DE&i Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) This is a follow up to the First day back at the museum topic I created , I thought you’d like to see how my work in progress is going with this particular box that I’ve been allocated for repackaging. This is the inferior Oolite box titled Jurassic 7 I’ve been working from of which I’ve managed to repackage into soft foam another four specimens this morning. 1 Ammonite (Emileia brochii) from the Inferior Oolite from the P.J.Phillips collection. 2 Ammonite ( Lioceras concavum) from the Inferior Oolite from the P.J. Phillips collection. 3 Ammonite (Ludwigia murchisoni) from the Jurassic Inferior Oolite from the P.J. Phillips collection. 4 Ammonite (Zugophorites zugophorus) from the Jurassic Inferior Oolite. p.s. Would anyone have any literature on Mr P.J. Phillips Please? Regards, Darren. Edited March 11, 2014 by DarrenElliot Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) I wonder if it is this P.J.Phillips : Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT : 1873 - 1927) A Fossil Crocodile. Loitering with intent to avoid antiquarians :s the charge levelled against a crocodile at Peterborough, England. Ho has been brought to light in the Oxford clay of the backyards, and on the authority of the experts has been lying low For two million years or so, Mr. P. J. Phillips, a well-known local geologist, has just dug up the fossilised skeleton (writes the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent). The bones which have been, pieced together show that the crocodile was "well over 16 ft. loner. The remains are identical with those of the modern reptile... Edited February 16, 2014 by xonenine "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 I wonder if it is this P.J.Phillips : Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT : 1873 - 1927) A Fossil Crocodile. Loitering with intent to avoid antiquarians :s the charge levelled against a crocodile at Peterborough, England. Ho has been brought to light in the Oxford clay of the backyards, and on the authority of the experts has been lying low For two million years or so, Mr. P. J. Phillips, a well-known local geologist, has just dug up the fossilised skeleton (writes the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent). The bones which have been, pieced together show that the crocodile was "well over 16 ft. loner. The remains are identical with those of the modern reptile... Thanks for the heads up this mysterious gentlemen is starting to come alive. I've just sourced this link http://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=390120&index=18&total=1000&view=viewSearchItem of which is very interesting. Thank you for your link I've just added it to my archive folder. Regards, Darren. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 This was the last Ammonite I needed to rehouse from this particular box; the description of it is very brief. It was last catalogued in 1976 with the description ( A.discoides , Jurassic , inferior oolite ) . Would anyone know if it’s been revised since then? Regards, Darren. p.s. My next box will be Silurian corals . Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 p.s. My next box will be Silurian corals . From the Wenlock Series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 From the Wenlock Series? It could well be..but i cant be %100 sure. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I'm envious, at the moment all I get is mystery boxes from the basement. Got one last week labelled bore samples, the week before was all brickearth samples. All were carefully catalogued, repackaged and replaced in the depot where they will slowly rot until someone else gets them out in another hundred years. I've been promised a box from the Victorian cabinet of curiosities next week, although the last one of those I got turned out to be Roman concrete and plaster wrongly labelled. I keep thinking of donating a box of something to the museum just to give myself something decent to catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Hi Taogan, The Bexley Museum sounds a very interesting place to visit ill pop in next time im down your way.As im sure your well aware that working at a museum in Peterborough there is quite a few Roman artefacts... Perhaps we could excghange places for the day. Regards, Darren. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 I managed a few more hours on my Oolite box for completion today, coupled with copious amounts of enjoyable conversation with fellow museum volunteers. I wonder what box awaits me next! Here are the last two trays I worked on. And my now finished box. Regards, Darren. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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