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Complete Ichtyosaurus from Holzmaden


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Hi,

 

I would like present my last preparation and my biggest project : A complet Stenopterygius from Holzmaden.

 

Step one: Transport from Germany (~300Kg)

 

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Step 2: Unprepared skeleton (Plate length: 3m)

 

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Step 3: Mecanic preparation for approaching bones

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Step 4: Sandblasting (very hot and very long ^^)

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Step 5: Airscribe -> sandblasting -> airscribe...

 

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The airscribe tree :P

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Step 6 : Before to glued the plates

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Step 7: During the gluing

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Step 8: During the disking

 

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After and result :)

This Ichtyosaurus present one pathology, he have 6 fingers and normally this specie have 5... 

Work time : 150h (for two-tree guys).

 

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Hats off to you and your mates! Great job and fantastic result! Did you find that in the pit directly opposite the museum?

 

Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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Stunning!

Nothing less than pure artistry! :wub: 

Thank you, for showing us.

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Stunning display!

Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

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Holy mother of fossil prep!!!  Thats just soooooooo cool it hurts!!!   Absolutley love seeing all the steps in prepping this from start to finish.  You guys did a fantastic job.   Only wish I could hang that in my living room.

 

RB

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Hi,

 

Thank you so much for your comments ;)

 

2 hours ago, RJB said:

Holy mother of fossil prep!!!  Thats just soooooooo cool it hurts!!!   Absolutley love seeing all the steps in prepping this from start to finish.  You guys did a fantastic job.   Only wish I could hang that in my living room.

 

RB

 

You can ! It's available to trade too, contact me by mp :) 

 

It's not a personal find and he don't came from the pit in front of museum. By the way, the Hauff museum must be visited ! Some of exquisit specimen from Hauff Museum !

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What an amazing prep, it really is outstanding. I want it, my favourite beast is the ichthyosaur. It is great to see the step by step prep process. Please keep posting your preps, it's very educational 

 

Looking forward to to the next one!

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The prep is exquisite bringing to light an ichthyosaur skeleton that was captured by sediment just before it completely disarticulated.  It's a miracle of nature perhaps more so than if every bone was still in place.  

 

I hope to visit the Hauff Museum someday.  I have "Das Holzmadenbuch," an early 80's guide to the great variety of fossils that have been found at Holzmaden.

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On 19/05/2017 at 10:47 PM, siteseer said:

The prep is exquisite bringing to light an ichthyosaur skeleton that was captured by sediment just before it completely disarticulated.  It's a miracle of nature perhaps more so than if every bone was still in place.  

 

I hope to visit the Hauff Museum someday.  I have "Das Holzmadenbuch," an early 80's guide to the great variety of fossils that have been found at Holzmaden.

 

Yes, it's a good observation, that is mentionned in "Martill, D. M. (1993). Soupy substrates: a medium for the exceptional preservation of ichthyosaurs of the Posidonia Shale (Lower Jurassic) of Germany. Kaupia, 2, 77-97" and that explain what right paddles are in anatomic position and left paddles are desarticuled.

 

3D rebuilding is better but involves restoration...

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Yes of course and it's hard on holzmaden fossils because all bones are usually compressed. 

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