Huntonia Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Beautiful jaw! It certainly prepped out quite nicely! The detail on those teeth is lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Ooh, now things are getting interesting! Nice dino jaw section, the teeth look quite amazing! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Wow that jaw came out looking great! Nice job @jpc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Date of Discovery: December 27, 2020 Scientific and/or Common Name: Diplocalamites Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Middle Pennsylvanian State: New Mexico, USA Hiking on the Sunday after Christmas. A couple of miles from where I live in the back country in an unexplored area I discovered a small plateau composed of alternating layers of glauconite sandstone and shale. A few small calamite sections were floating on the surface. I noticed a stub of another section protruding out of the debris field. Using my hori hori (Japanese digging shovel) I excavated it, then more sections back into the hillside. After 2 feet of easy digging I started to hit a thick layer of sandstone I needed to excavate. The further I dug into the hillside the thicker the formation became. By the time I gave up my shovel was bent and the formation was a foot (30 cm) thick. To discover more I will need a pry bar, hammer and chisels. I'm personally excited about this because we don't have the best preservation environment for large or lengthy specimens. Field photo showing the results from where I stopped digging. The rock overburden showing at the top. Photo of extended length of specimen. 54 inches or 137 cm in length. Close up showing vascular tissue of specimen Branch scar. With help from @Rockwood and @paleoflor the specimen was narrowed down to Diplocalamites due to opposite branch scars per node. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Very cool! Not something we see every day. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I can tell a Carboniferous logger had his way with that. Pretty amazing piece. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 my entry for December: found on 24th of december 2020 Mammites nodosoides Early Turonian Cap-Blanc-Nez (France ) 30cm diameter 9 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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