Welsh Wizard Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Hi all Due to the lockdown, I’ve decided that I’m going to clean out my fossil room. This is a room that is full of fossils that are not prepped, part prepped or I just haven’t got around to displaying/labelling or storing properly. As you can see, the rooms a mess as I don’t really use it for anything apart from storage. Any prepping I do, I do outside, weather permitting. Following a request from @Ash, I will post some pictures as I tidy the room this week. Again weather permitting. Hope you find this interesting. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 The first thing to appear. A sauropod footcast from the south of England. It’s a whopper. You can even see the toe outlines. Someone kindly gave this to me a few years ago and I haven’t got around to finding a display place: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngodles Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 There is a lot of unpetrified wood there. 2 Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 47 minutes ago, cngodles said: There is a lot of unpetrified wood there. Sure is. Getting ready for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Giving some dusty ammonites a clean and letting them dry in the sun. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Belemnite battlefield - Saltwick Bay. Needs a lot of prep but I may just leave it. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Triassic bone bed. Part prepped showing sharks spine, bone pieces and an unknown lower jaw. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Shells, mainly plagiostoma. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Done for today. I hope you enjoyed the at home lockdown fossil hunting. More to come tomorrow weather permitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 That room looks much more cleaned up than my room full of stacks of fossils. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamalama Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Thank you for the visual tour of your storage shed. Some really neat finds you have there. 1 -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 4/6/2020 at 7:45 AM, Welsh Wizard said: A sauropod footcast from the south of England. It’s a whopper. You can even see the toe outlines. Someone kindly gave this to me a few years ago and I haven’t got around to finding a display place: If you can’t find a place to display the foot cast, I have a perfect place for if. The ammonites and belemnites are great too! Can’t wait to see what else you find. 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Very nice. Love the belemnite battlefield. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 14 hours ago, LordTrilobite said: That room looks much more cleaned up than my room full of stacks of fossils. Ha. You’ll have to show yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Shamalama said: Thank you for the visual tour of your storage shed. Some really neat finds you have there. You’re welcome. I’ll keep them coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, FossilNerd said: If you can’t find a place to display the foot cast, I have a perfect place for if. The ammonites and belemnites are great too! Can’t wait to see what else you find. Thanks. I’ll be searching through Triassic stuff soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Very nice. Love the belemnite battlefield. Thanks. You find lots of bits but that’s our biggest yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 16 inch ammonite destined for Robin Hoods Bay coastguard centre when I finally get around to popping over, 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Triassic shark spine. Poor quality. From Penarth 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Parts of a Jurassic sturgeon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Fish from previous picture. Hard to see in the light. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Dusty old crinoid attached to a piece of fossilised wood, about 10 inches in length. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 The start of a box of stuff destined for my wife’s school. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Love the crinoid and the school should be happy. (when they reopen) 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplomado Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Crinoid on wood?!? I've never seen anything like that before! Triassic bone bed?!? Love that matrix! You have some really fun fossils! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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