ParkerPaleo Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) I was inspired by another WR post and thought I'd share what I was working on today. I had a small rock with a sliver of rostrum showing (white bone). Poked at it a bit with a microjack and it just kept going. All scope work so far. Was hoping for a cranium but no such luck. No nasals either. Now I'm trying to decide how it should display and how I was to expose the cheek teeth. Here it is sitting flat. And I'm thinking I will stand it on edge for display, like so. Will have to remove the matrix on top and prep out the cheek teeth to identify. My initial guess is Paradjidaumo though based on the short incisors and size. Edited December 30, 2022 by ParkerPaleo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Cheers and Shalom, -Micah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Too bad about the cranium being missing but it’s looking good so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Thumbs up emoji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Amazing to look at his fossil,,,,,, and then over to your thumbnail!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPaleo Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, RJB said: Amazing to look at his fossil,,,,,, and then over to your thumbnail!!! RB And here I am thinking it's a medium size rodent! They get smaller... Quick pic of the buried face. Better view of the infraorbital foramen on this side. Working my way underneath now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPaleo Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 Teeth! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPaleo Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) One more pic for this morning. I have to stop for a bit, my hand gets jittery after being under a scope for more than an hour. Or at least jittery enough to be a problem at this scale. Going to try to see if I can confirm an ID now though. Any rodent experts we can summon? I don't think I've ever seen one but I am thinking Eutypomys. @jpc Sent a pic to Ephraim btw. Pretty pleased with the quality of picture from my phone at 5x. Tooth row is approximately 8mm. Edited December 31, 2022 by ParkerPaleo Added ID info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Have oyu tried Bill Korth? https://naz.academia.edu/BillKorth Ephriam might know as well. I, on the other hand, do not. I have been collecting Korth papers as I run across them but downloading is a long ways from reading and studying and learning. Retirement project. Nice photo by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPaleo Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, jpc said: Have oyu tried Bill Korth? https://naz.academia.edu/BillKorth Ephriam might know as well. I, on the other hand, do not. I have been collecting Korth papers as I run across them but downloading is a long ways from reading and studying and learning. Retirement project. Nice photo by the way. Thanks, I will try to contact him. I too have many papers from Korth. Wood seems to have published quite a fair bit as well. Not enough time in a day to memorize it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPaleo Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 Stopping here for now until I have a positive ID. I do suspect Eutypomys, the skull is beaver-ish. Not too shabby for a couple of afternoons. It could use some beautification on the matrix and a good hour or two of picking individual grains off with a needle but good enough for today! The second tooth row was along the glue seam and I knew some of the teeth there would be 'bad' so I've left it disguised a bit at the moment as well. Work for another day if it becomes publishable/important. Hope you all enjoyed! On to the next project... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPaleo Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 Per Korth. It looks like Prosciurus or Altasciurus (or a close relative). It would be in the family Aplodontidea and in the subfamily Prosciurinae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) Looking good! I think it would be cool to prep such a small skull, but it would also be kind of hard... Cheers and Shalom -Micah Edited January 2, 2023 by fossilhunter21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPaleo Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 22 hours ago, fossilhunter21 said: Looking good! I think it would be cool to prep such a small skull, but it would also be kind of hard... Cheers and Shalom -Micah It takes patience, practice, and the right tools but it's very rewarding in my opinion. Here is an older post I did that has the techniques and tools I use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, ParkerPaleo said: It takes patience, practice, and the right tools but it's very rewarding in my opinion. Yes, it is very rewarding! I am just having some trouble with the patience part... But I think pretty much every paleontologist struggles with it at least a little bit. 10 minutes ago, ParkerPaleo said: Here is an older post I did that has the techniques and tools I use. Thanks! I have actually read it before, but it was nice to look through it again. Cheers and Shalom, -Micah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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