Tidgy's Dad Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Nice. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46762410 12 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLifeLine Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 This is a interesting article I came across today. A new analysis of a nearly 200-million-year-old skull has surprised scientists, but not merely because the skull was enormous — nearly 3 feet (1 meter) long — or because it was exquisitely preserved and not squashed, like many other Jurassic-period fossils are. Remarkably, the skull is three-dimensionally preserved and contains bones that are rarely exposed. Using cutting-edge CT scanning technology, the team o scientist have been able to digitally recreate the entire skull in 3D. More information: Here 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Very nice skull! -Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Topics merged. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinoguy89 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 07/01/2019 at 7:22 PM, Tidgy's Dad said: Nice. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46762410 Thanks Tidgy's dad, interesting article, living not far from Lyme Regis I've encountered these creatures on the Jurassic coast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 13 minutes ago, Dinoguy89 said: Thanks Tidgy's dad, interesting article, living not far from Lyme Regis I've encountered these creatures on the Jurassic coast. Yes, I'm from the South West of England and also spent a lot of time frolicking with the ichthyosaurs on the North Somerset and South Dorset coasts. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinoguy89 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just now, Tidgy's Dad said: Yes, I'm from the South West of England and also spent a lot of time frolicking with the ichthyosaurs on the North Somerset and South Dorset coasts. It really is beautiful down here isn't it, I can't get enough of Lyme and Charmouth. Have you found much over the years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dinoguy89 said: It really is beautiful down here isn't it, I can't get enough of Lyme and Charmouth. Have you found much over the years? Well, haven't been collecting there for 25 years or more, but I found a fair amount of good stuff back in the day, yes. Lots of ribs, verts including a really huge one, one of the biggest i've ever seen, a rostrum with teeth in place, just one plesiosaur vert though, but with neural arch. Shed loads of ammonite, crionids, and so on. Most of it sold now, I'm sorry to say. Or died of pyrites disease in the case of a lot of ammonites. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinoguy89 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Well, haven't been collecting there for 25 years or more, but I found a fair amount of good stuff back in the day, yes. Lots of ribs, verts including a really huge one, one of the biggest i've ever seen, a rostrum with teeth in place, just one plesiosaur vert though, but with neural arch. Shed loads of ammonite, crionids, and so on. Most of it sold now, I'm sorry to say. Or died of pyrites disease in the case of a lot of ammonites. Sounds great, what I wouldn't give to go back there 20 years ago. It's sad to say but it's too busy there now, it's like it all year round. I've found that it's getting toughest to find things. Don't get me wrong I think everyone should be able to take home a little piece of the Jurassic Coast but I see some of these fossil hunters who do it everyday, I sometimes think to myself who needs hundreds of calcite ammonite haha maybe that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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