Jack Kallmeyer

@jbauer Well in trying to figure out how to message Max I tried again. It appears there is a sweet spot of where the mouse has to be to make this work. You can’t just click anywhere and to me this is not clear. I tried a new entry and the box says “drag and drop here” so that is clear. On my existing page the box said “upload image” and the sweet spot was the camera icon so that isn’t very clear in my mind. So now I have the image back on this specimen. If I want to look at just my specimens I use the pull down under my photo at the upper right and choose “Specimens”. In this view all of the thumbnails are gone replaced by a myFossil logo. This may be from my screw up the other day. Any way to restore that? I never did find the button to message Max.

Jen, I am using Chrome. This is the same set-up I used to upload that clam photo right before NAPC. You may recall that the drag and drop did not work for me then either but I was able to copy/paste it. That’s not working for me now. I sent the photo to you via email yesterday so let me know if you didn’t get it.

Jen,

I apparently deleted the image that has no scale but am unable to figure out how to add the new one with a scale. As you know the upload image tab does nothing and I can’t remember how to get the photo on the page. I tried copy and paste and drag and drop but nothing works. The taxonomy, at least the genus name, came from Rich Fuchs our local graptolite expert. Also, none of my thumbnails are showing up when I look at any of my specimens on the summary page..I hope I didn’t do that. I’m going to email the new photo to you. Maybe you can get it added.

Jen, I added the note. I didn’t realize the photo had a scale bar as it doesn’t show in the thumbnail.

This is correct thanks

This is a 10mm scale

@nathan-newell The crinoid volumes in the treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology is what you are looking for . It is a three book set – Part T. You can find these used or if you are a Paleo Society member, you can get a discount on new ones. This will clarify all of your questions.

For example, the central spine is a mineral filling. The living animal had a hole all the way through the stem from top to bottom. The individual stem segments articulate with radial groves and ridges that interlock to prevent the stem from twisting.

Text books on invertebrate paleontology – new or old – will also explain this anatomy.

@rita-klein This is an Alumina ball used in a ball mill to grind any number of materials used for coatings. When I worked in the appliance industry we used these in huge mills for grinding the glasses and clays used to make porcelain enamel. The ceramics industry uses them for this purpose as well. They are commonly found in any area where ceramics or pottery have been made.

@eliana-r@sadie-mills This looks like either the trunk or root from a Pennsylvanian age tree like Lepidodendron.