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Victor Perez replied to the topic Field Work Photos in the forum Pictures In The Field 6 years, 11 months ago
6 years, 11 months ago6 years, 11 months agoI had a fantastic time attending the Aurora Fossil Festival yet again and got to collect quite a bit! On Friday we collected at the Belgrade Quarry (first image) and spent some time on the Aurora spoil piles in the evening (second image). On Sunday we collected at Green Mill Run (third image) and visited @george-powell‘s collection (fourth image).…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Rodent jaw in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 7 years, 9 months ago
7 years, 9 months ago7 years, 9 months agoNice find, @julie-niederkorn! I wonder if this is potentially something that @bmacfadden and @dbohaska might want to see, for the fossil land mammal collection they are starting. @lmccall, has anyone else in your club found land mammals at Belgrade lately?
Thanks for sharing, Julie! I think this would be a great fossil to add to the Fossil…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 7 years, 11 months ago
7 years, 11 months ago7 years, 11 months agoI’m looking forward to getting back to Belgrade next week. Hope we find a land mammal! Good to dream.
@cferrara, @lmccall, @lcone, @don-muller, @dbohaska, @donrideout
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 8 years, 6 months ago
8 years, 6 months ago8 years, 6 months agoHi Chuck–If we could get a group of Pleistocene mammals (optimally at least 6 specimens for statistics), like Equus, from Belgrade then these could be compared to the chemical fingerprint of the supposed early Miocene fossils from the same site. This uses rare earth elements. I’ve done this successfully on several…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 8 years, 6 months ago
8 years, 6 months ago8 years, 6 months agoI have been quiet of late, but am still interested in the Belgrade. Our student Aldo had his oral exams for his PhD yesterday. These are usually harrowing experiences. I brought in the Belgrade astragalus (see previous photos), and asked Aldo what it was. He said it was definitely a peccary! So, Chuck, we are on the…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 8 years, 7 months ago
8 years, 7 months ago8 years, 7 months agoHi Chuck–I have a copy of this paper, thanks to Dave Bohaska. The early Miocene (Thomas Farm, equivalent) fossil mammals seem to be coming out of the Belgrade Formation, Haywood Landing Member (locality 20)–see page F20. The fossil mammals likely constrain the age of this Member to about 19 to 16 million years old.…[Read more]
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Victor Perez started the topic Belgrade Blitz in the forum PaleoBlitz Forum 8 years, 7 months ago
8 years, 7 months ago8 years, 7 months agoThe first Paleoblitz will seek to catalog the specimens collected from the Belgrade Mine in North Carolina. The fossils collected are predominantly shark teeth, but there are numerous other kinds of fossils present (see Belgrade Mammals forum). We’d like to have each Paleoblitz be oriented around a research question and we felt that it would be…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Reply To: Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Background & Details (read this post first, please!) 8 years, 7 months ago
8 years, 7 months ago8 years, 7 months agoHere is some info and perspective from Dave Bohaska @dbohaska of the Smithsonian
Hi Bruce:
Will find all the Belgrade material here; I think we can count them on the fingers of one hand. My notes of 22-23 May 2015 mention the astragalus that Victor found, and an enamel fragment also. The next day Kyle Grimsley in brought a…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Reply To: Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Background & Details (read this post first, please!) 8 years, 7 months ago
8 years, 7 months ago8 years, 7 months agoHere is some info and perspective from Dave Bohaska @dbohaska of the Smithsonian
Hi Bruce:
Will find all the Belgrade material here; I think we can count them on the fingers of one hand. My notes of 22-23 May 2015 mention the astragalus that Victor found, and an enamel fragment also. The next day Kyle Grimsley in brought a…[Read more]
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Victor Perez started the topic Dentitions in the forum The Megalodon Forum 8 years, 7 months ago
8 years, 7 months ago8 years, 7 months agoWhere are all the dentitions? This forum topic seeks to locate all known Megalodon dentitions (in private and museum collections). Associated dentitions of Megalodon (or any shark) are extremely rare and can offer insurmountable information regarding life history, anatomy, and, potentially, behavior. However, there is no way to just search where…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Background & Details (read this post first, please!) in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 8 years, 7 months ago
8 years, 7 months ago8 years, 7 months agoHi Linda @lmccall –Thanks!
The Miocene land mammals should be coming from the lower (older) units and would include land mammal teeth and bones (not marine species) that would occur mixed along with marine critters. I am excited to know that your club might have some good stuff, because I was previously only aware of the handful of fossils in…[Read more]