Finished Fossil Preparation - Bear-Dog Daphoenus Skull and Partial skeleton (30 million years ago)

[@ethanhawtin7561]

End product is amazing!

[@PalaeoArt]

Thanks Ethan. This prep really came together at the end.

[@ethanhawtin7561]

@@PalaeoArt sure did! Just out of pure curiosity, how much would a fossil like this all prepped cost?

[@PalaeoArt]

I honestly don’t know. White River material is very common but you don’t see this species very often that’s all I know.

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[@PalaeoArt]

Thanks very much!

[@thebihnsworkshop1338]

6:10 What is that black speckling that sometimes appears on fossils?

[@PalaeoArt]

Outstanding question. These are Manganese dendrites which are natural oxidation features that form in some cracks of rock surfaces. This makes this fossil all the more interesting!

[@normblais5120]

Wow where to start? . Looks like fun but alot of work. Great videos 👍🏼🙂

[@PalaeoArt]

Yep, a lot of work this one but great fun. It's always nice to see the end product coming out well.

[@Chris.Davies]

Cool video. Thank you. You don't say what ear protection you use. When I see the stats for some of these air tools, they're well up there into the DO NOT WANT category for hearing loss, or the dreaded and potential quality-of-life-ruining tinnitus. This is especially true for sounds that go on for hours, and I am sure you are very aware of it as a professional. What's your overkill-solution? It's like I used to say when I sold sunglasses: "You get two eyes, but neither of them are spares!" Your ears are the same. People; loud music in headphones (and even worse; earbuds) leads to hearing loss, and that is the reason I don't ever listen to music except via speakers. Don't go deaf, people; because other people are sometimes interesting!

[@PalaeoArt]

It's a very true point. I actually use Bose Noise Cancelling full-ear cover headphones. They're a bit overkill but at least you can listen to music/podcasts while working. Secondly I also choose lower decimal equipment. There are certain air compressors and air extractors which (although expensive) operate well at much lower levels. When you spend so much time in the lab, you have to protect yourself. Ears, eyes and lungs particularly with fossil prep.

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Very cool! Thanks for the video!

[@RG.147]

Wow cool specimen, is your job to prep fossils for a museum or a person that preps finds for random people for there private collection?

[@andreazerbini9313]

Maybe a stupid question, bones are fossilized but what about teeth? I noticed that dinosaurs have also fossilized teeth but seems like mammals' teeth are actually too well preserved and they seems like still intact

[@ar5611]

Good video, love how the fossils turn up, I do have a question though on where the Dahphoenus is exactly on the evolutionary tree, like what are its closest relative today?

[@annaksfrog]

Looked like some teeth didn’t hold together? Are some parts just too crumbly? I’m lucky to find your videos; they’re relaxing even if the work is not. My daughter preps fossils here in Canada.

[@rr3102]

How do you get all these fossils? What happens to them when you are done prepping them?

[@veex35]

South Dakota, hmmm....maybe its Valley of Treasure

[@PalaeoArt]

South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming are full of treasures of the extinct natural world!

[@veex35]

@@PalaeoArt great!!

[@Chris.Davies]

For the uninitiated, "cyano-acrylate" is just super glue. It's really NOT that hard. Fossil prepping superglue has a lot of volatiles added, so it's very runny, and carries the superglue deep into the rock. If you ever need to repair something made of plastic, you can mix superglue with baking soda to do it. Go watch a tutorial. Who'm I kidding, no one bothers to repair much these days. Into the trash it goes. Buy a new one. A better one. A cooler one.

[@PalaeoArt]

That's true Chris. I do buy specific cyanoacrylate with a very high viscosity to ensure it penetrates deep when in the field. I use Paraloid B72 in the lab.

[@paxpopulusalexpatriotegpi9848]

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