Prep of a Large Fish Tail

This specimen was discovered in the Smoky Hill Chalk of Gove County KS.

It was excavated using the plaster slab method (as opposed to making a block or jacket).

Once the specimen had been partially cleaned, I began to shape the plaster slab:

Here is the finished specimen once the plaster had been smoothed and recolored:

-KansasFossilHunter