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Jeanette Pirlo started the topic Help Make Augustynolophus morrisi California's State Dinosaur! in the forum Upcoming Opportunities 6 years, 12 months ago
6 years, 12 months ago6 years, 12 months agoCalifornia is on the verge of having a state dinosaur, Augustynolophus morrisi, but it needs your help! The bill’s purpose is to increase curiosity in the sciences of students, the Southern California Paleontological Society is asking young members to submit posters in support of AB1540 . More information is provided in the myFOSSIL Ne…[Read more]
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Julie Niederkorn started the topic Horse Incisor? in the forum The Fossil Horses Forum 7 years, 1 month ago
7 years, 1 month ago7 years, 1 month agoI found this in the Neuse River near New Bern, NC. It is not complete but I think it is an incisor of a horse or other large mammal. It seems quite large for a horse. Any ideas?
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Horses in the Cloud in the forum The Fossil Horses Forum 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months ago@erscott, @david-butler, @lcone, @vperez, @llundgren, @egardner
This paper compares very large on-line”cloud” databases that contain fossil and modern Equus occurrence records from museum catalogs and field observations. I found that there are 125,000 records of Equus in these databases and these can be used to understand and track the location…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner started the topic Horses in the Cloud in the forum The Fossil Horses Forum 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months ago@bmacfadden, your recent Paleobiology paper with Robert Guralnick entitled “Horses in the Cloud: big data exploration and mining of fossil and extant Equus (Mammalia: Equidae),” has been receiving attention on Twitter lately. This forum seems like a great place to discuss it. Can you tell us about it?
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Eleanor Gardner started the topic Fossil Specialties + Contacts in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 5 months ago
7 years, 5 months ago7 years, 5 months agoNeed specific help? Try contacting the following folks based upon their specialty:
General Fossil Help
Eleanor Gardner @egardner
Ronny Leder @rleder
Sean Moran @smoran
Sharon Holte @sholte
Jon Cartier @jon-cartier
Daniel Killam @daniel-killam
Justin Tweet @justin-tweet
Walter Stein @walter-stein
Dava Butler @dbutler
Invertebrates:
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Michelle Barboza replied to the topic Supporting women in paleo in the forum Women in Paleontology Forum 7 years, 5 months ago
7 years, 5 months ago7 years, 5 months agoThis is not necessarily an answer to what professional societies can do, but I recently came across an article titled “Calling All Men – Five Ways You Can Be A Feminist At Work.” I thought it was a great article because the fight for empowerment of women in society and the workplace is not a burden that should fall solely upon women. Feminism is…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Extinct Equus species in the forum The Fossil Horses Forum 8 years ago
8 years ago8 years agoThanks Eric! And thanks for responding here in the Forum. I will pass your analysis on to Christina!
Hope all is well in California. –Bruce
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Bruce MacFadden replied to the topic Extinct Equus species in the forum The Fossil Horses Forum 8 years ago
8 years ago8 years agoEric–I wonder if you could respond to this inquiry, thanks–Bruce
From: Christina Picchi
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 4:30 PM
To: MacFadden,Bruce J
Subject: Re: Equus lambei?Dear Dr. Bruce MacFadden,
I was suggested your name by Julie B. Rokor from ResearchGate. My question involves the phylogenetic placement of an Equus species…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden started the topic Tooth found in Texas Well in the forum What Is It? 8 years ago
8 years ago8 years agoDear Veronica–Thank you for your inquiry. The photos that you sent are definitive in my opinion. It is definitely a fossil horse tooth, likely Equus. I am copying Eric Scott above, who is a world’s authority on fossil Equus. I want him to weigh in on what he thinks your fossil horse is.
From: Veronica Arias…[Read more]
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Bruce MacFadden started the topic Tooth found in Texas Well in the forum What Is It? 8 years ago
8 years ago8 years agoDear Veronica–Thank you for your inquiry. The photos that you sent are definitive in my opinion. It is definitely a fossil horse tooth, likely Equus. I am copying Eric Scott above, who is a world’s authority on fossil Equus. I want him to weigh in on what he thinks your fossil horse is.
From: Veronica Arias…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic modern vs pre-Columbian horse teeth in the forum The Fossil Horses Forum 8 years, 1 month ago
8 years, 1 month ago8 years, 1 month agoGood question, John! What do you think @bmacfadden, @smoran, @erscott?
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Eleanor Gardner posted an update 8 years, 4 months ago
8 years, 4 months ago8 years, 4 months agoLet’s get some groups created! I know that folks want to see their fossil clubs/societies represented on the myFOSSIL community website – just go to the ‘Groups’ tab along the main menu and then click the ‘Create A Group’ button. If you need help, check out the FAQ page or message me!
@lcone & @don-muller : Special Friends of the Aurora Fossil…[Read more]
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I just set one up for DPS. Is the site open enough for me to offer it as an option for my youth group? We have about 55 on the roster, but there are lots of siblings. If so, I can create an educational outreach group for them as well.
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Great! Thanks for creating a DPS group, Tynessa! I believe the site is open enough for k-12 participants. Just have them go to the landing page and fill out the registration form with a parent. Then a login will be created and sent to the registrant email address. Thanks!
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Bruce MacFadden started the topic Extinct Equus species in the forum The Fossil Horses Forum 8 years, 4 months ago
8 years, 4 months ago8 years, 4 months agoEric–If you had to guess, how many extinct species of Equus are valid from throughout the world? 50?