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Nathan Newell posted a new activity comment 4 years ago
4 years ago4 years ago@david-hanes Sure, that sounds like fun! Just to set your expectations, though, keep in mind this is the first time I’ve been able to actually extract brachiopods relatively complete from the matrix, at least in West Virginia. But anyway,we’ll have to get together after all this Coronavirus stuff blows over.
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Nathan Newell posted a new activity comment 4 years ago
4 years ago4 years ago@david-hanes Hi, David! These were found embedded in a really hard matrix. It was like a bed of a dozen or so, and I managed to thwack out 3 nice ones with my hammer and chisel.
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Hunter Thurmond posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months ago@david-hanes this is the corrected specimen. The other specimen with no data was a mistake.
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Sadie Mills posted a new activity comment 4 years, 5 months ago
4 years, 5 months ago4 years, 5 months agoHi @david-hanes, I think groups get more views these days so perhaps the group Florida’s Fossils would be a good place? https://www.myfossil.org/groups/floridas-fossils/
A cover page might be a useful place to include the title, author, and a short summary/abstract, but is not necessary. Let me know how else I can help!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 6 months ago
4 years, 6 months ago4 years, 6 months agoGorgeous specimen, @David-Hanes. Unfortunately, the scale bar is a little out of focus; updating the images would really improve this entry.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoGreat specimen, @david-hanes! Marking this as “research-grade”!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoHi, @david-hanes! The same applies here – if you could add “Crustacea” as the class, that would be perfect. I know arthropod taxonomy can be a lot to wade through, so I think that is our best bet.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoHi, @david-hanes! The same applies here – if you could add “Crustacea” as the class, that would be perfect. I know arthropod taxonomy can be a lot to wade through, so I think that is our best bet.
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoHi @david-hanes! All you have to do for this specimen is list the class as “Crustacea” and we will be ready to go!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoHi @david-hanes! Are these all from the same animal? Also, I think the class is Malacostraca.
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Samantha….Not the same animal, but the same collecting site. The Blue Springs site covers about 1/2 an acre, and represents a fossil site of a shallow Cretaceous embayment. This set of fossils represents collecting for a this specific species.
You can find several common Cretaceous “crab” species, and occasionally marine vertebrate material.
Dave
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Thank you so much for the prompt response! I was trying to determine if we could enter this as research grade, but unfortunately we try to limit each specimen to one organism per entry. This is so cool!
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Samantha…There is one in the set that preserves appendages and the thorax in detail. I could post a photo of that one. I believe it is the top of two of the photos.
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Samantha…the bottom of 2 of the photos and the top of the last photo.
Dave
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @david-hanes – this was likely @mjones testing something as he is our primary web developer. He often uses a recently uploaded image to test various aspects of the site. Usually not on the live version though… I’ll make sure he looks into this.
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MacKenzie Smith posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months ago@jbauer@david-hanes While statistically it’s likely a Eudicot I don’t think we can rule out everything that diverged before monocots (i.e. ANA grade angiosperms and magnoliids). Angiosperm is the safest route.
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Nathan Newell posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months ago@jbauer@david-hanes Hi, David! Sometimes graptolites have spines or a rod-like extension on one end that can help with identification. Do you see anything like that?
These look very similar to the graptolites that this person found at Lusters Gate, a little town just east of…[Read more]
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @david-hanes, I think we can minimally include Class Echinoidea. Is this a species of Clypeaster?
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=736
My irregular echinoid taxonomy is subpar. Maybe @erich-rose or @ryan-roney could chime in.I think a picture of the oral surface could only help narrow in on the ID.…[Read more] -
Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @david-hanes – Do you have another image of this specimen with a scale bar? I’m going to also tag in @nathan-newell who is familiar with the area and maybe has some insight into your specimen… I saw he was doing some graptolite research recently… Talk to you soon, Jen
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@jbauer @david-hanes Hi, David! Sometimes graptolites have spines or a rod-like extension on one end that can help with identification. Do you see anything like that?
These look very similar to the graptolites that this person found at Lusters Gate, a little town just east of…[Read more]
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @David-hanes – Similar to another comment I made, could you include another image of the aperture side of this specimen? Talk to you soon, Jen
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @david-hanes – found nice images on the Neogene Atlas: https://neogeneatlas.net/species/arca-wagneriana/
Would you be able to post another image of the interior of the shell? This specimen can be marked as research grade and the data can be shared with iDigBio!
Let me know if you have any questions,
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @david-hanes – would you be interested in adding another view of this specimen? Perhaps one with the aperture visible? Talk to you soon, Jen
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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @david-hanes – First, we have new collector and identifier fields available so you can incorporate your notes into there. These fields will be transferred to the specimen labels – which are also now available.
Here are some other species of Cancellaria: https://neogeneatlas.net/genera/cancellaria/
Talk to you soon, Jen
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Sam,
I can improve the images now. This is an exceptional find from the Tolar Stevens site, Booneville.
So, which images would pass the bar, and which images need to replaced? Can I use a non metric ruler for the images? This fossil has a lot of curves and rounded structure. The vertebra is about 2.5″s in height and 3.0″s in length.
Dave
Sam,
How do I delete the 4 older images?
From the size and age, it is probably Deinosuchus
That’s a good guess. I was not able to find any other crocodilian vertebrae or related bone near where I found this specimen.
I found other large reptilian vertebrae in the fossil field…..
Dave