Before and After: Xiphactinus

Xiphactinus audax
Fossil Fish Jaw
Smoky Hill Chalk (Cretaceous)
Gove county KS, USA

Before:

Prep involved: Tooth restoration, Placement in plaster slab, Matrix removal

After:

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Mosasaur (The Return)

Platecarpus ictericus
Mosasaur
Discovered: February 20, 2014
Smoky Hill Chalk (L. Cretaceous)
Gove county KS, USA

This is the other section of the lower jaw that was excavated on the December 28th Hunt. Read about the initial discovery here: ( http://kansasfossilhunter.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-28th-fossil-hunt.html )

First "In field" picture:

Progress:

With the jaw from the December 28th hunt (from same animal):

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