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Jacob Q. M. Polzin replied to the topic Triassic vertebrates from eastern North America in the forum Ideas for New Forums 3 years, 8 months ago
3 years, 8 months ago3 years, 8 months agoI am an avocational collector that has begun collecting triassic deposits in northern Virginia.
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Katie Collins posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months agoIt’s definitely a Plicatula! Nice specimen, @hunter-Thurmond 🙂 One further photography tip: bivalves are usually illustrated with the hinge at the top (i.e. 180 degrees to how you have your first and third photos here), and it helps to compare to published illustrations for ID checking if everything is the same way up.
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Katie Collins posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months agoIt’s definitely a Plicatula! Nice specimen, @hunter-Thurmond 🙂 One further photography tip: bivalves are usually illustrated with the hinge at the top (i.e. 180 degrees to how you have your first and third photos here), and it helps to compare to published illustrations for ID checking if everything is the same way up.
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Nathan Newell posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond No problem! Glad I could help!
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Nathan Newell posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond Hi, Hunter! Flash can wash out some of the details of fossils, so I use directional lighting. I don’t do anything too fancy, though; I just don’t have the time or money to create an elaborate studio. Here’s my set-up:
https://www.myfossil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1564364302809.jpgI use a desk lamp with a movable neck and a…[Read more]
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Nathan thank you! I have done them kind of like that before, I think using a card to reflect light into the shadows and a black velvet background will greatly improve my pictures.
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@hunter-thurmond No problem! Glad I could help!
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Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months agoHi, @Hunter-Thurmond! Do you have any photos with better lighting? Also, @Katie-Collins-2, can you confirm this ID? Thank you both!
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I need to figure out a better lighting situation, this is regular flash.
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@Bill-Heim, @Nathan-Newell, and @Delwin-Glasner would probably be able to give you some advice. They’re photo pros.
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Did you retake the pictures because the lighting looks ok to me?
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I didn’t retake them, but I think Nathan’s advice will improve my future pictures.
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@hunter-thurmond Hi, Hunter! Flash can wash out some of the details of fossils, so I use directional lighting. I don’t do anything too fancy, though; I just don’t have the time or money to create an elaborate studio. Here’s my set-up:
https://www.myfossil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1564364302809.jpgI use a desk lamp with a movable neck and a…[Read more]
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Nathan thank you! I have done them kind of like that before, I think using a card to reflect light into the shadows and a black velvet background will greatly improve my pictures.
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@hunter-thurmond No problem! Glad I could help!
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It’s definitely a Plicatula! Nice specimen, @hunter-Thurmond 🙂 One further photography tip: bivalves are usually illustrated with the hinge at the top (i.e. 180 degrees to how you have your first and third photos here), and it helps to compare to published illustrations for ID checking if everything is the same way up.
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It’s definitely a Plicatula! Nice specimen, @hunter-Thurmond 🙂 One further photography tip: bivalves are usually illustrated with the hinge at the top (i.e. 180 degrees to how you have your first and third photos here), and it helps to compare to published illustrations for ID checking if everything is the same way up.
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Thank you so much!
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Thank you!
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MacKenzie Smith posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months ago@hunter-thurmond Sounds good! Seems like a better fit than Equisetum.
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Sam Ocon replied to the topic Applying to Volunteer in the forum FOSSIL Sustainability 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months agoHi, @Hunter-Thurmond! If you would like to apply for the volunteer curator position (currently, we are no longer producing newsletters), please fill out this google form: https://www.myfossil.org/volunteering/
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Sam it looks like the https://www.myfossil.org/volunteering/ page no longer exists.
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Oops! You’re right! Let me take a look into that and give you a direct link to the volunteering sheet: https://forms.gle/Bg4fbgUkuhunfqgw5
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MacKenzie Smith posted a new activity comment 4 years, 4 months ago
4 years, 4 months ago4 years, 4 months ago@hunter-thurmond Calamites went extinct around the Triassic but their nearest living relatives in the genus Equisetum (same genus as modern horsetail) were around in the Paleogene. It’s possible it could be that. Can you remove some of the matrix? One of the key features is a node which might be covered right now. A cross section photo would help…[Read more]
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@mackenzie-smith I can’t figure out how to add more photos or post photos in a reply. I will create a new post once thorough pictures have been made. I was able to remove most of the matrix but no node seems apparent. Is the last picture of this post a sufficient cross section? Where it is fractured it reminds me of petrified wood I have found…[Read more]
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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@hunter-thurmond@jbauer I think I see four potentially “fossily” things here: 1) At the top-left, there’s a curved line that could be a brachiopod mold that’s been cut down the middle. 2) Right below that is a little blob… maybe a trilobite nose, but probably something else. 3) A hole right square in the middle; I’d bet that’s a mold of a…[Read more]
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@nathan-newell @jbauer I believed the top right was a cross section of a Brachiopod, you could look into the crevices and see what appeared to be a shell cast with ridges. I was told the little blobs that the Brachiopod appears to be resting on in the cavity are Bryozoans and I thought so too after further inspection. Was this picture…[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, @hunter-thurmond – Any ideas what this is? Do you have another image with a scale, zoomed in onto the fossil?
I did some research on the formation and it looks like it is Givetian in age so your geochronology would be Phanerozoic > Paleozoic > Devonian > Middle Devonian > GivetianMaybe @nathan-newell has some ideas being more familiar with…[Read more]
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Sadie Mills posted a new activity comment 5 years, 2 months ago
5 years, 2 months ago5 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond and @nathan-newell, any suggestions for fossil hunting in or near Virginia?
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@sadie-mills Sure! Here are a couple of tips for you, @alley-b …
First, the geology of Virginia is broken up into 5 different provinces:
geology.blogs.wm.eduYou can find Cenozoic fossils (like shark teeth) in the Coastal Plain, and Paleozoic fossils (trilobites, crinoids, brachiopods) west of the Blue Ridge. The Piedmont province is a big…[Read more]
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Thank you so much! You’re a wealth of information, and I am very appreciative!
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@alley-b No problem! Glad to help!
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Sadie Mills replied to the topic Turritella like mollusc in the forum What Is It? 5 years, 10 months ago
5 years, 10 months ago5 years, 10 months ago@hunter-thurmond have you used the Digital Atlas of Ancient Life? It is an online ID guide, and has a Neogene guide for the Southeast US.
http://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/
There are a lot of gastropods to sort through, but this one caught my eye as similar to your specimen:
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Yorktown formation zone 1 in the forum What Is It? 6 years, 2 months ago
6 years, 2 months ago6 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond Poop! It looks like a fecal string to me. I found crap like that (pun intended) in my screenings at Venice Beach years ago.
Jack
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Lisa Lundgren replied to the topic Brach on coral? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond if you’re looking for an inexpensive option to take close up shots of fossils with your iPhone, I can’t recommend the mPow lens kits enough. They are very affordable, and clip onto your phone camera lens. I know that some folks take issue with the fact that it can “bend” the image, but it does a pretty job good for the price…[Read more]
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Jayson Kowinsky replied to the topic Brach on coral? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months agoI’m still going to say it’s a Bryozoan colony encrusting the bottom part of your spiriferid fossils.
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Brach on coral? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond With those views it brings two things to mind: A encrusting coral or a stromatoporoid. Â It may take someone familiar with your area to be definitive on this after seeing the specimen in person. I have attached a close-up photo of an encrusting coral from here. Â It has more preserved detail but it does have a similar shape.
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Michelle Barboza replied to the topic Paleo paleontology in the forum Ideas for New Forums 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond@egardner I like this idea – the history science (earth science in this case, and the scientists who pushed it along) is something I try to read about in my spare time! I can’t commit to being a moderator, but I would be certainly be a regular reader. This does overlap with our Women in Paleontology forum, but I suppose we could c…[Read more]
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Microscope for fossils in the forum Digitizing, Photographing, and Curating Fossils 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months ago@hunter-thurmond  Well, it looks like it should work OK.  I’m not familiar with the brand but as long as the optics are good it should work.  The sale price seems good too.
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Walter Stein replied to the topic Curation of Personal Collections in the forum Digitizing, Photographing, and Curating Fossils 7 years, 2 months ago
7 years, 2 months ago7 years, 2 months agoHunter @hunter-thurmond –
I know what you mean. It’s very easy to walk away from some sites with too much stuff. When I was in college, I had a tendency to collect every little scrap I found. After several years of field trips, I had buckets worth of invertebrates that I had no real use for that took up lots of space. Now, I’ve become very…[Read more]
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