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2-2-09 BRIAR CAVE, MARION COUNTY
Photos By Sean Roberts
On 2-22-09, Sean and Becky Roberts, Bill Birdsall, and Bill Walker took a trip to Briar Cave. The purpose of the trip was to photograph fossils in the Southern Area for the Florida Museum of Natural History. While we were there, Sean also took photos of the cave, including a spectacular shot of the Subway Tunnel.
Captions
1. Bill Walker in the Subway Tunnel
2. Fossils in the Southern Area
3. Calappilia brooksi crab carapace (left) and Periarchus floridanus echinoid test (right)
4. Bill Walker pointing to a Calappilia brooksi crab carapace (his left
hand) seen in situ with a Eupatagus antillarum echinoid test (his right
hand)
5. Phyllacanthus mortoni (regular echinoid) and Eupatagus antillarum (irregular echinoid) test fragments
6. Becky Roberts in a "fossil pocket"
7. A possible new crab candidate
8. Bill Birdsall in another "fossil pocket"
9. From top to bottom: Periarchus floridanus (echinoid test) and two Eupatagus antillarum (echinoid tests)
10. Bill Birdsall in the Southern Area
11. Becky Roberts and Bill Birdsall in the Southern Area
12. Becky Roberts and Bill Birdsall in the Southern Area
13. Bill Walker in the Southern Area
14. Bill Walker in the Southern Area
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