LiamL Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 While searching the rocks at lowtide this week, near Whitby I came across this. While most people may dismiss this as a round rock, I have found afew before so recognised it for what it was. A large backbone encased in rock. I took it back home and using my airpen removed the rock from one side of the vert. I have kept the other side and edges with matrix, because I already have afew fully matrix free. This is the largest backbone I have found so far. 7 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, LiamL said: While most people may dismiss this as a round rock The benefits of your hard earned knowledge of this site! Must have been a beast of an ichthyosaur! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Nice one! I certainly wouldn't have recognised it for what it is just judging from the photograph, and I know a lot of other collectors out there would probably not either. Great find! 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 wow, what a big one, great. They really do not come up often..., congrets! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Truly a nice find. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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