Ichthyosaur Coracoid

[Welsh Wizard]

Hi

 

I found this over Christmas. 

 

 

It’s an ichthyosaur coracoid in shelly limestone from the lower Jurassic of Penarth.

[Welsh Wizard]

This is what a matrix free coracoid looks like:

 

[Welsh Wizard]

After a bit of prep.

 

[Fossildude19]

That is a great find! 
Congratulations on that one!    

[RuMert]

Good find

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Nice find  

[Welsh Wizard]

A bit more progress. It’s really sticky this rock and hard to see the bone so you have to keep wetting it.

 

[RJB]

Thats cool!

 

RB

[FossilNerd]

I don’t think I would have even saw that in the rock to initially pick it up. Good find and the prep is coming along nicely.  

 

[Welsh Wizard]

3 hours ago, RJB said:

Thats cool!

 

RB

 

Thanks RB

[Welsh Wizard]

23 minutes ago, FossilNerd said:

I don’t think I would have even saw that in the rock to initially pick it up. Good find and the prep is coming along nicely.  

 

 

Thanks

 

I know what you mean. Normally the bone is red as it picks up colour from pink gypsum in the area but sometimes it just looks like shells.

[Welsh Wizard]

 

Ive had to put a layer of varnish on the bone to increase the contrast with the rock. Otherwise seems to be coming along fine.

[RuMert]

Looks great

[Welsh Wizard]

3 hours ago, RuMert said:

Looks great

 

Thanks

[Ludwigia]

Now I know what a coracoid is Nice looking bone. That's pretty tough matrix, isn't it?

[Thecosmilia Trichitoma]

Nice find and Prep!

[Welsh Wizard]

18 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Now I know what a coracoid is Nice looking bone. That's pretty tough matrix, isn't it?

 

Thanks Roger. The matrix is sticky and contains a lot of shells but the bone can be nicely preserved. 

 

18 hours ago, Thecosmilia Trichitoma said:

Nice find and Prep!

 

Thanks