JohnJ Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 The Winner of the February 2011 Vertebrate Find Of The Month are the Mosasaurus sp. associated mosasaur rear limb bones from the Upper Cretaceous Ozan Formation in TX, USA! Congratulations to Barry (Creekcrawler) on Texas-sized kudos from the members for his well-timed find! A big thanks to everyone else that shared your finds and knowledge. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Well done. Congratulations. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Well done, it's a very nice specimen. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 :bow: :Thumbs Up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Wow! First I would like to thank the Academy Also, I would like to thank my supporting cast and crew members. Tera"Barefootgirl", Dave Bowen, and Bobby "Fossiliferous Bob" And I can't forget John"JohnJ" who is always there fielding my questions, of which there are many... Music starts..... Holds award high in hands and says,"Thank you everyone" and proclaims!! "Boy am I gonna drink at the afterparty" Now the big question is ???? How to articulate the disarticulation... Any suggestions for mounting this specimen ???? I would like to mount the partial paddle on a plaque to hang on the wall. thanks again everyone B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Congrats Barry, that is an awsome find. You can go to Oceans of Kansas, they have many articulated Mos. paddles illustrated to get the correct assembly. Nice find--Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Congrats Barry, that is an awsome find. You can go to Oceans of Kansas, they have many articulated Mos. paddles illustrated to get the correct assembly. Nice find--Tom Thanks Tom , I have the correct assembly. I was looking for suggestions on how to mount the item for dislpay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Congrats, Barry, your fossil is a first class fossil Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Well worth the prize. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Magnificent Mosasaurus !!! :bow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchtrilobite Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Well done ! nice ! My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alopias Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 congratulations Barry nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Congratulations, Barry... Wish I had a suggestion on how to mount but have never done that Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Well, lemme see...the last time I mounted a Mosasaur paddle I....oh, wait, that wasn't me; never mind. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diplotomodon Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Congrats! I voted for it What a wonderful menagerie! Who would believe that such as register lay buried in the strata? To open the leaves, to unroll the papyrus, has been an intensely interesting though difficult work, having all the excitement and marvelous development of a romance. And yet the volume is only partly read. Many a new page I fancy will yet be opened. -- Edward Hitchcock, 1858 Formerly known on the forum as Crimsonraptor @Diplotomodon on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Congrats... great find. I've seen some nice mounts done in deep Riker Mounts. Ever think of doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 gratuliere, meester the poor mosasaur has served it's purpose - you should take it back to where you found it and roll it gently back into the water... no wait! i gots an idea! ok, first, just decide that the flipper is from a um, dang, what are those called...OH, globidens mosasaur, ok?! now, go to the duck creek, wherever that is, and get a big honking ammonite. big one. not some lowly mortoniceras or sompin, but one of those honking big eopachydiscussalonian. ok, now, hollow out an area in that fossil, and mount teh flipper parts inside that, and hang it on a wall. ok, this part here is very important - pick a really strong wall. waaaaa-LAH! justice is served! finally an ammonite gets to have a mosasaur in his belleh instead of teh opsit. and yes to all teh smarty pantses who are wondring did i know there was like thritty million years diffrence between teh two critters. but there's a rule that says once hanging on teh wall is complentated, den artistic license kicks in and reality doesn't madder. specially reality that's been dead longer than everbrody's grancestors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Well done! It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 :jig: WoooHooo! Way to go Barry! In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Congratulations Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 First let me congratulate you on a much deserved win.Now for a how to suggestion. Get a rikermount for it,some styrafoam,and some velvet the color you choose,but best shows off the fossil.Cut the styrafoam the size of your riker mount.Lay outthr paddle on it and dig the shape into the foam.When it is complete go to step 2. Take the felt and stretch it over the foam,securing it on the bottom,flip it back over.Get a razor.From the center of each void,cut a cross working from the center outward not going completely to the edge.Place the fossils in place,adjusting the felt as you go.Place the foam in the bottom.Place a tag, etc with the info on it with glue. Get a good picture hanging kit to fix it for hanging. Hope this helps. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fossilzone Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Well done. Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thanks JPC and Bear-Dog for the great suggestions... Now to get off my lazy butt and Git-R- Done ????? Thanks again !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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