Brevicollis Posted Tuesday at 02:12 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:12 PM Hello, I just stumbled across this (kinda disarticulated?, right arm is missing, but there is some bone that might be the arm next to the left foot) Hyphalosaurus in my budget, and wanted to ask, before considering buying it, if its a good one, as I really like those chinese marine reptiles, and wouldnt mind adding another nice one to my collection Its from china, and 14 cm long. The matrix measures 19cm. Thanks in advance ! My account and something about me : My still growing collection : My paleoart : I'm just a young guy who really loves fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted Tuesday at 02:12 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 02:12 PM @rocket, @oilshale, @Top Trilo My account and something about me : My still growing collection : My paleoart : I'm just a young guy who really loves fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted Tuesday at 05:11 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:11 PM pictures are not clear enough for a good decision what has been done. We have had some of this small hypsis and the color was always not so clear. I would assume that something has been done on them, might be only some color on the bones or some "bones" on the matrix. Skull looks not good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted Tuesday at 05:22 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 05:22 PM 10 minutes ago, rocket said: Skull looks not good Maybe because it might be sideways crushed ? Or because of the crack running through ? Well, lets see what happens, once it arrives. Its not like I've bought it for a much lower price than the seller settled for, after a lot of discussing My account and something about me : My still growing collection : My paleoart : I'm just a young guy who really loves fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted Tuesday at 08:52 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:52 PM (edited) it is lying strangely and looks a bit odd. The lateral hypsos are always difficult to assess. The front of the plate is light, but the color of the ?bones remains the same. Let's wait and see until it arrives Edited Tuesday at 08:52 PM by rocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted Wednesday at 05:32 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:32 AM (edited) 9 hours ago, rocket said: it is lying strangely and looks a bit odd. The lateral hypsos are always difficult to assess. The front of the plate is light, but the color of the ?bones remains the same. Let's wait and see until it arrives It appears to be in a sideway position, and also crushed this way. The ribs that only stretch to the left, and also that all preserved limbs are on the left would indicate that. Edited Wednesday at 05:56 AM by Brevicollis My account and something about me : My still growing collection : My paleoart : I'm just a young guy who really loves fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brevicollis Posted Friday at 12:45 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 12:45 PM (edited) Whoa, it got way faster delivered than I thought ! Anyway, here are more pictures with my magnification glass, and I think left foot and tail tip are a bit colored, but the rest of the specimen seems good to me ! I just now wonder, what those black spots on the front torso are. Could it be soft body preservation ? Would it be rare then ? Edited Friday at 03:11 PM by Brevicollis My account and something about me : My still growing collection : My paleoart : I'm just a young guy who really loves fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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