Another Fascinating Week With The Whiteside Museum Of Natural History!

[Guest]

Well... It was another exciting week at the Whiteside Museum! We have been busy, busy, busy! Work on our Eryops jacket "Fred" is underway right smack dab in the middle of the museum for everyone to see. So exciting!

There have been close to 100 Eryops teeth that we have pulled from the Eryops site. Each one has to be cleaned, numbered, and added to collections.

We have been steady digging on our Dimetrodon Mary! The bone count is stellar! More than a dozen complete fin spines, C3 cervical, left and right hips, radius, fibula, left clavicle, three caudals, sacral rib, more than a dozen complete main torso ribs, left and right maxilla, left mandible, and as of this afternoon our director Chris Flis found Mary's beautiful tibia!

Many patient hours are being spent on our Mary... Because the bone is so fragile most of Mary is having to be left in place and will be brought back to the museum in one GIANT jacket. However, there have been a few smaller jackets that we have been able to safely remove and bring back to the lab for prep. The bone is absolutely gorgeous!

Some crazy weather rolled in this week at the museum. Nothing like a snow day this past Monday to help us get caught up a bit on prep work and collections!

I am looking forward to going back next month. I'm so thrilled to be apart of all the incredible research and work that's going on at the Whiteside Museum! Truly fascinating!

Best,

Leigh

Edited February 26, 2015 by Guest

[jpc]

Cool. Nice to see someone adding to Chris' reports. So we can get more and different news from these exciting digs.

[JohnJ]

Thanks for keeping us updated, Leigh.

[Ludwigia]

Thanks for the update, Leigh. Like JP says, it's good to see things there from another perspective. It adds more hues to an already colorful happening.

[Auspex]

There is magic swirling around the Whiteside, and I relish every peek

[thair]

This is real interesting and exciting to see. I have got to drive up there one weekend. Thanks for the post