Ordovician_Odyssey Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 This Pulalius vulgaris crab is Lincoln Creek Formation, late Miocene or early Oligocene from the KM Mountain area of Washington State. When I found the concretion it was in two pieces and you could see it contained a good cross-section of a crab, I've saved it for 3 years, and have been working on my broken and shattered ones for practice until I finally had enough self-confidence and equipment to tackle it. I glued it back together without any loss in the body area and just finished preparing it today. All the work was done under a microscope mainly with a Microjack #5 and #3 from Paleo tools. There is NO Vinac, or color applied or any restoration done to it,except for two cracks in the matrix which i filled with ground matrix and diluted Elmers glue. I left the back side unfilled so you could see the size of the gap between the two pieces. I only put a little CA toward the ends of some of the legs where flaking started. Once uncovered, i was amazed at the preservation of the mottled color and shine. .................................................................................WOW ..........................that is to good for words. -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhk Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 OMG... that crab is over the top, well... over the top. Outstanding find and the prep work, first rate. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleoflor Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 This Pulalius vulgaris crab is Lincoln Creek Formation, late Miocene or early Oligocene from the KM Mountain area of Washington State. Wow! Amazing prepwork! This crab fossil is a real beauty... I almost wish it would have taken you another two weeks or so to finish working on it. This will now be VERY tough competition! Tim Searching for green in the dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Wow! Amazing prepwork! This crab fossil is a real beauty... I almost wish it would have taken you another two weeks or so to finish working on it. This will now be VERY tough competition! Tim i agree -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Superb crab prep... I have a boxful of those in my garage. I'll send them right out to you for prep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 (edited) I don't know if I am entitled for the Fossil of the Mounth because I didn't dig the dinosaur nest out. Anyway those dino eggs are the best fossils I found this October, I just had to left them in place. Dinosaur nest, likely 8 to 11 Megaloolithus mamillare eggs Cretaceous, Late Maastrichtian, Provence, France Found Oct/24/2010 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/topic/16414-dinoasur-nest-nandomas-olympic-rings/ Edited October 27, 2010 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolleamm Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 (edited) Here is my entry. Its a gastropod called Aporrhais. It was found in Palisades Dr,Santa Ynez Canyon,Southern California on 10/25/2010, and it dates back to the late Cretaceous.It measures 2in(5.1cm) from top to bottom.Prep work wasn't hard but I had to be very careful, after finally removing the matrix off the fossil I hardened it with Elmer's glue. Thank you Edited October 26, 2010 by kolleamm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhk Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Superb crab prep... I have a boxful of those in my garage. I'll send them right out to you for prep. If your willing to share a few let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calciteguy Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 This Pulalius vulgaris crab is Lincoln Creek Formation, late Miocene or early Oligocene from the KM Mountain area of Washington State. When I found the concretion it was in two pieces and you could see it contained a good cross-section of a crab, I've saved it for 3 years, and have been working on my broken and shattered ones for practice until I finally had enough self-confidence and equipment to tackle it. I glued it back together without any loss in the body area and just finished preparing it today. All the work was done under a microscope mainly with a Microjack #5 and #3 from Paleo tools. There is NO Vinac, or color applied or any restoration done to it,except for two cracks in the matrix which i filled with ground matrix and diluted Elmers glue. I left the back side unfilled so you could see the size of the gap between the two pieces. I only put a little CA toward the ends of some of the legs where flaking started. Once uncovered, i was amazed at the preservation of the mottled color and shine. HOLY snarge this is amazing and totally trumps the crab claw I was going to enter. Maybe next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 My entry for the month: 3" Pleistocene? Bear canine from Onslow County, North Carolina collected October 1, 2010. "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 This Pulalius vulgaris crab is Lincoln Creek Formation, late Miocene or early Oligocene from the KM Mountain area of Washington State. When I found the concretion it was in two pieces and you could see it contained a good cross-section of a crab, I've saved it for 3 years, and have been working on my broken and shattered ones for practice until I finally had enough self-confidence and equipment to tackle it. I glued it back together without any loss in the body area and just finished preparing it today. All the work was done under a microscope mainly with a Microjack #5 and #3 from Paleo tools. There is NO Vinac, or color applied or any restoration done to it,except for two cracks in the matrix which i filled with ground matrix and diluted Elmers glue. I left the back side unfilled so you could see the size of the gap between the two pieces. I only put a little CA toward the ends of some of the legs where flaking started. Once uncovered, i was amazed at the preservation of the mottled color and shine. :startle: Wow excellent find.Wish we had them here.Great prepwork,love the color,are all of them colorful that you find? Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 If your willing to share a few let me know. No,his mother told him if he didn't have enough to share with everyone don't take them out. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) Well here is my last minute entry. Crinoid Calyx Found - Oct 20, 2010 Prep Finished - Oct 29, 2010 Location - Coralville, Iowa Group - Cedar Valley Formation - Coralville Member - Unknown Dimensions - 12x24 mm Other Notes - All of the prep was done by me and was done by hand (needle tool). Happy Holloween everyone! -Frozen Edited October 31, 2010 by frozen_turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossiladdict Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I'm just simply amazed so far at ALL The entries for this month...WOW, WOW, WOW! Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acryzona Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Frozen, I'm curious about those specks to the left of the crinoid. Wondering if they are mineral grains or microfossils. Any ideas? Collecting Microfossils - a hobby concerning much about many of the little paraphrased from Dr. Robert Kesling's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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