It’s down to detailing and painting the restoration on the Explodosaurus. It’s starting to look better than I ever thought it would. Hopefully this time next week it’ll be safely in a crate and out of sight. If you look closely, the mosa-tisserie has been used for it’s fifth skull restoration project. Hopefully more to …
Explodosaurus gets teeth
Not much progress this week on that cute little Tylosaurus kansasensis, been busy getting the Baryonyx, Steller’s sea cow and Minke whale skeletons in their crates and out the door. Next week will be shoehorning the palate in place and hopefully a ton of detailing and painting.
First Baryonyx on display in the western hemisphere?
Just wanted to pass along some photos. It’s being crated tomorrow for our travelling “Darwin and Dinosaurs” display, which is headed to Florida. Sorry you missed it, but it’ll be back someday!
Explodosaurus redux
Just taking an opportunity to update the project before we get buried with snow. Lower jaws are on and positioned, but I still have to finish the braincase and palate…. then on to fixing the whole total lack of teeth problem. Top of skull is 40.5cm long. Such a cute little Tylosaurus.
Explodosaurus reconstruction
Earlier this summer paleo tech Jacob Jett happened upon the exploded out skull of a small Tylosaurus kansasensis specimen in Lane County, KS. I would have found it first, but I was distracted watching a couple of bulls fighting a few hundred feet away while simultaneously noticing the lack of a fenceline between us and …
Patting ourselves on the back
Discover Magazine came out with their list of “The Top 100 Discoveries of 2010″ We came in at #50 with our Bonnerichthys paper that came out in Science in February. I can’t reveal much more yet, but there is further exciting research happening with this critter, so stay tuned. And lastly: the Sternberg Museum in …
DRAMATIC MUSIC TIME!
Perhaps it’s best to hit mute.
Saurodon finally reconstructed!
In the 3+ weeks we’ve been working on this project, I never thought we’d finish before I left for thanksgiving break. I use the term loosely, the skeleton still needs paint and detailing. We’ll be bringing it to Tucson, and in the meantime it will be proudly displayed in our marine hall for all to …
Saurodon Reconstruction Update 2
We’ve been molding quickly.Yhere are a lot of pieces to this critter. Missing bits are being reconstructed based off of our Ichthyodectes cast skeleton. Cast vertebrae are being remolded (this animal seems to have 115-120 vertebrae) and ribs/spines are being manufactured as fast as we can make them. Assembly should begin sometime next week.The fish …
3 Dimensionalizing a Saurodon
Finally an update on a specimen I discovered back in 2006. Tony I (named after my father) is a completely exploded Saurodon skull and pectoral fin assembly. Saurodon is an ichthyodectid fish (related to Xiphactinus, Saurocephalus, Gillicus, Ichthyodectes and of course Prosaurodon) that had a peculiar chin spike, in this case over 6cm long. The …
