Sam Ocon @samantha-ocon
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2 days, 16 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity commentOh wow, @Matthew-Gramling! I can mark this as research grade!
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2 days, 16 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
So cool! I don’t think I’ve really ever worked with graptolites nor do I know anyone who has…
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2 days, 16 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Hi, @matthew-gramling, very cool! @smoran or @jeanette-pirlo might be able to confirm or deny that identification!
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2 days, 16 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Unfortunately, @Jacki-Bateman, this appears to be rock nodules.
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2 days, 17 hours agoMatthew Gramling and Sam Ocon are now friends -
2 days, 17 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I will also recommend PBDB: https://paleobiodb.org/navigator/ and the Digital Atlas of Ancient Life: https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/ as resources if you need help with topics.
P.S. Macrostrat also has a mobile app called Rockd that will use your phone’s location to tell you about the formation you’re standing on and the fossils that have been found in it. Would definitely recommend checking it out!
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2 days, 17 hours agoSam Ocon posted an update in the group Numinous Cnidaria
I am so excited to see this group!
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2 days, 17 hours agoSam Ocon joined the group Numinous Cnidaria
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@samantha-ocon Welcome and thanks for joining!!!
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3 days, 19 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Hi, @Kelsi-Hamblin, do you think you could update the taxonomy to reflect that it is an alligator scute?
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3 days, 19 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Hi @Cathy-Ivy, we might be able help identify it better if you gave us an idea of where exactly in Mississippi you found it. Then we can use tools like https://macrostrat.org/sift/ to figure out what age the rock there is.
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3 days, 19 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Hi, @Adam-Frey, we have some video tutorials on fossil cleaning available here: https://www.myfossil.org/video-tutorials/
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3 days, 19 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Hi, @Adam-Frey! I looked up the Blakeley formation on Macrostrat: https://macrostrat.org/sift/#/strat_name/7190. You may be able to get some insight on what this is. @Mackenzie-Smith might also have some input.
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3 days, 20 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
@Adam-Frey, scutes are the hardened, thickened bumpy armor pieces on the backs of animals like gators, turtles, and armadillos.
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3 days, 20 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
I’m a fan.
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3 days, 20 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Beautiful, @adam-frey. If you want to upload these on the eMuseum, they have to be individual specimens with an included scale bar and photos of all sides.
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4 days, 18 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Thank you so much, Cam!
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4 days, 18 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
@matthew-gramling tagged it as Chickamauga in LaFayette, GA. Hopefully that helps a little.
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It is most likey Ordovician. There are outcrops of the Chickamauga Limestone in that region that is Ordovician in age. It’s a Horn coral from the Chickmauga Limestone. I would have to do a bit more searching to narrow it down to genus level.
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Thank you so much, Cam!
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4 days, 18 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Same here, @Matthew-Gramling. @cameron-muskelly
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4 days, 18 hours agoSam Ocon posted a new activity comment
Cool specimen, @Matthew-Gramling. @Cameron-Muskelly might be able to help you narrow down the taxonomy of this specimen even further. It would also be really helpful if you added images of the top side!
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Looks to be horn coral possibly Devonian? Where was it found?
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Thank you @samantha-ocon! I will also try posting some metric measurements too.