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Lyme Regis Ichthyosaur


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Hi all,

 

Just thought I'd share my ichthyosaur which I discovered near Lyme Regis in Dorset, UK.

 

Best fossil I've ever found!

 

Cheers,

 

Matt

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Thanks and heck no! It was way too special for me to attempt plus I loathe prepping haha!

 

Cheers,

 

Matt

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Wow! That's a wonderful ichthyosaur :) Congrats on finding it!

-Christian

Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy!

 

Q. Where do dinosaurs study?

A. At Khaan Academy!...

 

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  Holy Cow!!  Very nice!  Im wondering what the size of that thing is?   and I myself would have loved to prep that out!   Hope you have a wall heavy duty enough to hang it on.  :)

  one more thing.  How many pieces did that come out in?

 

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Wow :envy::envy: I am dreaming of finding such a nice piece! Congrats :fistbump:

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Easily one of the best Ichthyosaur I have ever seen!

Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday!

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I'm sorry, but one picture is not enough!  :P  :blink:  :faint:  :o  :envy:  :wub:

This is wonderful. Can we get the story behind the find? 

And more pictures?? 

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Yes, yes! More photos, please!

 

Any photos of it in situ or how it looked before that fabulous prep would be wonderful. We can only dream of such finds here in South Florida. Having just finished reading a book on Mary Anning, I'd love to hear the story of that find.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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Thanks for the kind comments, 

 

This is more of a response than I had expected!

 

It's quite a compact beasty. About 1m long I think but still weighs an absolute ton. It was in a huge block of limestone over a foot thick that took some beating to take down. Shame to have to do it really but a necessary evil and it glued back quite well. The only clue that it was there was a few teeth wearing out the front of the block. The upper front rostrum tip is composite but the rest of the skeleton is completely original.

 

Cheers,

 

Matt

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Amazing find, story, preparation and photos! :)

What a beautiful specimen. :wub:

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Wow.  I'd be happy just to find one nice ichthyosaur vert someday.  

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Grüße,

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"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Wow!!!! That is the most awesome personal find I think I’ve seen on here!! Outstanding. 

More of a response than you expected. I’m surprised more didn’t take note. I certainly missed it at the time of the post. 

Thats a find worthy of starting a fossil addiction or obsession. It only took one ammonite to get me hooked.

 

When did you find it?

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On 27/08/2018 at 11:11 PM, Bobby Rico said:

Absolutely sublime congratulations 

I see what you did there :P whether it was intentional or not

 

That's a dream find right there! I probably walked past it at some point too. Is something as complete as this legal to keep? 

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