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The thread is as up to date as I know.  It tells you what they found and what they are planning to do.  You can get on the Burke Museum web page if your interested.

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1 hour ago, Troodon said:

The thread is as up to date as I know.  It tells you what they found and what they are planning to do.  You can get on the Burke Museum web page if your interested.

Have a look at this web site.  Looks like they had volunteers last summer, but as troodon suggests, contact the Burke Museum.  

 

I am very jealous of their T rex rotisserie In the pix it is the thing with big red wheels).  THAT is a nice piece of equipment.  

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2 hours ago, Troodon said:

The thread is as up to date as I know.  It tells you what they found and what they are planning to do.  You can get on the Burke Museum web page if your interested.

Thank you Troodon, i will do like that !

 Not even heard about that find, need to update my pal-lit biblio and online-channels...

 

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1 hour ago, jpc said:

Have a look at this web site.  Looks like they had volunteers last summer, but as troodon suggests, contact the Burke Museum.  

 

I am very jealous of their T rex rotisserie In the pix it is the thing with big red wheels).  THAT is a nice piece of equipment.  

Looked: http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/vertebrate-paleontology . Great stuff...! :popcorn::drool:

Concerning T rex rotisserie: a pragmatic way in the country of barbecue... ! ;)

 

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Another Tufts-Love bone jacket was just opened. This one contains the surangular (and some other jaw parts?) with a nice belly rib and another rib. From the neck up, this rex is going to be pretty complete.

 

 

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For those of you not familiar with skull elements I've noted the surangular in the sketch 

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Humerus has been prepped and came out in fantastic shape.   A very rare rex bone not many have been found

 

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7 minutes ago, jpc said:

Did they collect it with expanding foam?  

I dont believe they did.  Are you referring to that blob on the jaw?

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1 hour ago, Troodon said:

I dont believe they did.  Are you referring to that blob on the jaw?

Yeah, and the background in the jacket with the surangular.  

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33 minutes ago, jpc said:

Yeah, and the background in the jacket with the surangular.  

Looking at that jacket I think you're spot on.   Is that a common process have not seen it used before.

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We have done it in the past.  We don't do it now, because we have run out of foam...  : )  That's to say, not so much in the field, but in the lab we will prep a jacket from one side and, especially if the bones are complex, re-jacket the prepped side, then flip it over and prep the bottom.  Mostly we re-jacket with plaster and burlap, but foam works too... quicker and lighter and a whole lot more expensive.   Can't say how common it is.  

 

I emailed my friend who is working on it and she will let us know.  

 

 

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Jason Love posted that the skull has lumpy bone on its maxilla, likely representing a response to injury. Rexin' wasn't easy.

 

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Oh. My. Gosh.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!

Viola is going to freak out when I show her this thread!!!

Thanks for all of the information - I will definitely keep watching this thread for updates...

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This thread gets better and better. I am going to put Seattle on my list of places to visit . The video of the tooth been prepped was sublime. Thanks Frank and everyone who added it this wonderful post. 

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Pictures posted by paleontologist David Evans from his recent visit to the museum.  Never get tired looking at this skull.

 

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19 hours ago, Troodon said:

Pictures posted by paleontologist David Evans from his recent visit to the museum.  Never get tired looking at this skull.

 

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18 hours ago, TyBoy said:

What a beautiful skull.  You can really can see the different elements that make up a skull.

I’m impressed.  Even the eyes have been preserved in this fossil!

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3 hours ago, Sagebrush Steve said:

 

 

I’m impressed.  Even the eyes have been preserved in this fossil!

Haha the googly eyes adds some humour to the photos.

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28 minutes ago, Jaimin013 said:

Haha the googly eyes adds some humour to the photos.

 

3 hours ago, Sagebrush Steve said:

 

 

I’m impressed.  Even the eyes have been preserved in this fossil!

Hey Sagebrush Steve is spot on, this is a very special skull will outstanding preservation :trex:

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