LiamL Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 (edited) So I thought I would share my recent and dream fossil find. Mark Kemp prepared my precious find for me. When I found it on the beach the skull had a big blob on the top. For some reason the nodule had been formed in this shape, possibly preserving it well? Anyway, here it was as I found it. A nice heavy lump to carry back. I could see the front of the rostum (Jaw, and back of the skull poking out of the rock) After preparation Thank you Edited June 6, 2023 by LiamL 1 36 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 (edited) Beautiful skull! I'm jealous! The ammonites are a nice bonus too! Edited June 6, 2023 by Randyw 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Wowie zowie!!! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 WOW!!!! That is a BEAUTIFUL skull!!!! Congrats on a great find! Cheers and Shalom -Micah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 incredible find, wow. Contrets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Amazing find, Liam! Astounding preservation, and those ammonites make it extra valuable in term of biostratigraphic dating! Congratulations! 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...
jpc Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 What an epic find and prep! Congrats! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Spectacular find. And with ammonites and bivalve shells! The prep was magnificent. An awesome specimen. Thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Cool combo! 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...
Nimravis Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Great find and I love the prep job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Great find. MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Hi, It’s incredible that there was all this in this piece of rock ! What a glance and what a work of preparation ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Wow! Well done to recognize that in the field! Did you know what it was when you found it? Love seeing good news stories like this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 There's something ya dont see everyday! Super find! Love all the other ancient see life with it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector9658 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted June 7, 2023 Author Share Posted June 7, 2023 11 hours ago, Doctor Mud said: Wow! Well done to recognize that in the field! Did you know what it was when you found it? Love seeing good news stories like this. When I found it I saw the rostrum (Jaw) cross section. I thought it was an ichthyosaur skull, but asking some people they correctly predicted crocodile which is even better Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 3 hours ago, LiamL said: When I found it I saw the rostrum (Jaw) cross section. I thought it was an ichthyosaur skull, but asking some people they correctly predicted crocodile which is even better Do you have a photograph of the cross-section? Would be interesting to see how you could recognise something like this in the field. Because I, too, am impressed from the photographs I've seen... 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...
patelinho7 Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Oh wow! What a spectacular snapshot of ancient life… or perhaps death… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 20 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Do you have a photograph of the cross-section? Would be interesting to see how you could recognise something like this in the field. Because I, too, am impressed from the photographs I've seen... Yes I do. Here it is. 1 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 39 minutes ago, LiamL said: Yes I do. Here it is. Thanks! That's an interesting cross-section, and indeed looks a lot like a jaw...! I'll have to keep an eye out for those patterns on my next hunt 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...
LiamL Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Thanks! That's an interesting cross-section, and indeed looks a lot like a jaw...! I'll have to keep an eye out for those patterns on my next hunt I'm not sure if I have the upper and lower section of the jaw here? Any ideas? Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 11 minutes ago, LiamL said: I'm not sure if I have the upper and lower section of the jaw here? Any ideas? This looks like just the upper section to me. To me, it seems like you're holding the skull upside-down in the photograph, with the dent at the top of the bone probably being something like the vomer (an anterior palatal bone on the inside of the skull between the maxillae). That means that I'd expect another similar shape for the bottom part of the jaw. '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...
caterpillar Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 11 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: This looks like just the upper section to me I agree http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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