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Hi, @corinne-daycross – Really nice Elrathia specimen. Would you want to update the classification online? Using the Taxon Wizard on the Classification tab you should be able to search Elrathia and it will populate the higher order classification for you!

We can also update the geochronology to at least be Cambrian since this critter is pretty…[Read more]

Hi, @corinne-daycross – I don’t know how specific we can get with the identification but we can minimally put in Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Brachiopoda

Here is a link to a geologic map of the area – you could try to narrow down the locality to get a better idea of the geologic…[Read more]

Is the formation the Madison Limestone? If so, I’ve collected in it before! Also here is a link with the distribution: https://macrostrat.org/sift/#/strat_name/3694

Hard to say. Your leaf has some nice free ending veins that don’t usually preserve but it’s hard to tell from a small piece. I think maples have intersecondaries and lack this sort of FEV fabric. I’m leaning to Rosaceae but I really don’t know.

Capsular fruit of some sort! It looks like it lacks sepals so we can rule out Ericaceae, Malvaceae and Theaceae. Could be something in Lythraceae, Rosaceae or Betulaceae. It could also be a flower. Not entirely sure if the structure in the middle is part of another valve, a columella or floral and the other valves may be sepals or petals.

So, minimally @corinne-daycross can add in Kingdom Plantae, any further than that – @mackenzie-smith?

I searched the area on Macrostrat: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=9.4/x=-118.6018/y=48.5591/bedrock/lines/ looks pretty complicated, any guess in age?

Eon Phanerozoic > ? if you pin point further on the map, Corinne, you could maybe tell but it…[Read more]

@jbauer @corinne-daycross Minimum would be angiosperm since it is a fruit. It is Eocene for sure since it is from the Stonerose site (I forget where in the Eocene though but it is Eocene).

@mackenzie-smith – does angiosperm fit nicely into the Linnaean system or not so much?

@jbauer Depends on who you talk to. Some people will put it as a phylum (or division since many botanists use that term to seperate themselves from zoologists). You may also see the word Magnoliophyta which is the exact same thing as angiosperms. Magnoliophyta technically follows nomenclature rules but angiosperm is a historic term that everyone…[Read more]

Hi, @corinne-daycross – you can update your classification to at least be Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda.
Also, if you want to add in the geochronology & lithostratigraphic information you can use macrostrat to get to where we were collecting: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.6/x=-82.3217/y=29.7107/bedrock/lines/

Talk to…[Read more]

Hi, @corinne-daycross – We can update your taxonomy to be Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Order Carchariniformes > Family Hemigaleidae. I bet if you use the website and use the taxon wizard and type in Hemipristis serra it will populate them for you so you don’t have to manually enter in the information.

If you…[Read more]

Hi, @corinne-daycross – I think we can minimally add in Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Order Myliobatiformes but will tag in @vperez and @fauve-wilson as the local experts.

The formation should be Coosawhatchie, group is Hawthorn and the age is Phanerozoic > Cenozoic > Neogene > Miocene [correct me if I’m…[Read more]

Everything you said was entirely correct @jbauer ! It kind of looks like a fragment of Aetobatus (the spotted eagle ray), but I can’t confirm it from this photo, so the most appropriate ID is the Order Myliobatiformes.

Hi, @corinne-daycross, You can update your taxonomy to be Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Order Myliobatiformes. Maybe @fauve-wilson has suggestions on narrowing it in even further.

Here is the link to Macrostrat to help narrow in the geologic context:…[Read more]

Learning how to photograph and process fossils. Using only my Samsung and ambient light. Photo Editor app for post.

Hi, @corinne-daycross – You can update your taxonomy to include Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Order Myliobatiformes > Family Myliobatidae. @fauve-wilson, would the genus be Aetobatus?

https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.6/x=-82.3217/y=29.7107/bedrock/lines/

Talk to you soon, Jen