. Happy #NationalFossilDay! 🔎🌎
White Whale Quarry retweeted
Our new paper is published today in @ScienceAdvances on a full-body 3D model of the extinct #megalodon, revealing unprecedented swimming & prey intake abilities. Here, a 🧵 on how we did this (1/17)
dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ab…
#Fossil Friday while checking out one of the hillside walls in our quarry, I discovered these pinniped flipper bones weathering out. While removing the section of matrix containing the bones I noticed there was more bone going into the hill. Would be great if it was all there😁
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#fossil Friday two sections of leatherback turtle articulated ossicles prepped out. We regularly find isolated fossils from this species of turtle in the quarry. Next trip up hope find more 🐢
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#Fossil Friday Super rare find at white whale quarry of leatherback turtle dermal ossicles that have fossilized together. Usually they are found disassociated like little puzzle pieces. 3 separate sections were found about 6” away from each other. 🐢
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#FossilFriday Finally back at the quarry after a very long & hot summer. This pinniped tooth was found with just a tiny part of the root showing. It looked much like most of the bone fragments we find scattered around, but for some reason I started digging around it and bam 💥
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To celebrate #National Megalodon day here are two of our best Megalodon shark teeth measuring 5” and 5 1/2”. Both found in the STH bonebed Bakersfield, CA
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#Fossil Friday #Megalodon tooth found last Friday. Prepped out and left in the matrix as found. Mother Nature makes the best display stands.😌 Tooth found in the sharktooth hill bonebed Bakersfield, CA
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#Fossil Friday Triple header on the quarry! One #Megalodon tooth and two mako shark teeth. Mother’s Day just got a whole lot better 😁
#Fossilfriday arrived at the quarry just in time to see this beautiful sunset in turtle alley. It was named this because a large leatherback turtle was found here. We will post pictures tomorrow of fossils we find🦴🐋
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