Huge fossil skull! 4 million year old fossil revealed [My rarest fossil yet - New Zealand]

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This is one of my favourite fossil preps so far! It was really awesome working on this rare late-Miocene Pliocene fossil turtle and just goes to show that you never know what you will find!
The next step is to get it CT scanned and then into a public collection (museum) so that it can be studied further.
Total time to prep it was around 120 hours air scribe work and roughly 30 - 35 acid cycles.
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@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much for watching everyone! This was a great project, I feel like it really has some personality. I've put together a linktree with some links and questions answered: linktr.ee/mamlambofossils

@earlysda 10 месяцев назад

The truth of the matter is, that fossil is around 4,400 years old, fossilized in Noah's worldwide flood. Instead of using water, next time God will use fire to cleanse the earth. And sin shall be no more.

@Frank-pc2rs 8 месяцев назад

4 million huh. Whatever you say bud.

@wirelessone2986 8 месяцев назад

Do you ever sell fossils?

@cindileggitt1336 7 месяцев назад

What is the name of the first musical track? I have heard it in a lot of videos recently. Reminds me of Happy Gilmore so I really like it.

@salvadordolly712 7 месяцев назад

Don't be a party pooper he has changed his mind before.@@earlysda

@czcibor418 Год назад

I really like that You always go with this scientific approach. Not damaging anything. 3D scans. You even left those tiny fossils to get more context of the find. Respect.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Artur!

@praetorianpatriot3267 11 месяцев назад

I do believe I have one also. Found it in a river a few years ago in California. Very unusual to look at. Has all the obvious signs of a fossilized turtle. Its just sitting in my house.

@MamlamboFossils 11 месяцев назад

Oooh that would be awesome!! It's not impossible at all!

@linuskorff4074 Год назад

Seeing the progress over the time put in one video is just a demonstration how much work can go into a fossil, the end result is mostly 👍 You really did an outstanding job preparing this turtle skull.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Linus! It's quite a bit of work bit I enjoy the end video 😃

@Opt2flow 4 месяца назад

Love this and respectful way you handle artifacts

@MamlamboFossils 4 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@sandmaker Год назад

Wow, wow, wow! What a beautiful specimen. My hand was cramping just watching you work. Keep the magic coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. You should be proud of your work. Thanks for sharing!!!! 😷⚒

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

My pleasure!! This one was quite a quick prep with the air scribe, the acid did most of the work!

@davienstrong 3 месяца назад

The urge to grab a bigger tool to speed the process up from just watching this goes to show your patience and dedication man. You must really love doing this💚 Also crazy to think we could be walking on fossils all the time, hidden in rocks, and we’d never know it. Thanks for sharing💚

@MamlamboFossils 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! You have to go slow with these fossils, this is a new species so deserves all the care I can give!

@allegg8804 Год назад

Been singing the Hide and Seek song from childhood - since you showed us this, weeks ago. ""Come out, Come out where ever you are" should have made it "" come out, come what ever your are." Thank you.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Hahhaaha it couldn't hide forever!

@beester1432 Год назад

Your patience is at another level.

@garylawless3608 Год назад

It is fascinating to watch how you bring these fossils ‘to life’ so to speak. I will keep watching. Cheers from across the Tasman!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Gary! I'm hoping to visit Aus soon to have a look around your country.

@bobjohnson4219 Год назад

Cant believe I walked right over this 😂

@kathybradbury Год назад

I know right? I grew up by Puget Sound, and likely saw rocks like this quite often, without a clue as to what they were!

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Год назад

I was sat in a pub not long long ago with three experts in turtle phylogeny. That was an interesting night, watching them argue. They were talking scribble most of the time. That's what I call expert vocabularies, we use them in the medical field as well.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

That is so awesome!! I'll need to get in touch with some turtle experts about this skull at some point

@MatthewHopkins-g1y 7 месяцев назад

Must have been arguing dudes in wigs going in the woman's bathroom

@stevecorrigan5139 Год назад

Damn, you are a credit to New Zealand! Your discoveries are awesome. Keep it up and find a carnivore skull!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Steve!! Need to find that plesiosaur skull!

@athelwulfgalland Год назад

@@MamlamboFossils Will this piece be staying at home in your personal collection or is there a possibility you will be loaning/donating it to a museum of natural history there in New Zealand?

@whenearthspeaks 5 месяцев назад

The world is blessed to have you revealing these fossils to the world! You honor them, and you honor us! All the best to you!

@KrisPSouls9258 Год назад

That turtle skull came out so awesome looking. And I bet you are excited about all the little fossils you found with it to.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks Kris! Yeah, so stoked about the entire specimen!

@geraldinesera8915 Год назад

I remember the days when all you discovered were ammonites and crabs... your work table is much more interesting lately.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

I have quite a bit going on!

@alexandermelchers1497 9 месяцев назад

This remains an awesome find and excellent prep-job, Morne! I can't imagine how it must feel to have discovered something like this! Just absolutely stunning, and, as you said, entirely unique for NZ! 😄

@MamlamboFossils 9 месяцев назад

It is such a crazy beast!! I'm going to prep the bottom so I can see the bones of the palate better, it might tell us if it's closer to a Kemps turtle or a loggerhead

@zodiacbrave13 Год назад

Been an incredible journey watching you work on this and it came out so beautifully! What a massive skull! Fantastic work, can't wait til the next big find :)

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Who knows what the next one will be!

@brianbonney2895 11 месяцев назад

Your patience is incredible!

@MamlamboFossils 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@davidnieuwenhuis2590 Год назад

wow ! the skull turned out fantastic thanks to your many hours of work on it. What a dream find. congratulations on the end result!

@largent45 Год назад

That is so amazing! It is huge! And kind of eerie that it looks so real and it looks back at you when you are looking at it! So amazing! I cant believe its done! It looks fantastic and it is so rare to find a complete tirtle skull that large! Congratulations! First the penguin and then right after that the turtle skull! 🎉Congrats!🎉🎉🎉

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Lisa! I've been really lucky with finding some amazing fossils

@garnettoll9317 Год назад

That was so awesome! Thanks for sharing it.

@seabournewolf2298 11 месяцев назад

You found Toothless. That’s probably worth a few bucks

@micah06v8 Год назад

You did an absolutely amazing job prepping that piece! It looks beautiful. 🤩Job well done! That turtle must have been absolutely enormous!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

It must have been a monster!

@CharlesDowson-e2t 11 месяцев назад

I have uncovered several palm sized and smaller from a location on the shore of Lake Ontario and Lake Huron that have distinct shapes that are balanced showing what look like manufactured remains from some manufacturing process. Old rocks. I always enjoy beach walking for small or medium sized stones. Good work here.

@MamlamboFossils 11 месяцев назад

Nice! I'm the same - always looking for cool rocks 😁

@wirelessone2986 8 месяцев назад

Palm size skull fossils?

@kentbrockman8837 Год назад

Its always amazing to see the big sea turtle species like the Leatherbacks and Loggerheads . The museum that gets that will really appreciate it!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

I can't wait to see what species this is!

@catherinehubbard1167 7 месяцев назад

What you do in these videos is so fascinating. I don’t know how you can spot those little telltale clues to hidden fossils among all the heaps of stones, but you do, and you have developed the skills to free them from the matrix without destroying them and the contacts and knowledge to know what to do next. I am glad for you that you taken the step of going back to University to get degrees in bio and eventually paleontology. Wonderful!

@ashleigh6032 Год назад

Such a cool find! I love seeing what different things you've found everytime you post 😄

@jakerazmataz852 11 месяцев назад

I'm glad there are people with your patience to do this, or it would get done with a sledge.

@MamlamboFossils 11 месяцев назад

Not the sledgehammer!!

@rosiepack1081 5 месяцев назад

this is so amazing! any Museum would be glad to have it on display

@GeologicalNerd 13 дней назад

Beautiful work sir. I'm astounded at the ignorant comments not understanding how sediment/rock formation time is studied. Aside from that, I really enjoy your work. I wish I was able to still be out in the field hunting fossils. I can live vicariously through you lol. Take care and stay safe.

@Jarooosa Год назад

When that beat first dropped! Yes, it's time lapse time!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Hahhaha got to get that music going for the prep 😄

@ant-1382 4 месяца назад

That is cool! Thanks for having the patients to do it right. Couple times watching the video I wanted you to just knock that part off!! Don't know as I could do all that work with such small tools. I guess I can be interested in paleontology, but I will never be a paleontologist.

@brianfeeley6140 Год назад

One of my favorites so far... can't wait for the CT scan! Cheers!

@garywalls5181 7 месяцев назад

Wow such painstakingly slow and careful work to achieve such amazing results!

@The7Opals Год назад

Wow this must of taken forever! Amazing work 👏

@omnomshibob Год назад

That's epic mate! Amazing addition to the collection, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for that Moa skull for you.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

It must be out there somewhere 😄

@celticmandoplayer Год назад

What an incredible find and excellent work revealing it too! Can't wait to find out how the CT scan went with it too! Congratulations!!!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much!!

@dbx1233 7 месяцев назад

Revealing that fossil was such a slow process. But, when it was all said and done, it was a turtle.

@franciscahazlet4021 Год назад

What a wonderful fossil prep and fine. Congratulations on such a great find. I love watching the hunts and prep work. Thanks for taking us on the adventures. Be blessed.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks Francisca!

@taleandclawrock2606 Год назад

Wonderful work, great find, prep so beautifully done, bravo.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thank you very much!

@Biffle-re3db Год назад

Wow! Nice find! Looks awesome finished! 👍✌️💖

@lindathomas5500 7 месяцев назад

Phew.. I was so relieved to see you extract it slowly! I thought for a second you were about to hammer and chisel it right there and then lol….

@lindathomas5500 7 месяцев назад

Ps what an INCREDIBLE find!!

@MamlamboFossils 7 месяцев назад

I always take care with the fossils!

@BobReppnack 8 месяцев назад

This has to be one of the coolest vids I’ve stumbled across in a long time. When he first picked up the skull (rock, as I would have seen it) I thought it was some Hokey Pokey channel. It did not take long to figure out I was dead wrong. Well done!

@2wahineandadog Год назад

Hika ma! Wow that is phenomenal - so glad for you to have uncovered this absolute ripper of a fossil.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

It's one of my favorites!

@docsavagefan2795 Год назад

Really nice that you are donating it to a museum for others to enjoy also . 😊

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Also keeping my collection nice and small otherwise it's too much clutter!

@robingw2615 Год назад

That’s really cool !!! Also amazing prep work you really can see every detail 🙂👍

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Robin!

@jeffjeff4477 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful!!! Lots of hard work but so rewarding I'm sure

@MamlamboFossils 7 месяцев назад

It's very satisfying seeing it emerge like this!

@valiantwarrior4517 Год назад

Spectacular, sir. Thank you for sharing the journey of discovery with us! (Congrats on 400K subs!)

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Valiant!

@tag_caver 6 месяцев назад

Wow! Very cool. We see lots of fossils embedded into the walls in our limestone caves but I have never seen anyone do something like this!

@MamlamboFossils 6 месяцев назад

Yay!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've looked in one cave but only found shells

@LiSa.N.J Год назад

Wow. That turned out amazing! Nice find and prep work. Thanks for sharing it with us.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

My pleasure!

@QuantumPyrite_88.9 8 месяцев назад

My skepticism went away fairly quickly. Amazing video and Respect sent.

@MamlamboFossils 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@colindiggins8217 Год назад

Great prep job! The beautiful release you were getting around 3:30 was outright therapeutic!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

That was really nice separation!

@davidletasi3322 8 месяцев назад

You're really finding some impressive specimens. Continued success.

@13Odrade Год назад

Waaaahhh ! Beautiful ! And you could tell there was something in it just looking at that rock !

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

I was really fortunate to spot it!

@salishseaquest7952 Год назад

So impressed by the amount of time and effort you spent on bringing this project through from beginning to end. Lots of investment and great reward. Glad you will be donating it to a place where all can benefit from its study. Amazing find!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

The video almost takes more effort to put together 😂

@salishseaquest7952 Год назад

@@MamlamboFossils Good point. We often forget about that aspect of RU-vid. Doing the initial video plus all the editing, etc. that it takes to educate and entertain the viewers. Thanks for ALL your efforts!

@karenuntz6514 Год назад

So cool to watch the process and see the finished skull! Thanks!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

My pleasure Karen!

@DiahMaura 4 месяца назад

Wow never thought theres a channel like this. Thanks. Subscribed.

@betojdesigns Год назад

That’s incredible, and so awesome to see the pre work completed. Great job 👏.

@ccccarriemchardy9216 Год назад

Wow! Congrats. Beautiful bone structure, would look amazing under a microscope.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much Carrie!! Yeah, that bone structure is so well preserved

@ollieroo3334 Год назад

WOW that is beautiful! I would LOVE to see the progression of the fossil after each acid bath 😮

@risflo_ Год назад

Beautiful piece, the way it seems to look right back at you is amazing. Good job finding it an and even better one showing us all the prep and result👍🏼

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

It does look right at you! The eyes follow you like the Mona Lisa 😂

@aaejaebrown5889 11 месяцев назад

I kinda hope Professor Roger over at mud fossil university on youtube sees this. Great work.

@phrayzar Год назад

My perfect Saturday night. Dinner done and now to settle in with Malabo uncovering another awesome fossil. Giddyup.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Hahhahaha that's awesome!! Glad you enjoyed it

@micktepolt6276 Год назад

yes it's so cool 🐢 thanks for letting us come along with your adventures 👍

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

My pleasure Mick!

@rogerhelton1989 4 месяца назад

I have been buying and selling and trading in fossils the biggest portion of my life. I also have found quite a few fossils nothing even close to what you just revealed. I am so glad that you are putting these videos out so people can see that they are real fossils inside rocks that have to be exposed. In order to see thim. And how much time it takes in order to see thim. You are very good at your craft. And I will be using your videos to help me sell some of the fossils that I have. Thank you so very much for your videos

@S.L.O.P. 7 месяцев назад

It is literally a skull. I saw it when it was on the ground and you were handling it. Great find!

@tonycardone990 Год назад

Great job cleaning that up. Looks amazing 🤘🤘

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much!

@justaguy5770 8 месяцев назад

That would be the best conversation starter to have sitting (securely) up on a shelf or maybe mounted to the wall

@MarciaLeeful Год назад

I live in an area where we have some big snapping turtles and it was fun to see the size comparison of yours next to your head!!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Those snapping turtles look prehistoric and I've seen some huge ones!

@everlastinggobstopper4569 11 месяцев назад

I found a turtle scull on the street in Bklyn. NY, I thought it was a bear skull at first, it was twice the size of that one. Great find.

@MamlamboFossils 11 месяцев назад

That is so weird! Good find though!

@zatoth13 Год назад

I told my mom I ought to go to New Zealand to see the museum there so I could see in person the fossils you found

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Most of them are in storage waiting to be studied 😂

@petergwatts9037 4 месяца назад

You have the relatives of Rocky,'s Cuff and Link! Must have been a great swimmer all the way from Philadelphia! Good work...

@NeedChocyMilk 4 месяца назад

Can you imagine the journey that fossil has been on, i wonder how far it has moved from its original place of death

@MamlamboFossils 4 месяца назад

I always wonder what it had seen when it came to the surface

@twerkingtwinkies2335 11 месяцев назад

That's badass ❤ definitely one large turtle! Wow! So cool!!

@cornfedful Год назад

Super sweet awesome! Wow! That is an amazingly exciting piece for bone nerds, like myself.

@PBclipz 4 месяца назад

I mean there's patience and then there's this fella 😂

@Thorstein31 Год назад

Amazing results! Think this one could go viral like big crab!

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much!

@propheticswordnita3603 11 месяцев назад

It looks like a turtle skull, an amazing find. A very good day!

@MamlamboFossils 11 месяцев назад

It definitely is!

@russellmccoy3399 8 месяцев назад

I liked the oceans 11’s style music was like watching a fossil heist. End result looked great!

@glenndwyer5786 11 месяцев назад

That is an amazing looking skull

@MamlamboFossils 11 месяцев назад

Thanks Glenn!

@dakkadakka236 Год назад

Skull is always right💀 Nice loot! 👍

@t-dog8528 11 месяцев назад

Wow i guessed turtle before i read your description, I must have paid attention after school

@christineg8151 Год назад

This is amazing! Also HUGE. I hadn't realized turtle heads could get that large.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

I think some of the Cretaceous ones were even bigger!

@ianrichardson8454 Год назад

A true master of your craft

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks so much!

@frankkatz125 8 месяцев назад

I WAS GOING TO JUST CHECK THIS VID OUT & ENDED UP WATCHING THE WHOLE THING, REALLY COOL STUFF !

@daningrim475 Год назад

That's an incredibly interesting skull. It would be fun to see a mock-up shell with it to see how big the animal was. Well done video--with the find on the beach through the amazing reveal in the end, .

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

That carapace must have been car bonnet sized!

@seandelamort4446 Год назад

I like how you are really careful with the progress. It reminds me of the site I studied and excavated but because of the limit of time and other factors I could just work as fast as I can and it ruined those artifacts but kinda understandable

@nickroth593 8 месяцев назад

Looks like a shark tooth in the skull! That's super cool!

@praveenrathnayake6868 Год назад

My mother love watching these...gonna send this to her

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Yay please do and tell her I say hi!

@quintinchalmers7213 Год назад

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

@flea8332 Год назад

That was an absolute amazing thing to see progress. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing the passion you have

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks Flea!

@WmArthur 8 месяцев назад

Amazing! That turtle had to be huge! Good spotting!

@somebodyoutthere1931 5 месяцев назад

Dude that's incredible, I didn't think NZ had many fossils but now I'm going to go start digging 😊

@josephcormier5974 Год назад

My friend this came out beautiful. To think about the size of it whew thank you for sharing this six stars brother

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

It would have been a beast!!

@ryancarson3327 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for using a scribe and not being one of the brutes with a hammer

@gejatjeerdsma8306 Год назад

You did great!! Looks so good and indeed human like. On to the next one.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Thanks Geja!

@johnscanlon8467 Год назад

The ear region, occiput and palate of turtles have some really nice geometry (and details for interpreting function and relationships) but I guess you have to stop prepping at some point. It's great that the hidden features can be seen via XRCT.

@MamlamboFossils Год назад

Hopefully that will show up in the CT scan!