mamlambo Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Hi All I recently hiked to a remote area and only found one fossil, but it's a doozy! I've been wanting to find a shark tooth concretion since I heard about them so I was pretty happy when I found this concretion with what looked like a row of teeth and some cartilage in it. I don't think it's common for cartilage to fossilize this well so maybe the rostrum was really dense? I'd love to know what some of the shark tooth experts think about this one! I've started prepping it and there are numerous teeth still inside the concretion. I had to stop with the air scribe and move to acetic and B72 as they are all over the place and I don't want to risk damaging any. It's potentially an Ikamauius ensifer species, but that is still tentative. Of course I got it on video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRXl8mGEIIM 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Very nice indeed! 1 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikrogeophagus Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Cool channel! Surprised I hadn't come across it sooner. Looking forward to future updates on this rostrum! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 I got hyped when I saw you post this on Tiktok. Can’t wait to see it in its full glory 1 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Shaman Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 I remember seeing the video and wondering what it would look like when finished. Still am, excited to see how this turns out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Really cool fossil. Been watching your video's for awhile now. Youve got lots of likes from this guy. RB 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Your videos are a lot of fun to watch, not only because of the cool fossils and excellent scenery, but even more because of the way your personality shines through. You always seem so enthusiastic and happy! Don 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxytropidoceras Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Before you prepare it any further, maybe you should get a CT-scan of it? Abel, R.L., Laurini, R.C., and Richter, M. 2012. A palaeobiologist’s guide to ‘virtual’ micro-CT preparation. Palaeontologia Electronica, 15.2.6T:17pp, 3.7MB Paul H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamlambo Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Oxytropidoceras said: Before you prepare it any further, maybe you should get a CT-scan of it? Abel, R.L., Laurini, R.C., and Richter, M. 2012. A palaeobiologist’s guide to ‘virtual’ micro-CT preparation. Palaeontologia Electronica, 15.2.6T:17pp, 3.7MB Paul H. That's a great idea! I don't have access to a CT scanner unfortunately and the rocks from this area haven't done well with CT scanning before, not entirely sure of the reason for this. I did have two of my concretions scanned by a neutron scanner which gave amazing results but the closest one of those is in Australia so I would need an export permit for fossil (which I could get!). I'll enquire about the pricing for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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