[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey Jack, good to hear from you and the news are amazing. I have already checked the website of the Cincinnati Museum and was so amazed about the quality of all the work that was done. Thanks for the heads up. My new museum is growing even if it is just present in Virtual Reality at the moment. Since the old house is still opened and functional there is no need for any rush. The political background had to be perfect to instal my ideas. Now everything is ready and prepared for getting serious. That means I will get the building I always wanted in the centre of the city (a cultural melting pot) with outstanding architecture and twice the size as originally anticipated. Yeah, that feels great! Now it will take a bit longer but the results will be much more prominent – a once in a lifetime opportunity needs that well overthought developing process. Whenever to come jumping over to Germany just make sure to join me here in Leipzig.

All the best

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

tiny Meg teeth (around 2 inch) are called Hubbell teeth after Gordon Hubbell a Gainesville local private collector

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey Linda,

seems to be a smaller Meg tooth (Carcharocles megalodon)

cheers

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Well Jack You are absolutely right. Do not use acid of any kind. Rachels suggestion of letting the weather do the job is what I would do.

cheers

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

• Coprolith?

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Good resource Rachel @rnarducci, a bit dry but with lots of information. btw Rachel I just had a look at the webinar that you had end of November … very well done!!!

Best regards from Germany

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey guys, sorry for the delayed answer … I was quite busy building a brand new museum … hmmm well I still am but I will squeeze my answer in my packed schedule plan 😉

I agree with Jack … the price is super fair and the optic seems to be good. That scope will work for most use even for more professional needs. Good deal and thumbs up!

Btw.: Hey Jack @jkallmeyer how far along is the renovation of the Cincinnati Museum?

Best

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey Amina,

I think these are structures from the Southern Dinaric Karst System, the main geological structure and something quite common in that area. Karst comes from the croatian word <i>krš</i> and means stony dour soil. Most of your objects seems to be calcitic. The original sediments of the area, mostly limestone, was dissolved and finaly precipitated in structures like the ones you presented us here. So No, these are not fossil but Yes, these structures are quite interessting.  Btw: That mountain is nice for skiing and was host for the the alpine competitions of the Olympic Winter Games of 1984. Very nice area!!

 

Best regards from snowy Germany 😉

Ronny

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

@egardner, @jkallmeyer,

 

it is so sad to hear that, I remember him well, we had a very delightful conversation at the Cinci miniconference, my best wishes for his family

all the best

 

Ronny

 

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

@adam-armstrong

Dear Adam, it is absolutely possible that we see a preopercule but for better ID I would need some more pics from different perspectives. Can you shoot and upload some ?

Best

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Dear Suzanne @sgalligher,

I use our Megalodon Forum as a platform to answer your question about potential other megalodon body parts that might have been found beside teeth and vertebrae. Please do also use this forum for further questions, we appreciate it very much. As far as I know not much else has been found other than teeth and vertebrae. Probably some cartilage fragments but nothing really identifiable. There are some findings with associated teeth where all the teeth were found in the correct place and order but still there was no jaw material left since the cartilage has been dissolved over time. The problem is the size of the Megs. It is much harder for a huge specimen to get completely fossilized since it is more unlikely to completely get covered in a dense cloud of very fine sediments in just a few seconds. That is what actually has to happen to preserve soft tissue or cartilage. But it is not impossible! As you can see with the samples from the Solnhofener Plattenkalk or the Posidonienschiefer in Germany, shark soft tissue was preserved. Another outstanding example is the fossil record of the Great White Shark from the Pliocene of Peru housed in Gordon Hubbell’s collection (Ehret D. J.; Hubbell G.; Macfadden B. J. [2009]. “Exceptional preservation of the white shark Carcharodon from the early Pliocene of Peru” (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1671/039.029.0113.)

A very helpful resource comes from our friend Jayson (@jayson-kowinsky) and his very nice website:

http://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/fish-shark/remnant.htm

maybe he knows of some preserved Meg cartilage?

I hope I could help you

Best

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey guys, @jkallmeyer, @bheimbrock, @george-powell, @egardner,

very impressive methods that you have developed and very useful information for our FOSSIL community. Thanks you for sharing these experience. I would like to add another method that I was using labeling fossils. I was in charge of the paleobotany collection in Leipzig for a long time and to label fine clay sediment blocks was not always easy since little pieces of paper would not last very long even if you cover it with glue. I was using Tipp-Ex, a German liquid correction fluid like White-Out in the states. You just have to clean and smooth the area where you put on the White-Out. It last much longer than the paper since it soaks better into the sediment. Once it has dried you can write on it with a very fine dip pen. You can also use the White-Out as the basement to glue a printed label on the fossil.

I hope that was helpful too.

Best

Ronny

 

 

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey @bruce-salas,

there is a tutorial under the resources section about uploading 😉

best

Ronny

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey Bruce, @bruce-salas, I agree with Eleanors feelings about the object you have uploaded first. It still looks more like a concretion to me … sorry.

best

 

Ronny

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

@egardner @bruce-salas, looks indeed more like a concretion or at least like an unidentifiable fossil

best

Ronny

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

@asa-kaplan, Hi Asa, upon first look it appears like a fossil Carya, but that would not match with Pennsylvanian age, so I suggest that you might have a pseudofossil here.

best

 

Ronny

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

@lance-comfort … again, we will check it and give answers asap!

 

Ronny

 

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey Lance @lance-comfort,

we will check that and get back to you later. Sorry for the delay. We were busy with the GSA conference and the GSA short course. No excuse I know 😉

 

best

 

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

Hey Lance @lance-comfort, we are at the GSA conference in Dallas at the moment and a bit packed, but will get back to you as soon as possible.

best

Ronny

[Dr. Ronny Maik Leder]

@matthew-speights

Thank you Matthew for this very comprehensive and helpful post. I guess all people interested in this chemicals should know now what to do and where to get it. Very good job!

all the best

Ronny

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