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Iguanodon Humerus from the South Coast of England

 

From this:

 

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To this:

 

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The humerus is about 16 inches long and is broken on the one end.

 

Prep by me, stand by Friargate Forge.

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Wow, very nice!

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46 minutes ago, Pterygotus said:

Wow, what a fossil and great prep! :envy:

 

Thanks. It took a long time to prep this and it was covered in rock hard and soft clay.

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36 minutes ago, hadrosauridae said:

Wow, very nice!

 

Thanks. Much appreciated,

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Very cool!

Sounds like a difficult prep. 
You pulled it off quite well. :) 

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Looks pretty big.

 

Lovely piece. And great prep too.

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Beautiful, thanks for sharing. It’s much appreciated :)

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22 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Very cool!

Sounds like a difficult prep. 
You pulled it off quite well. :) 

 

Thanks. Appreciate the comments 

 

21 hours ago, DatFossilBoy said:

Amazing piece wonderful work

 

Thanks.

 

20 hours ago, LordTrilobite said:

Looks pretty big.

 

Lovely piece. And great prep too.

 

Thanks. It’s pretty big but I’ll post it next to another for comparison

 

8 hours ago, Ash said:

Beautiful, thanks for sharing. It’s much appreciated :)

 

Thanks

 

6 hours ago, Troodon said:

Nice job with the prep.  Pretty large piece it's a nice find.

 

Thanks. It’s certainly heavy

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Here’s a picture of it next to another humerus from Yaverland on The Isle of Wight. Now this really is a beast.

 

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