Jeffrey P Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Congratulations. Totally magnificent find. Thanks for sharing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Prep has started on the dolphin! Photos courtesy of the Charleston Center for Paleontology. 9 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohler Palaeontology Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Congrats!! This in an incredible find! Kind Regards, Kohler Palaeontology 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Absolutely AMAZING!! Hopefully there are some earbones in there somewhere. Apparently they are more loosely attached to the skull in odontocetes so aren’t always in situ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Wow what an incredible find! 1 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 @Fin Lover I saw this last night on Instagram as I follow CCP, and the new photos are very exciting for all the wonderful details that are being uncovered. This is so fantastic! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Thanks @old bones (and everyone else)! I was hoping to go see it for myself yesterday, but have COVID now, so I'll have to wait. But, I'll get to help prep the other jackets that have the less important parts (verts and ribs). Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fin Lover said: Thanks @old bones (and everyone else)! I was hoping to go see it for myself yesterday, but have COVID now, so I'll have to wait. But, I'll get to help prep the other jackets that have the less important parts (verts and ribs). Get well soon sorry to hear you are sick! Looking forward to seeing more updates. Edited September 5 by trilobites_are_awesome 1 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Stunning find and you're prep looks top notch. I hope you feel better ASAP. all the best Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 1 hour ago, Fin Lover said: Thanks @old bones (and everyone else)! I was hoping to go see it for myself yesterday, but have COVID now, so I'll have to wait. But, I'll get to help prep the other jackets that have the less important parts (verts and ribs). Bummer, @Fin Lover. Here's hoping you kick it quick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Back here again to drool over this find. What an amazing discovery and journey. Part of what I like about fossils. The different chapters in enjoying them, the physical adventure in the field and then the adventure in time and space in our minds. here’s to a speedy recovery from covid do you can get in to see your baby soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 On 9/5/2024 at 2:53 AM, Fin Lover said: Prep has started on the dolphin! Photos courtesy of the Charleston Center for Paleontology. Amazing! Truly spectacular how that's coming out...! 1 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3gal0don_M4n Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Amazing find! 1 “Deep words go here”- Me, 3/9/24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted Thursday at 12:38 AM Share Posted Thursday at 12:38 AM I can only imagine the feeling you got when you first found this! And the prep is the gift that keeps on giving. Congratulations on a wonderful find, and Thank-you for getting it to the right people! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted Thursday at 01:53 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:53 AM Thank you, everyone! It has been such a great experience to find it and participate in the excavation, and I look forward to helping with the prep. I hate to admit it, but I was surprisingly calm when I found it, for a couple reasons. First, I didn't realize what all was there. I think I could only see around 20 verts and I couldn't identify the parts of the skull. Second, I had to contact someone to come look at it, and I worried that I might be wasting her time (luckily, I wasn't). Once others came to see it and I saw their reactions, I realized it was a really nice find. But, I still couldn't relax until we got it out safely. I was so nervous watching the crane lift each jacket out of the creek! It was cool to watch them fly, but I really just wanted them to set them down as soon as possible. It was emotional, though, to realize how much this one animal from ~29 million years ago meant to all of the people participating. When I find a shark tooth, I usually don't stop and think too much about the animal's life...it's just one tooth. In this case, though, the animal mattered. It's life mattered 29 million years later. And that felt very special. I look forward to sharing more of the prep progress as it happens, and to actually putting a "face" to the dolphin. Thank you all for sharing this experience with me! 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted Thursday at 02:04 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:04 AM 10 minutes ago, Fin Lover said: In this case, though, the animal mattered. It's life mattered 29 million years later. And that felt very special. The hunter of wild game is always bringing live animals nearer to death and extinction, whereas the fossil hunter is always seeking to bring extinct animals to life. --Henry Fairfield Osborn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohler Palaeontology Posted Thursday at 09:31 AM Share Posted Thursday at 09:31 AM Can't wait to see it when it's prepped! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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