Michael Ziegler
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Aubrey Miller posted a new specimen. 2 years, 1 month ago
2 years, 1 month ago2 years, 1 month agoAubrey Miller has contributed specimen mFeM 58623 to myFOSSIL!
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Victor Perez posted an update in the group
Bruce’s Paleo-Tutorial 2 years, 8 months ago2 years, 8 months ago2 years, 8 months agoPaleo Society Outreach and Education Grants for up to $2500 are due March 2nd if anyone is interested.
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I was a recipient last year if anyone wanted a copy of my proposal.
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Victor Perez posted an update in the group
Bruce’s Paleo-Tutorial 3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months agoHey Everyone,
Graduate School Affairs offers a mentorship award for graduate students that are involved in mentoring K-12, undergrads, or other grad students. I think everyone in our lab could make a case for how their outreach and education efforts make them eligible for this. It says you can nominate people or submit yourself; however, the…[Read more]
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Claudia Grant posted an update in the group
iDigFossils 3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months ago@tredina-sheppard@michael-ziegler, I just learned today about an amazing website that has 3D models of almost every single bird beak there is out there. You have to create an account and log in in order to see the models.
https://www.markmybird.org/
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Thanks! I was able to view them. I will think of a way to incorporate the website for student learning.
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Hi, @aubrey-miller – it is possible that it is a fossil coral. It’s difficult to tell without really looking closely at the sample. I don’t know much about more recent corals but your classification looks correct – if that’s what this specimen is. I’ll tag in a few local experts who may have been out collecting a bit more than I have in the area -…[Read more]
@aubrey-miller @jbauer I think it’s coral too but I don’t think it’s Acropora. I’ve worked with modern Acropora from the Maldives and what really defines that genus are large, distinct corallites (calcified tubes where the polyp is) which I do not see evidence of in this specimen. While this genus is notorious for taking on different growth forms…[Read more]
I’d agree with the fossil coral @mackenzie-smith and @jbauer mentioned. I’m afraid I won’t be able to clarify it further. Although, the typical preservation of this agatized coral specimen is interesting. In the second photo features what appear to be some druzy brown/orange crystals. The original coral material has been replaced by silica…[Read more]
As Mackenzie points out it is not Acropora. Florida Geological Survey Bulletin No. 56 describes the fossil corals of the Tampa Formation (latest geology pointed out by Michael Z.). https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00000252/00001/pdf. It looks from a distance to be Goniopora. A much closer pic will be needed to identify to species.