punkpaleo, 4 months ago

Happy #FossilFriday! When a plaster jacket is ready to be opened, it can be quite the event, especially for one as large as this! Two years ago, the Museum of Ancient Life cracked open this Barosaurus jacket, and museum volunteers have been cleaning it since. (1/2)
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A man with white hair, a blue mask, safety goggles, and a blue lab coat cuts into the white plaster jacket using a yellow handheld circular saw. To his right, a woman with brown hair, a blue mask, safety goggles, and a blue lab coat holds a long dust collector tube to the portion of jacket being cut.
While lifting the cut edge of a large, white plaster jacket, the author, a young person with curly brown hair, a colorful mask, safety goggles, and a blue labcoat, smiles at the camera. Behind them and to the right, a woman with brown hair, a blue mask, and a blue lab coat has a bright expression.
Inside of a white plaster jacket, thick grey matrix swirls over dark grey and black Barosaurus tail bones. The bones are broken and heavily covered by rock.