Eric9799 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Found this Plesiosaur femur about a month back and I’m currently working on putting it together. It’s about 40-45cm long real heavy. A paleontologist described it as a unique find in Sweden. Sadly, I don’t have all of it but at least around 90% of it. And the area I found it in have already been covered up, so no chance of finding more of it. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 @Eric9799 Incredible find MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 What an exciting puzzle to work on! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybot Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Very cool! Looks like a fun (and long) puzzle project -Jay “The earth doesn't need new continents, but new men.” ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Amazing! Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric9799 Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 15 hours ago, Yoda said: @Eric9799 Incredible find Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 That is a great find. Glad I'm not doing that puzzle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Amazing. Somewhere around Kristianstad basin? I was supposed to visit Sweden this year but our trip plans failed. There's no such thing as too many teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Hi, that's a great find. Don't forget to show it in thé fossil of the Fossil of the month entries once you're donne, you can put it in even if you found it earlier, provided the greatest part of thé restauration work has been done during the month. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric9799 Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 15 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: His, that's a great find. Don't forget to show it in thé fossil of the Fossil of the month entries once you're donne, you can put it in even if you found it earlier, provided the greatest part of thé restauration work has been donne during the month. Thanks! Ohhh I definitely need to post it there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders Jonasson Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 This is a unique and extremely rare find here in Sweden. It should be a femur from a polycotylid according to experts. The age is uppermost Santonian or lower Campanian depending from which layer its originating from. Hard to know when the bulldozers moves the chalk around in the quarry. Yes - Kristianstad basin. I have never heard, seen or read about a propodial bone this big and complete from a Swedish dig site. Truly a once in a lifetime find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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