Snen Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Thanks, you were very clear and I appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donckey Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Snen, For me the find of the year! really great Plz watch for safety. And if you want some help digging it out just tell me and I come over to your place. No joke:) Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 It's incredible, way to go, Snen Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snen Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 hello Peter, but of course you can come and give us a hand, we organize in private. All fans of fossils and adventure are welcome to help or visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donckey Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 hello Peter, but of course you can come and give us a hand, we organize in private. All fans of fossils and adventure are welcome to help or visit. Hi Snen, Send you a pm Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snen Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 Hello to all. Here are more photos of the final part of the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Truly amazing! What kind of tools are you using to expose the vertebrae and teeth? Is the fossil layer very hard? I have seen small pieces of matrix with Otodus teeth, and the matrix feels hard like concrete or harder! I don't know how you plan on removing the teeth and vertebrae - in slabs? Be very, very careful, whatever you do. I am also curious above the under ground "cave" you are digging in. Is this a natural cave or man made somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbh Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) AWESOME! Edited May 31, 2013 by gwbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfin1974 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I posted already and i'll say it again crazynesssssssss...II WANT IT MY GOD!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snen Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Hello everyone and thank you for sharing your thoughts. Work is under way because the teeth are also under the vertebrae. For those who do not know how it is done and where it was found Phosphato the Otodus, communicate that it is marine remains. ie sand that was deposited in the sea was in the Ypresian. To search for fossils we use tools such as knives of all sizes to the sand. For the hard parts using different hammers. Snen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Snen, thanks for the additional photos. You've certainly got a sizeable project there. Really interesting to see all of the finds still in the rock matrix and the stages along the way.... Thanks for allowing us to see how its done. Be safe! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snen Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hello everyone, Here almost all the photos of Otodus complete. I thought I was starting to pull away from the teeth making as many blocks with teeth and vertebrae numbered .. Once pulled out of the mines, beginning to pull out to clean the teeth which have remained under the vertebrae. What would you do in my place? Thank you all for visiting Snen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vertman Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Simply a stunning fossil! I think I would be tempted to extract the vertebrae and reassemble them into what looks to be a virtually complete spinal column. I don't know how many complete examples of this species have been reassembled but I think that would be just super cool. Of course vertebrae are my favorite type of fossil so I am pretty biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 You have made an extraordinary find, and its recovery is being made under very difficult conditions! Congratulations, and thank you for 'bringing us along' "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowsharks Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Thank you for sharing your pictures and progress with us. We see so many amazing things on TFF that we can easily take for granted how special some finds are, and this is one of them. It is pretty amazing to see your shark spread out like that with all the teeth and vertebra. I look forward to seeing more pictures as you continue to recover more and eventually extract it from the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snen Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Hello to all, I found this turtle hanging from the ceiling, I thought numbering it and remove all the pieces. You can do differently? For those who want to see the video of the Otodus, can visit my profile https://www.facebook.com/fossil.mosasor/media_set?set=a.152581221589712.1073741837.100005135050088&type=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 The turtle will be a difficult recovery; gravity is working against you, so piece-by-piece seems to be the best way. It may be prudent to shore the ceiling up around it with some heavy-duty timbers... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Wow! I love any thing turtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snen Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Hello, I would say that the phase of the levy is completed perfectly, thanks for the tips. I have taken the simple ones, which were a little scattered. For the rest I made a plaster, and picked up the turtle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 wow. I can honestly say I never thought I'd see a plaster jacket hanging upside down! Great job of recovery, there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snen Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Is there any document where all the wildlife is shown, the Ypresian? The Crocodile is posed for a part on the stone, the other on phosphate. I am compelled to first remove all that is on the stone, with hardening resin (Paraloid B72), then I'll make a plaster to the skull, and other parts that are yet to be discovered in the phosphate at the bottom of the pictures you see after the skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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