RJB Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 My youngest son found this many years ago. When he found it, (lifting big slabs of rock) it was very appearent that is was going to fall apart. I picked up my little 2oz bottle of super glue and was going to glue it up so that it had a better chance of making the trip home? Well, that didnt work so good. I put the tip of the bottle, ( I use those little needle tips) where I wanted to put glue. It wasnt comeing out so I squeezed harder. Big mistake! The tip popped off and the glue came out like a river! Frigin glue everywhere!!! Anyways, the kid was snoopin in some boxes and totes I have in one of my garages and ran into this piece again. About 5 hours later, it came out somewhat decent? I know most folks are gunna love this but seeing it up close and personal I get really picky. I still have bad memories of all the glue! These are some kind of sycamore seed pods from the Green River Formation This is how it came out of the tote. After about 5 hours of air scribe work and lots of concentration A close up of the multi seed pods 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Wonderful piece 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Wow, Ron. Great fossil. I have never seen one of these, nevermind two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Beautiful piece, Ron! Well done, sir. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Those look pretty fragile. I'm guessing your accident with the glue may have saved them from crumbling off the matrix. Anyway, great fossils! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 This was originally classified as Sparganium antiquum, an aquatic flowering plant. FYI: Always check Manchester! Manchester 2014 reclassified it Sycamore infructescences (fruiting body): Macginicarpa manchesteri Pigg & Stockey 1991 A spectacular example---Congrats! Berry , E.W. 1924 A Sparganium from the Middle Eocene of Wyoming. Botanical Gazette, 78:342-348 PDF LINK Sulman, J.D., Drew, B.T., Drummond, C., Hayasaka, E., Sytsma, K.J. 2013 Systematics, biogeography, and character evolution of Sparganium (Typhaceae): diversification of a widespread, aquatic lineage. American Journal of Botany, 100(10):2023-2039 PDF LINK "Eocene records include S. antiquum (Newberry) Berry from Wyoming, USA (Berry, 1924) and S. fushunense Geng from northeastern China (Geng, 1999). These macrofossils bear globose heads with or without a peduncle, similar to modern-day Sparganium (Brown, 1962)." Manchester, S.R. 2014 Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene flora. Sborník Národního muzea v Praze - Řada B, 70(3-4):153-210 PDF LINK figures from: Pigg, K.B., Stockey, R.A. 1991 Platanaceous plants from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 70(1-2):125-146 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Very nice (even with the extra glue lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phevo Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 That's a spectacular specimen and nice prep as always 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRatKing Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Once again you guys post a find that has me spraying coffee all over my screen and keyboard! Great Find! This is one of the species on my too long bucket list of fossils. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Some "accident". What a great save. Nothing to feel badly about here IMHO. Congrats on a great specimen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerogrower Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Amazing!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 A certain museum curator once told me that he would rather have a fossil covered in superglue than no fossil at all. I understand the aggravation though. As a preparator, my eye is also drawn to the same things as yours. I have found that the Green River material responds well to a vigorous brushing with an acetone soaked toothbrush to remove unwanted glue. It will never be perfect, but you can clean it up more than you think you should be able to. Just work in small areas, repeatedly scrubbing in a circular motion and wetting with acetone often. This will soften and remove most of the glue. You will also pick up some bits of matrix that will get adhered to the glue that remains, further disguising it. 2 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...
RJB Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 1/18/2021 at 11:25 AM, Ptychodus04 said: I understand the aggravation though. As a preparator, my eye is also drawn to the same things as yours. I have found that the Green River material responds well to a vigorous brushing with an acetone soaked toothbrush to remove unwanted glue. It will never be perfect, but you can clean it up more than you think you should be able to. Just work in small areas, repeatedly scrubbing in a circular motion and wetting with acetone often. This will soften and remove most of the glue. You will also pick up some bits of matrix that will get adhered to the glue that remains, further disguising it. Thanks for the tip Kris but its too late. The kid has already taken it home. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 22 hours ago, RJB said: Thanks for the tip Kris but its too late. The kid has already taken it home. Well, that makes it harder to take care of doesn't it. 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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