I looked at some Xiphactinus vertebra but they seem thicker than comparable sized shark vertebra and the specimens I saw looked like they had small processes on them. Unfortunately I don't see much Cretaceous material in my collecting on the east coast so I'm not really up to speed on the fauna. Either way they are impressive and a really cool find.

As of Aug 13th the ridge that blocked the view of the road was totally leveled to the height of the floor of the pit.