Xiphactinus Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 You might be looking at the roof of the mouth. Premax with the obvious teeth, one of the maxilla above it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Small update with a few pics. Odd one I can't figure out is the second picture, its about 18" long and the piece on the right side is flat. Sternum plate? With an appendage? Edited April 15, 2016 by -AnThOnY- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Is that pyrite all over the bones? I hope not... Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 I think I mentioned it in the first post, but yes it is. I think its marcasite to be more specific, not 100%. Haven't had any problems with it yet, especially seeing as its been in storage for 5 years now. So fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prem Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Haven't heard about this for awhile...any progress to report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 nice! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I think I mentioned it in the first post, but yes it is. I think its marcasite to be more specific, not 100%. Haven't had any problems with it yet, especially seeing as its been in storage for 5 years now. So fingers crossed! I must have missed that part of the OP. You've been lucky. I'd still treat it ASAP. I've seen that stuff decided to break down after years of storage un-treated just because there was a really humid season. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Don't have much more progress currently. I received my All Air Tools scribe a while back and have been prepping ammonites since, getting used to everything before I jump back into the mosasaur. I will post some more pics soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Any updates? "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 That piece with the teeth certainly seems to be a premax. Are you planning to take any of these out of the rock? If so, you may need to learn about carbowax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) Unfortunately, no updates. We took in a house guest for the summer (till mid August) and he is living in my fossil room where I was doing my prep. I have no intentions of removing anything completely from matrix, unless necessary. My intentions are to to prep everything as deep as possible, plane each blocks surface and then arrange them within a ~3x5' rectangle. Once I get the arrangement the way I like it, I will fill the area with plaster to make it one solid piece. I do have a handful of loose vertebrae and teeth that will need to be placed somehow, but that will be cake compared to getting all of it prepped. Expectations are for future wall mount. Edited July 14, 2016 by -AnThOnY- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Sounds like your house guest needs some lessons in fossil prep. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Sounds like your house guest needs some lessons in fossil prep. Or banished to the garage!! Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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