Chicago Pneumatic helps ‘Fossils Galore’ bring the past to the future!
October 10, 2017
Fossils Galore is literally a ‘one of its kind’ educational activity centre located in March, Cambridgeshire having been set up by its founder and curator Jamie Jordan in 2003. They started educational fossil hunting trips in 2006 and opened their small yet amazing museum in 2010, and further set up the Educational Activity Centre in 2012.
Jamie Jordan & Sarah Moore finding the first bone
Workers using the CP9361 Scribe at the museum
At the museum they constructed a purpose-built observation work room that is fitted with a batch of tooling including the CP9361 Industrial Air Scribe supplied by Sponsor Chicago Pneumatic. Over the next 3 years or so they will use the scribe to help remove the bones carefully and intact taking casts and ultimately having their dinosaur displayed.
Schools and enthusiasts will be able to visit this amazing centre and see the work in progress in front of their eyes, as ‘Indie’ the Iguanodon is removed from the clay.
Facts about the find:
- Iguanodon
- 135 million years old
- 10 meters long
- 3.4 Tons weight
- Identified by its famous ‘thumb spike’ and odd number of teeth
- Upper Jaw: 58 teeth
- Lower Jaw: 50 teeth