Xiphactinus Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) On my wife and my epic fossil trip this fall we spent a day in Nebraska in the White River badlands. Found some of the normal stuff...nothing spectacular but neat for us as we had this as a "bucket list" locality. One of our best finds was an oreodont skull. I found the nose at the bottom of a gully, and worked my way up until I found the outline of the broken bone. I dug out a volleyball-size chunk of rock and brought it home. Just finished prepping it out. It needs some reconstruction of areas around the snout that were weathered away, but all in all I am pleased with how it came out. At camp with a little rough prep to see what we had. Top view while at camp. Packed it away at this point. Underside after reattaching the muzzle. Edited February 8, 2019 by Xiphactinus add photo captions. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Love it! Good prep and fantastic find. How rare are these to find there? 1 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Great find and nice prep job. It looks great. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 16 minutes ago, LiamL said: Love it! Good prep and fantastic find. How rare are these to find there? Thanks for the kind words. They are pretty common. You more often find bits and pieces, but complete skulls aren't rare. But for me, it's my one and only! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReptileTooth Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Nice find and even better prep! 1 "The baneful Dragons, O Seas, are gone: Fiends, 0 Earth, have filled thee with the bones of Defeat and Death." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Very cool. Nice work, X-man. These skulls are really interesting looking to me. You got a pretty nice one, at least. Thanks for showing us. 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...
ynot Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Congrats on the find! Nice prep too. 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...
Thecosmilia Trichitoma Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Nice find! It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt -Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 very cool, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimTexan Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Very cool find and nice work. Looks good. have you ever used Apoxie Sculpt? It is so easy to work with. It comes in different colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Do you have to get permission to hunt the Nebraska badlands? Just wondering should I plan a trip westwards someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 3 hours ago, KimTexan said: Very cool find and nice work. Looks good. have you ever used Apoxie Sculpt? It is so easy to work with. It comes in different colors. That’s what I plan on using! Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Al Tahan said: Do you have to get permission to hunt the Nebraska badlands? Just wondering should I plan a trip westwards someday Yes, you have to hunt on private property with permission. There are some ranches in the area where you can pay a daily fee to collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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