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Kevin Kelly

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Kevin Kelly

@kevin-kelly
Los Angeles, CA
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    Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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    @bill-heim The specimen number is my own naming scheme for specimens in my personal collection. I have the coordinates from a GPS app from my smartphone, I just didn’t include it since the website is visible to the public and @kevin-kelly is doing a survey of the sharks at that locality with the LA County Natural History Museum. This will be…[Read more]

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    Mackenzie Ross posted a new activity comment 9 months ago

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    Hi there, @kevin-kelly, wonderful find! @vperez or @bill-heim might be able to help you with the identification!

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! Are you planning on going back through these and IDing them yourself first?

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      Kevin Kelly replied 11 months, 3 weeks ago

      yep

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly, could you post photos from the other side?

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly, can you upload photos from other angles?

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 11 months, 3 weeks ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! You’re right, this is a brachiopod. Sorry, I was completely wrong.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly, @Bill-Heim should be able to help with ID!

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      Bill Heim replied 12 months ago

      Tooth roots are as important or sometimes more important for identification as the blade. With a missing root, ID would only be an educated guess.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi @Kevin-Kelly, I think this is a sea urchin spine.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly. I see that this tooth is pretty destroyed. At the very least, we can identify it as a shark tooth, so the taxonomy should be Kingdom -> Animalia, Phylum -> Chordata, Class -> Chondrichthyes

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly. The info and photos here look good to me, but I’ll tag in @Bill-Heim to check the ID.

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      Bill Heim replied 12 months ago

      Due to size and serrations I would have to agree with the ID

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! I think the Pico formation is Pliocene in age. I will tag in @Bill-Heim for ID confirmation.

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      Bill Heim replied 12 months ago

      It looks like a meg but could also be a great white. Let me point out again that missing roots make ID difficult or even impossible.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! This looks good to me, but I am not an expert in sharks. I will tag in @Bill-Heim for ID confirmation.

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      Bill Heim replied 12 months ago

      ID looks correct

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! This looks good to me, but I am not an expert in sharks. I will tag in @Bill-Heim for ID confirmation.

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      Bill Heim replied 12 months ago

      Looks correct

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly. I think this is also an oyster.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! I suspect this is a crab claw but photos from other sides and angles would be useful.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly, I’m thinking this is part of an Oyster (genus Ostrea).

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! Could you post more photos of this specimen from other sides + angles?

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi, @Kevin-Kelly! I’m thinking this is half of a bivalve. It’s pretty poorly preserved though, I’m not sure we could ID it past that.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi @Kevin-Kelly, would you be willing to change the genus name?

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      Kevin Kelly replied 1 year ago

      Hi Sam, just checked. Typing ‘Physogaleus contortus’ into the taxon wizard fills in details for Galeocerdo contortus.

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        Sam Ocon replied 1 year ago

        I went ahead and typed it in here too.

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    Sam Ocon posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

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    Hi @Kevin-Kelly, I think the best thing to do here is to change the taxonomy to reflect Physogaleus sp.

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      Kevin Kelly replied 1 year ago

      Same issue here, selecting “Physogaleus contortus” w/taxon wizard autopopulates the info for “Galeocerdo contortus”

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        Sam Ocon replied 1 year ago

        I think our best bet is to manually type it in in these situations. Thanks for letting me know about this problem!

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