jpc Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 I love Anneavis anneae. The author of the paper named it for his wife, not once, but twice; genus and species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, jpc said: I love Anneavis anneae. The author of the paper named it for his wife, nit once, but twice; genus and species. That’s cool! I’m trying to get my hands on the paper so I can compare the measurements of the holotype to this bird. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said: That’s cool! I’m trying to get my hands on the paper so I can compare the measurements of the holotype to this bird. This is a great project. Very interesting. I think this is the paper describing Anneavis if you haven't found it yet. sandcoleidae.pdf Edited December 26, 2022 by connorp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 14 hours ago, connorp said: This is a great project. Very interesting. I think this is the paper describing Anneavis if you haven't found it yet. sandcoleidae.pdf 5.95 MB · 4 downloads Thanks for sharing this reference. This is very helpful. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 On 12/25/2022 at 1:38 PM, Ptychodus04 said: The further along in the prep I get, and the more papers I look at. the more I'm leaning towards Coliiform. It compares very favorably to Anneavis anneae, Long toes, largish talons, short tarsometatarsus, and a distinctly bowed Metacarpal 1 in the carpometacarpus. A. anneae is known from one specimen and the head is missing but this bird's head looks a lot like the only other Coliiform bird from the GRF, Celericolius acriala. If it is A. anneae, that's pretty exciting (not as much as a holotype) as it would be the first paratype for the species. Might be worth reaching out to Jingmai O'Connor at the Field Museum about that; I know she's working a big project right now revising the Green River avifauna. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Regardless, gorgeous bird, very nice prep work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 16 hours ago, jdp said: Might be worth reaching out to Jingmai O'Connor at the Field Museum about that; I know she's working a big project right now revising the Green River avifauna. My client had been in contact with Lance Grande. He’s the one who suggested we look at Coliiformes. Here’s a current status pic. I’m at 95 hours as of yesterday. The tracheal ring sitting on the left wing popped off with a bit of matrix while I was prepping around it yesterday. Thankfully, I was able to recover the piece. I’ll prep it separately since I have bits of bone on the opposing pieces from the split that will go to whatever museum gets the specimen. 2 4 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 I’ve made quite a bit of progress on the bird prep since the last update. The rib on the far left of the photo and several of the tracheal rings popped as I was making a pedestal for them so, they got set to the side to go with the extra bits. Feathers are coming out nicely but the matrix gets really sticky in places. This makes further prep of such thin features relatively impossible. I pushed some abrasive at 2 psi and this barely took off the matrix but still damaged the feathers. Any lower and the abrasive doesn’t have enough percussive force to remove the matrix. I’m just under 140 hours into this beast with at least 100 hours to go. Doesn’t look like I’ll be getting this finished before the Tucson show at the end of the month unless I get a break and find some areas that prep faster. 1 11 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 140 hrs with 100 more to go! Thats some real dedication! It's really looking like a bird now and cant wait to see it all finished up. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Looking really good, Kris! It is looking more and more like a bird. Cheers and Shalom, -Micah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 6 hours ago, RJB said: 140 hrs with 100 more to go! Thats some real dedication! It's really looking like a bird now and cant wait to see it all finished up. RB It’s definitely a slow one! Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 what an awesome feather to add to your (already very feathery) cap of cool specimens you've been involved with 1 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 The left side wing is really taking shape. Feathers on the body are seeming to be pretty non-existent. My current theory is that the bird putrified and the body popped. This would explain the patchy feathers on the body area in multiple layers and the massive shifting of ribs and tracheal rings across the left side of the specimen. 5 6 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 Slowly but surely, I’m finding more and more feathers on this beast. The real struggle is the sticky matrix right on top of them! I have to try to get a larger section opened up and the get it to pop. The risk here is that the feathers can pop with the matrix! Not a low stress endeavor. 11 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 very nice. Even has tracheal rings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 7 hours ago, jpc said: very nice. Even has tracheal rings! Those things have been a pain. I tried to keep them in place on the wings and the pedestals keep popping off. I have half a dozen off to the side. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 Prep continues at an excruciatingly slow pace. I spent around 10 hours detailing the feet recently. They came out really well. 14 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Luverly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Incredible! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 You sure are making your daily bread with this project Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Meads Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Wow those talons look amazing. Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 I haven't been too active on TFF for a bit, but I've seen this specimen's progress through Instagram, it's a really amazing fossil and the prep work is incredibly skillful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Feet are gorgeous! Some really nice work Kris. I dont envy you with fighting the feathers though. RB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Ludwigia said: You sure are making your daily bread with this project Yah, and it’s eating my lunch at the same time! 3 hours ago, RJB said: Feet are gorgeous! Some really nice work Kris. I dont envy you with fighting the feathers though. RB They are the hardest thing I’ve ever prepped. The matrix got really sticky on the left side. I’m going to have a hard time making that wing look even. 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 20 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said: The matrix got really sticky on the left side. I’m going to have a hard time making that wing look even. Black marker pen. and a hardy har har. Actually, I know a guy who has used a black marker to color a part of a fossil. No, not me. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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