Metacoceras sp.

Will you prep this any further? As there is more hidden under the rock,  looks like the end of the coil where the arrow is

On 3/17/2024 at 5:24 AM, Brian James Maguire said:

Will you prep this any further? As there is more hidden under the rock,  looks like the end of the coil where the arrow is

Yes I had to fracture the LS rock as it was over 50+ lbs and had to break it so I could take it to my car, it unfortunately broke into a few pieces but did reveal the rest of the fossil. I did not see the plane of weakness visible in the original image while out in the field. I will glue the pieces back togeather at another time. The break was very unfortunate so I did not want to post it as an example on my album until I re-glue it all back togeather and wash the specimen. This was partially out of shame of the bad split. 

Here is the post split image, some of the septa fell out but was recovered and put into a plastic bag so I can reglue later. Once again sorry for the unfortunate split. 

2 hours ago, Samurai said:

Yes I had to fracture the LS rock as it was over 50+ lbs and had to break it so I could take it to my car, it unfortunately broke into a few pieces but did reveal the rest of the fossil. I did not see the plane of weakness visible in the original image while out in the field. I will glue the pieces back togeather at another time. The break was very unfortunate so I did not want to post it as an example on my album until I re-glue it all back togeather and wash the specimen. This was partially out of shame of the bad split. 

 

Here is the post split image, some of the septa fell out but was recovered and put into a plastic bag so I can reglue later. Once again sorry for the unfortunate split. 

 

 

When its glued it will be as good as new, its going to be a nice one when prepped out