Troodon Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 The discovery of the Tyrannosaurus rex led by a team from the Burke Museum made news last year. I've attached some photos of the preparation of the skull provide by the Burke Museum to show their progress with this dinosaur They have named this animal "Tufts-Love Rex" after Jason Love and Luke Tufts, the two volunteers who discovered it. Lower Jaw is exposed from its tomb. What a beautiful set of chompers The Skull is next. Maxilla More will follow as work continues..... @Pagurus 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Wow that is the definition of the sublime. Amazing prep work . Thank you . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 That would be the cherry on top of my preparation sundae! 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...
fossisle Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 WOW Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Simply Amazing! Thanks for sharing these. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Wow, what a find. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Wow. It looks remarkably inflated. Magnificent find. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Nice - thanks for sharing this. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Holy cow!!! What else can one say!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Jeezum Crow that’s amazing! Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Magnificent! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smt126 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 What an amazing preservation and prep job going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabfossilsteve Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Where was that guy found? Sure looks like the matrix is soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 That’s so cool! Does it have a name yet (other than catalog number)? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 1 hour ago, crabfossilsteve said: Where was that guy found? Sure looks like the matrix is soft. It was a Montana find and the Sandy matrix contributes to the great preservation and makes prepping much easier. 7 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: That’s so cool! Does it have a name yet (other than catalog number)? I think they are calling it Tufts-Love Rex after Jason Love and Luke Tufts, the two volunteers who discovered it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Beautiful preservation. Great prep job as well. It looks like very similar sediment and preservation as the T. rex Trix. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, LordTrilobite said: Beautiful preservation. Great prep job as well. It looks like very similar sediment and preservation as the T. rex Trix. If you are lucky enough to have you specimen in this sandy sediment the preservation is usually super and another example is the Nanotyrannus of the Dueling Dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 15 minutes ago, Troodon said: If you are lucky enough to have you specimen in this sandy sediment the preservation is usually super and another example is the Nanotyrannus of the Dueling Dinosaurs. The Duelling Dinosaurs actually came from the same area as Trix, so yeah, makes sense that they'd have similar preservation. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Amazing! It’s a beautiful specimen. The preservation is outstanding, especially it’s survivng googly eye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Wow. What an amazing specimen, and how fun would it be to be able to work on that!!!! Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 This is what you get to do when you're a professional paleontologist Especially great since the skull looks very complete in its exposed side. If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 12/23/2017 at 11:13 AM, Troodon said: I think they are calling it Tufts-Love Rex after Jason Love and Luke Tufts, the two volunteers who discovered it. I can see the name light heartedly morphing to Tuf-Love amongst the preparators after a few hundred hours on 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...
LordTrilobite Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Found some nice videos of on the discovery of this specimen. 8 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 12/26/2017 at 5:57 AM, LordTrilobite said: The Duelling Dinosaurs actually came from the same area as Trix, so yeah, makes sense that they'd have similar preservation. Actually, this is not true. The sediments in the Lance and Hell Creek are very locally variable, so bones form a site that is 'near' the dueling dinos does not at all by default have the same preservation. On the other hand, when the bones are found in sandstone channels, they do tend to be very well preserved. You can have beautifully preserved bones in sandstone and 10 meters away, much more flaky bones in shale. Also, it is common to have iron concretions sitting on the bone in these sandstones that just ruin the otherwise beautiful bones. Thanks for posting these, troodon. It is an amazing specimen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 That matrix is a prep dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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