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Matthew Gramling posted a new specimen in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app. 3 years, 12 months ago
3 years, 12 months ago3 years, 12 months agoMatthew Gramling has contributed specimen mFeM 67888 to myFOSSIL!
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Matthew Gramling posted a new specimen in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app. 3 years, 12 months ago
3 years, 12 months ago3 years, 12 months agoMatthew Gramling has contributed specimen mFeM 67879 to myFOSSIL!
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Matthew Gramling posted a new specimen in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app. 4 years, 6 months ago
4 years, 6 months ago4 years, 6 months agoMatthew Gramling has contributed specimen mFeM 60925 to myFOSSIL!
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Hi, @matthew-gramling, very cool! @smoran or @jeanette-pirlo might be able to confirm or deny that identification!
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Hey @matthew-gramling I cant say for sure what species this is because the features I need to id it are too hard to see in these photos, but it is definitely Leptomeryx sp. and most likely Leptomeryx evansi.
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It’s a beautiful specimen!
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@smoran @samantha-ocon Thank you for the help in identification!
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@smoran What kind of diagnostic features would you need from the specimen to confirm it is a Leptomeryx evansi? I have a friend who is a photographer who has offered to help me digitize my collection, so I can get some better shots of the specimen if that would help.
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@matthew-gramling Hopefully my response shows up, because I’m not seeing your reply here for some reason. There is a small fold of enamel called the “Paleomeryx fold” on the lower molars that distinguishes L. evansi from the other species around in the late Eocene/early Oligocene. You can try googling it to see if you can find a photo or figur…[Read more]
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@smoran Thank you for the very informative reply! I will have to check out that paper and those photos. I discovered the specimen at a private ranch during a field season with the commercial paleontology group I collected with during my youth. Hopefully, I can get in touch with one of group leaders to confirm the ranch was definitively on Orellan strata.
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Matthew Gramling posted a new specimen in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app. 4 years, 6 months ago
4 years, 6 months ago4 years, 6 months agoMatthew Gramling has contributed specimen mFeM 60910 to myFOSSIL!
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Oh wow, @Matthew-Gramling! I can mark this as research grade!
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Thank you @samantha-ocon! I will also try posting some metric measurements too.
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Luke Kartak posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 11 months ago
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Luke Kartak posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 11 months ago
4 years, 11 months ago4 years, 11 months agoWas told this could be shark tooth. Concave on one side convex on the other. Lines that kinda look like veins on the side pictured. South central South Dakota.
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Luke Kartak posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 4 years, 11 months ago
4 years, 11 months ago4 years, 11 months agoNot sure what these teeth are from. Found them washed out of a river south central South Dakota.
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@smoran might be able to help with I.D.!
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Sure can! It’s a bovid (meaning cow or bison). I’m leaning towards cow but it’s a little hard to tell.
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I guessed they were one of the two. They are a little bigger than teeth from a cow that died a couple years ago. Any way to tell which they are from pictures? Thanks for looking
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Unfortunately, they are notoriously difficult to tell apart. One feature that is often used is that bison have a strong “stylid” (just a column of enamel between the two lophs) whereas in cows that is usually absent or reduced. The tooth below the tape measure and between the 9’ and 10’ increments shows me the view I need to see, but I don’t s…[Read more]
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Ok thanks again
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Sadie Mills posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years ago
5 years ago5 years ago#ThrowbackThursday to the Nebraska Badlands. Look at that stratigraphy! #collectionsite
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@michael-ziegler I think that tiny dot on top of the peak is you!
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Sadie,
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@david-coxiii at this location I think I found a whole lot of nothing! The anthill fossils were fun to find, though!
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Aloha! I’m out here in Hawaii so I’m trying to learn about badlands. Are these Eocene White River Formation? And you’re saying you didn’t find anything at all?
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Hi @john-patterson! It was the Brule formation (33ish Ma). We found plenty of fossils at nearby sites, but at this particular location the fossils were few and far between!
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David Cox III posted an update in the group Nebraska Badlands 5 years, 2 months ago
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Awesome photo @david-coxiii !
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Thank you!
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Sadie Mills posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 2 months ago
5 years, 2 months ago5 years, 2 months agoThinking of summer, and the fun of surface collecting in the Nebraska Badlands! ☀️ #collectionsite #method
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Jeanette Pirlo posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 4 months ago
5 years, 4 months ago5 years, 4 months agoSometimes you have to reinforce jackets with a brace to provide structural support and fill in any concave areas. This helps alleviate stress on the fossil inside. Pictured is the Entelodont skull that Bruce MacFadden found this summer while out in Nebraska. We used some broken wooden stakes to provide extra support for the jacket as it made its…[Read more]
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Sadie Mills posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 4 months ago
5 years, 4 months ago5 years, 4 months agoFossil land snail, Pseudolisinoe leidyi, from the Whitney member of the Brule formation in Nebraska. These snails are not found in the earlier formations, what might that suggest about the ancient climate? #fossil
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Sadie Mills posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 5 months ago
5 years, 5 months ago5 years, 5 months agoJeanette shows off this fossil skull, from an unknown mammal in the Nebraska Badlands. We’re looking at the foramen magnum, the opening where the spinal cord enters the skull! #fossil
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Isaac Magallanes posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 7 months ago
5 years, 7 months ago5 years, 7 months agoAfter almost two weeks of oreodonts I’ve now moved on to cataloging the Nebraska camels from our collections! #fossil #method
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Isaac Magallanes posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 7 months ago
5 years, 7 months ago5 years, 7 months agoThis is what my work station looks like while I’m entering fossil specimens into our Specify database. Doesnt look like much but this process ensures we keep a detailed record of all our amazing finds in the field! #method
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Isaac Magallanes posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 7 months ago
5 years, 7 months ago5 years, 7 months agoIt’s not all teeth and skulls here in Nebraska Collections! Although there are many teeth in this photo you can also see some ankle bones from a North American camel here. #fossil #method
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Isaac Magallanes posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 7 months ago
5 years, 7 months ago5 years, 7 months agoWhile its always nice to collect complete skulls, most of the time what we find are partial or fragmentary bone elements. Despite being incomplete fossils, like these partial oreodont jaws, they still provide scientists the opportunity to identify the animals they belong to and therefore are cataloged in our Specify database! #fossil…[Read more]
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Isaac Magallanes posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 7 months ago
5 years, 7 months ago5 years, 7 months agoHere are some of the oreodont skulls collected over the years. During our summer field season this year we also found several skulls like the ones shown here! #fossil #method
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Isaac Magallanes posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 7 months ago
5 years, 7 months ago5 years, 7 months agoToday I’ll entering Nebraskan fossils collected by museum volunteers into our Specify database! This process helps researchers access important data (dates collected, taxanomic info, stratigraphy etc.) associated with the fossil material! #fossil #method
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Isaac Magallanes posted an image in the group Nebraska Badlands from the myFOSSIL app 5 years, 7 months ago
5 years, 7 months ago5 years, 7 months agoCheck out this oreodont skull we jacketed in Nebraska this summer. Although fairly common in the badlands, the discovery of an oreodont skull was always exciting! Now that the fossils are back in the Florida Museum collections one of our many museum volunteers will prep this specimen for study! #fossil #collection_site #method
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