DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Okay, so everyone else is doing one it looks like, so I figured I would jump into the fray. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 First up is a Machaeridian from the Rochester Shale that I recently prepped. Specifically, a Lepidocoleus sarlei. Here is the before: Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 After: There's some abrasion marks on the surrounding matrix that I have to even out. I didn't see them until it was photographed. 2 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 One of the many Bellacartwrightia sp. that I have been working on. This is for a client. Before: Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Unfortunately, it turns out that there is no cephalon, and that there are many broken segments in the thorax. Probably not going to ever get prepped past this point. No reason. After: Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 This next one is a work in progress, I've been toying with it in between client projects. This is a complete hind leg from an Oreodont that I got from Kent Sundell which was collected from the White River Badlands. I received this piece farm fresh. (The pieces on the bottom of the photo are the leg, the large block at the top is a second, disarticulated ~50% of an Oreodont that I also received.) Before: Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Here are several portions of the leg in various stages of prep. I decided to remove all of the bones from the matrix and am going to do an articulated mount. This was my first mammal prep, and I decided that since it was a fairly common piece, I would give it a try. I did decide to keep a matrix ball in the foot to hold together all of the little nightmare bones. Prepped and repaired femur. (I am awaiting a different scribe at the end of the month to get the remaining bits out of the nooks and crannies. I didn't want to risk scribe marks.) Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 A neat shot down the pes. It's unfortunate that that was where the break was. I guess it made it easier to see where all the bones were, but it also led to some rather sizeable missing bits in the end result. Plaeo putty here we come! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 The partial pes and the base of the tibia. The fibula is behind it, I haven't decided yet how I want to work that particular association. I may leave the matrix between the two. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 The pes out of the matrix, prior to any repair or consolidation. As you can see it's in rough shape because of that break. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 The upper portion of the tibia, again the fibula is still in the matrix. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 One angle of the pes after basic consolidation, no repairs yet. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Unfortunately those White River fossils are considerably fragile. Always good to have consolidant and glue handy. Looking forward to a pic of the leg mount once you have it together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 More on the Oreodont later. Here's a client job I've been working on for a while in between other jobs, a nice Greenops barberi with some damage, a large semi-prone Eldredgeops rana and a smaller enrolled E. rana. I regrettably didn't take a before photo, so here's a current state photo. 1 Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Two Eldredgeops rana, they are on separate pieces even though it doesn't look like it. The darker of the two is from the Windom, and lighter is from the Wanakah. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Another photo of the Wanakah bug. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Here's a before photo of the darker Windom bug. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 A broken Greenops barberi that a friend asked me to prep for someone. No repairs, just a prep. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Looks like someone took a bite of that last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 minute ago, Malcolmt said: Looks like someone took a bite of that last one Yeah, that's what I thought too, kinda neat. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Here's another client job from Dig with The Experts. This is a rare Pseudodechanella rowi. The glabella and anterior margin are proving to be a bit of a nightmare. I don't know if it has something to do with the prior existence of soft-tissues, but in this area, especially the Bellacartwrightia sp., Greenops barberi, and the P. rowi, all seem to frequently come with massive deposits of pyrite which makes air abrasion less-than-effective. Now I am back to really tiny hand tools as this little fella is only a little over a cm in length. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 For another client, this one is a monster glue job. This large, undulated E. rana came out in two pieces. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 A closeup of the business side. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Both pieces glued back together. Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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