Dave pom Allen Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) Heres a couple of New Zealand Miocene seal jaws i have found and prepared over the last month plus an upper that i am still in the process of working from that beach near here in Taradise just thought i would share these and would like to hear your comments Edited September 22, 2012 by Dave pom Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 That seal has my approval. Very nice pieces. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Stunners! Has Bobby been to see you yet? This ought to do it... "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...
Fossildude19 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Wow! Dave, I'm always amazed by your finds. Fantastic, as usual. Thanks for posting them. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgrilusHunter Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I find it highly unfair that in New Zealand you can both find fossils like these lying on the beaches and hike some of the most spectacular mountains in the world. Spectacular finds! Thanks for letting us see 'em. "They ... savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things." -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I find it highly unfair that in New Zealand you can both find fossils like these lying on the beaches and hike some of the most spectacular mountains in the world. Spectacular finds! Thanks for letting us see 'em. and be an extra in a Lord of the Rings movie! Very nice fossils, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 Stunners! Has Bobby been to see you yet? This ought to do it... not yet but i do hope he calls in this way as i have hundreds of marine mammal fossils that i am sure he would find interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Great finds as usual and excellent prep!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Spectacular, Dave! You find the coolest stuff, and your prepwork is outstanding. Congratulations, and thank you for sharing! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moahunt1 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 These are neat...... Im going to have to come up and have a fossick with you when I get less poor!!!!!! I like how you have worked them...... Hunted for fossils in:UK - Lyme Regis, Charmouth, The Thames and Hampshire (two trips) Egypt - Desert somewhere near Giza - Nummalites and petrified wood Australia - Lightening Ridge opal fields - opalised things!!!!USA - Florida- Gainesville creeks and Diving in the Santa Fe river Meg teeth and 10 000 year old mammalsNew Zealand- Around 30 sites visited and collected from. Including Chatham Islands. and now Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Wow, those are pretty fantastic - they're not immediately reflective of modern antarctic phocid seals (the only seals in this part of the world today) and appear to be something else entirely. The new zealand fossil pinniped record is really poorly known, and it would be great to see these. Will these be part of the donation to Te Papa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Wow, those are pretty fantastic - they're not immediately reflective of modern antarctic phocid seals (the only seals in this part of the world today) and appear to be something else entirely. The new zealand fossil pinniped record is really poorly known, and it would be great to see these. Will these be part of the donation to Te Papa? Hi Bobby, I have compared these to phocid seas that i have been able to get my hands on and they are completely different the jaw shape and teeth of the two bottom jaws and the nasal section is longer and a lot broader from the skull frontal section, and the skull craniums i have are also different. I haven't been to TePapa for some time and the basement collections on Tory street, I havent considered donating these but have contact with TePapa are they know what i have and that they can call on me anytime and have, also the team at GNS are in contact regularly and are very interested in my finds even Ewen might be interested in some of the cetacean material. your welcome anytime. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hey Dave, I'll do some looking around in the published literature and see if I can find any matches. That pinniped rostrum will probably turn out to be fairly important (as well as those mandibles!). IIRC you have a braincase as well. To be honest, a solid chunk of a master's or ph.d. thesis could be done on those fossils if they were donated; I predict that they will almost certainly turn out to represent new species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 thank bobby i have looked at a lot of publications that i have managed to get my hands on but have drawn a blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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