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Nathan Newell posted a new specimen. 4 years, 10 months ago
4 years, 10 months ago4 years, 10 months agoNathan Newell has contributed specimen mFeM 54239 to myFOSSIL!
Nathan Newell posted a new specimen. 4 years, 10 months ago
Nathan Newell has contributed specimen mFeM 54239 to myFOSSIL!
Hi, @nathan-newell– Do you have a local guide book that helped you ID to the species level? I’m having some difficultly with some basic searches in my usual portals. I just wanted to check in before marking it research grade. There are no occurrences of this species on iDigBio so it could be really impactful!
Hi, @jbauer ! I mistakenly put myself as the identifier, but it was actually identified by Charlie Smith, who posted in this thread:
Now that you ask, I can’t find pictures of keyserensis so I can’t say for sure one way or the other. What do you think?
Excellent! Well, Charlie’s process of elimination certainly makes sense to me. It’s really hard with genera like Spirifer, because it’s been tossed so many species for so long – who knows what’s real or not! It’s definitely several careers worth of projects. I couldn’t find any images either. I’m going to add it to my to-do list to check in the collections here at Michigan. I start next week and maybe once I get settled I can find a similar specimen or an old reference that can help. Or maybe I can find a willing student to invest some time in brachiopod taxonomy!!
Thanks! Good luck in your new position!