Record-keeping in the field is critical. Measurements to markers, photographs, GPS readings and elevation are all recorded in a field journal. Jackets are marked indicating the bone number, which quarry it came from and the date this data was collected. In the case of Muffin, these field notes were recorded in 2013 by paleontologists JP Cavigelli and Melissa Connely (pictured below), but the specimen wasn't removed from the site until 2016. Survey stakes are used to mark section corners for property locations. The stakes don't have much space for giving a lot of information so the abbreviation of "...>" is used to communicate that the specimen is about three paces in the direction indicated on the stake. See the image below for the survey stake for Muffin (titled Berry). Muffin is the lower "...." on the stake – so about four paces away. The record of the stake is shown bottom right center in JP's field notes.
