Dave pom Allen Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hi all just a couple of shots of new fossil petral (wing) bones found yesterday late miocene on another amazing days hunting here in Taranaki nz. Also a shot of another penguin skull from the same site found a little while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Interesting... Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I really envy you! You have an important site on your hands, and you have the art/science of collecting it all figured out. By the size, maybe the wing is from a Storm-Petrel? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Holy cow! Nice work Dave! Keep it up, you've found some amazing stuff... Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 Heres one for all the Bird lovers Just thought i would share a couple of shots of another Petrel bird fossil i found last week. I have just started to prep it up, spent 4 hours so far, and keep finding more bones in this concretion. From the late Miocene - Early Pliocene from my favorite site here in Taranaki New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Dave, Your work there really is groundbreaking; odds are that every avian you find has a good chance at being new to science, and so much the better that they are not just isolated bones! The true plague upon paleornithology is that so many "species" have been erected based on single, fragmented bones. Finds like yours have the potential (for a patient researcher) to tie up and consolidate many loose ends. My hat's off to you! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I think I'm falling in love with New Zealand concretions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Dave...... Nice work and also great to see this very unusual material.... It looks like you a very successful collector of this material.... thanks for sharing your finds with us.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Very cool Dave!! Amazing prep on what look to be very fragile bones. It's crazy what damage can be done when you crack a large concretion with a 10lb hammer,lol. Not much of an alternative tho. Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Heres one for all the Bird lovers Just thought i would share a couple of shots of another Petrel bird fossil i found last week. I have just started to prep it up, spent 4 hours so far, and keep finding more bones in this concretion. From the late Miocene - Early Pliocene from my favorite site here in Taranaki New Zealand. Just a matter of personal taste, but I think it would look better without the scratch marks. too much like the Moroccan stuff. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Just a matter of personal taste, but I think it would look better without the scratch marks. too much like the Moroccan stuff. Just wait 'til he's done; check his gallery and you'll see where this is going! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 (edited) i have only spent a few hours on this fossil, i will post more photos once i am happy with the work i have done on it. it is such a slow process with the bones being hollow and only millimeters thick, they are fragile and shatter so easily . thanks for the positive feedback. Edited June 13, 2010 by Dave pom Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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