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A 39,000 year old woolly rhinoceros mummy from Siberia.

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A fun timelapse video of the preparation of a massive 4” wide lower molar of an adult Titanothere from the Chadron Formation of South Dakota. I found this on a trip this summer with

@arsonlarson

and

@lawsonfossils

. The molar is a little weathered as it was exposed and sticking out of a cliff face when we found it. It’s actually prepped out really well though and has all its complete root system. Titanotheres or Brontotheriidae (also known as “Thunder Beasts”) were the massive horned herbivorous giants of North America during the Oligocene.

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palaeoartTime for another time lapse video of the preparation of a Phacops species of Trilobite from Ofaten, Morocco. This trilobite is from the Middle Devonian – 365 million years ago! The matrix was incredibly tough so took a while to work out. Sorry for twisting and turning the rock so many times. Hope you don’t get motion-sickness watching it!!!palaeoartTime for another time lapse video of the preparation of a Phacops species of Trilobite from Ofaten, Morocco. This trilobite is from the Middle Devonian – 365 million years ago! The matrix was incredibly tough so took a while to work out. Sorry for twisting and turning the rock so many times. Hope you don’t get motion-sickness watching it!!!