Manticocerasman Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Last wekend Natalie and I had a quick little field trip to my favorite quarry in southern Belgium. The prospecting was done in the rain, but it cleaned of the dust of the sree piles, so we did find some decent stuf. Most of it were goniatites, but Natalie also found a nice orthocone and we did find quite a few placoderm remains. Natalie found this nice loose Manticoceras, just a little chemical preparation and the air scribe to clear out the center: The orthocone she found, after the prepp: One of the Manticoceras I found was a lot harder to prep: a fragment of a median dorsal plate from a large arthrodire placoderm: And a little nodule with a very well preserved bone fragment, It turned out to be the posterior part of an infragnathal 18 Link to post Share on other sites
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Awesome finds, Kevin! You guys have a great eye for these fossils, as when I look at their raw appearance, I often wouldn't recognise their result following prep! Thanks for sharing this with us! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Thanks for the photos. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Misha Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Always love seeing your late Devonian Belgian fossils, they're all so cool! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Lovely stuff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
traveltip1 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Nice stuff. What's the chemical prep procedure on the Manticoceras pls? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Manticocerasman Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 15 hours ago, traveltip1 said: Nice stuff. What's the chemical prep procedure on the Manticoceras pls? I used potassium hydroxyde. Link to post Share on other sites
veenasaur Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Lovely specimens. Very well prepped and preserved. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jdp Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 That Dunk jaw is impressive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Great finds, Kevin and Natalie! Thanks for sharing these wonderful finds! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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