Ptychodus04 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) Hi All, I finally got some more photos of the Pentanogmius on my brand new web page. Here's the address: http://texasfossils.webs.com/ Scroll down the home page and click the Pentanogmius link on the left. Cheers, Kris Edited January 25, 2011 by Ptychodus04 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...
piranha Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks for the great follow up Kris. 110 hours of prep for a priceless fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneman007 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Always Nice to see a beautiful plethodid fish. Especially from Texas! I have a number of specimens from Kansas (only one complete fish,tho), but never even found a vertebra in Texas! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Wow! A very nice fish and a great series of photos. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhk Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Amazing work. This is a great series of pics on a world class find and prep. Thank you for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 What a find, Kris! Congratulations to you and your friends. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Nice. Looking at all the pics of collecting that beast makes my muscles sore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Nice. Looking at all the pics of collecting that beast makes my muscles sore. I'm glad the photos portray reality! By day 4 (technically day 4. In reality, it was just a continuation of day 3), we were so tired that we just plopped our heads down in the mud and could barely swing the hammers. I have never been so sore. If you look at the photo that shows the hole with the fish finally out, you will see a slab of rock that is roughly 3'x2' and almost 6" thick leaning up against the side of the hole. That big chunk fell off the bottom of the jacketd slab and landed right on my left shin as we were flipping the jacket. I actually got a small fracture from it that took about almost a year to finally heal up... I probably should have gone to the doctor for that one! All for the love of old dead things. I'd do it again given the chance!! 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...
Xiphactinus Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Bravo!!! Believe me, I know what you went through on that. Just a wonderful, wonderful fish. Great job with the prep!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Comic Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Holy snarge. That thing would look great in any museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ynpigo Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Impressive! I need to find one of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 I realized that I never put up pics of the Pentanogmius when the display at the Perot Museum was finally finished. I guess I have no excuse because I fell off the face of the Earth for a couple of years! So, much belated... Here are a couple pics. My only gripe (and it's a big one) is that the company that built the mount applied some kind of stabilizer to the entire slab. I don't know what it was, but it turned the whole thing gray. It didn't change the look of the shale (it was gray already) but it totally changed the bones from the beautiful chocolate brown color that they were... bye bye contrast. Oh well, at least more than 1,000,000 have seen 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...
Xiphactinus Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Could that be a cast that they have on display, since the color all changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Share Posted September 18, 2014 According to Drs. Ron Tycoski and Tony Fiorillo, it's the real deal. I saw photos of the mount as it was being built and Ron mentioned that they company was going to apply some consolidant to stabilize the shale as it was very brittle. I did the prep and we donated the specimen still in field jackets so it wouldn't fall apart. 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...
Ludwigia Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Well, I'm glad you fell back again to show us this. That's a real pity that the original color is gone, but it's still very impressive. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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