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Post by drl2 » Mon May 16, 2011 2:31 am

Nice! I want that on the wall in my home office.
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Post by AshtonBlack » Mon May 16, 2011 6:44 am

Feck wrote:NO WAI ! that can't have been cheap !!!!!!?!
CakeOrDeath persuaded me to go to a Gem. Rock and bead trade show. We've seen this sort of thing in fossil and tourist shops, but they are NOT cheap, as you pointed out. It was about 1/2 the normal price and CakeOrDeath is an awesome haggler!

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Post by Animavore » Mon May 16, 2011 7:29 am

I clicked on this thread thinking, 'Meh. It's gonna be a crappy trilobite or something'.
Fuck that is an awesome fossil. Seriously. Fucking well done.
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Post by Animavore » Mon May 16, 2011 7:31 am

I don't suppose you could take a pic with a little ruler beside it?
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon May 16, 2011 7:33 am

You can get the scale from what looks to be some Winnie the Pooh kitchen roll behind it...
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Post by Animavore » Mon May 16, 2011 7:36 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:You can get the scale from what looks to be some Winnie the Pooh kitchen roll behind it...
Ah, but... how much of it has been used?
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Re: Bought a fossil...

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon May 16, 2011 7:37 am

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Clinton Huxley wrote:You can get the scale from what looks to be some Winnie the Pooh kitchen roll behind it...
Ah, but... how much of it has been used?
Only Ashton can answer that...
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Post by AshtonBlack » Mon May 16, 2011 10:42 am

I'll get CoD to snap a pick with some scale and post it, at lunch time. (of the specimen, not the Kitchen Roll, which was on offer so that's why it's Winnie the Pooh :Erasb: .)

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Re: Bought a fossil...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon May 16, 2011 10:43 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:You can get the scale from what looks to be some Winnie the Pooh kitchen roll behind it...
Yeah, about 12-14 inches long. (*quick calculation* ~3 kilometers)
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Post by CakeOrDeath » Mon May 16, 2011 10:59 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:You can get the scale from what looks to be some Winnie the Pooh kitchen roll behind it...
Well spotted,sir! :D :tut:
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Post by Svartalf » Mon May 16, 2011 11:03 am

Animavore wrote:I clicked on this thread thinking, 'Meh. It's gonna be a crappy trilobite or something'.
Fuck that is an awesome fossil. Seriously. Fucking well done.
Actually, I bet there are trilobites bigger than tony, and I love them.

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Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon May 16, 2011 11:27 am

AshtonBlack wrote:I'll get CoD to snap a pick with some scale and post it, at lunch time. (of the specimen, not the Kitchen Roll, which was on offer so that's why it's Winnie the Pooh :Erasb: .)
You don't need to justify your Pooh Bear fetish to me, old chap.
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Re: Bought a fossil...

Post by mistermack » Mon May 16, 2011 11:47 am

What an amazing neck.
I'm beginning to wonder if snakes evolved in water, rather than on land. Or maybe in swamps.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon May 16, 2011 11:51 am

mistermack wrote:What an amazing neck.
I'm beginning to wonder if snakes evolved in water, rather than on land. Or maybe in swamps.
Best guess I've seen is that burrowing reptiles became snakes to slide through the earth better. Snakes don't swim very well.
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Re: Bought a fossil...

Post by Svartalf » Mon May 16, 2011 12:21 pm

but anguilliforms look amazingly snakelike
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