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The World Of Triebold Paleontology
TPI
Contributes to SVP Student Travel Funds
Triebold Paleontology, Inc.
owner Mike Triebold
made a decision to help Paleontology Students with their travel funds for
upcoming Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conferences. Scheduled for
Cleveland, OH 2008 and Bristol, England 2009, college students are able to
apply for funding to help offset travel costs to attend the annual meetings
to present the results of their research to academic and professional
paleontologists for peer review.
Triebold donated cast skulls of the current
National Geographic “Sea Monsters” film stars, Dolichorynchops bonneri
and Tylosaurus proriger along with Meniscoessus robustus, a
tiny Cretaceous era mammal. Bidding was fast and furious for the
opportunity to add these spectacular specimens to museum collections and
contribute to the student travel fund.
After the final bids were in, TPI
contributions to the SVP student fund totaled $6765, pushing the total for
the auction to over $28,000 setting a new SVP Auction record. Auctioneer
and Coordinator Brent Breithaupt, Director of the Geological Museum at the
University of Wyoming, was pleased with the totals this year. “Our goal was
$25,000 as this was the 25 year anniversary of the auction at SVP. TPI’s
contributions helped push us way over that,” Breithaupt said. “We
appreciate Mike Triebold and TPI’s support of paleontology students.”
The winning bidder of the Tylosaurus
proriger was Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. The
Dolichorynchops bonneri went to its new home at Augustana College in
Rock Island, IL.
Tracie
Bennitt
Sales and
Marketing
tracie@trieboldpaleontology.com
TPI Owner Mike Triebold and Mike Polcyn,
director of the Visualization Laboratory and Adjunct Research Associate in
the Department of Geological Sciences at Southern Methodist University, pose
with “Sophie,” The Texas Tylosaur.
"Sea Monsters” star “Dolly” poses with TPI
owner Mike Triebold and new owner William Hammer, Director of the Fryxell
Geology Museum at Augustana College.
Lab & Field News
It is hectic as usual in the
lab, however in the next few weeks we should be beginning some exciting
new projects. The Apatosaurus is nearing the assembly phase and we will
be pouring casts of the first limb bones very soon. We have also
finished reassembling the pelvis casts that were made in the spring. The
Apatosaurus pelvis was 15 feet in the air and weighed nearly 2000
pounds. It was decided to leave the bones on their mount and mold it in
situ, for the safety of our crew and the fossil.
We are also moving ahead on
the preparation and restoration of "ORM" The Oil Rig Mosasaur. This is
the most complete specimen of Tylosaurus kansasensis ever discovered,
complete with preserved cartilage and shark bite marks. The skull was
shattered by poachers that stole it from the site, however with lots of
patience and Paleo Bond glue, it is slowly coming back together. Stop by
our lab soon to see the progress on this exciting project.
Left to Right: Close up of
the shark bite on ORM's tail. The RMDRC crew molding the Apatosaurus
sacrum in Laramie this spring.
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