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Greetings all! I joined a while back, and had yet to post anything of substance. I am a longtime fossil enthusiast (going back to the 1950's) but not a collector really. I passed along my original collection to a friend who was majoring in geology in college and have dabbled ever since. I sometimes bring back samples from trips for use in my classroom and my fellow teachers who teach Earth science. While I am fully credentialed in ES, I have taught biotech and forensics for the past few decades. I also am an adjunct for an online university that engages in teacher credentialing. In July I will be joining a dig in Montana near Malta to hopefully add to a local museum's collection. I have an ongoing interest in assisting in digs in California to support museums and classroom use of specimens. Keep that in mind if you hear of any opportunities. The two fossils shown here are from two different sites, the mollusk from Coalinga and the other was from a roadside coal seam somewhere east of Nevada as I recall. (I will do better on locations in the future). Dr. Dave Menshew rennaman -at- sbcglobal-dot-net
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I found a large carboniferous sandstone boulder in a hard to access reclaimed coal mine area. The boulder is buried so that only the top is exposed. Part of the top bedding planes are gone, revealing very nice lycopod rootlets lined up like airliners at a busy terminal. I suspect the main root is in there too, waiting for careful prep work at home. The only way to collect it is to split off as large of a slab as I can handle, and pack it out on my back. Fortunately the specific spot is level and stable and I can lash anything to a pack frame securely. I'm posting to ask for advice on in-the-field large slab splitting. I've never tried to retrieve such a large sample, much less on foot. I think I'll have to trench around the boulder to expose the sides and make working room. Then I either have the choice of hammer and chisel or packing along a battery powered drill and some splitting wedges. And one or two strong friends! Can anyone offer advice or help me ask the right questions? Thanks!
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Hi all, Just started writing a paper on health and safety in the field, collecting newspaper articles, obituaries, first-hand stories on deaths or near-death occurrences among amateur or professional earth scientists in the field. NOT after heart attacks in field, strokes, suicides, or industrial disease. Things like rock falls, falling off cliffs, quicksand, drowning, tree falls, lightning strikes, murder, vehicle accidents, animal attacks, etc. People going about their day in the field, doing earth science work and then suddenly having a tragic ending. Near death experiences may also be considered. Nothing like this has been compiled before and I wish to do so for a health and safety paper to help make us all safer and think about health and safety. Reply here for sure, but also c.c. me at: dtanke (at) hotmail.com please. If it is a published newspaper article or obit, please copy and send to me.
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Preparations for my 3rd Møns Klint Fossil Excavation
The Amateur Paleontologist posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hey everyone - It's Christian. For the past few months, I was inactive on TFF as I had a lot of schoolwork.. But now, I've got a lot more time on my hands - which means that I can get back to all things fossil related This of course includes making preparations for my 3rd Møns Klint Fossil Excavation (MKFE - the fieldwork aspect of my Møns Klint Fossil Research Program). I'll be going for 2 weeks, in mid-August - I'm really excited! As I said in a post from a few months ago, the collection policy of this MKFE is essentially the same as last time's (cephalopod, crustacean, echinoderm and vertebrate material). This time, though, there'll be a bigger focus on articulated and/or associated material - eroded sea urchin spines and belemnite fragments are getting too numerous... On the first days of the field trip, I'll have to do quite a bit of prospecting for new sites to work at, because there's a chance that the landslide spoil heap from last year has most likely been washed away by the waves. I'm already having some ideas of particular projects for this field trip, which include a comprehensive collection of washout microfossils - to determine relative abundances of various faunal groups. Another project is the in-depth analysis of fossil material from different layers of chalk - which I hope will yield some zone fossils. Of course, I'm still hoping to find a lil' mosasaur tooth I'll also use this field trip as an opportunity to donate to the GeoCenter Møns Klint some of the fossils I found during the 2nd MKFE. I'll keep you guys posted! Stay tuned I'm so excited to getting back there! -Christian- 10 replies
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All about my 2nd MKFE :)
The Amateur Paleontologist posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
Hey everyone, I'm back from my second Møns Klint Fossil Excavation - it was absolutely fantastic! For the majority of 2 weeks, I was down at the chalk cliffs of Møn; and recovered quite a sizable quantity of (mostly echinoderm) good-quality fossil material. All of it is still safely stowed away in ice cream boxes and kitchen paper "field jackets", but I can not wait to getting down to preparing all those fossils. Unfortunately, I did not manage to rediscover the "Echinoderm Quarry", but I did on the other hand have the chance to work on some new, very fossiliferous sites. Along with extensive fieldwork, I also got the privilege of analysing the MK Thoracosaurine jaw fossil, and meeting the Director and the Fossil Guide of the GeoCenter Møns Klint. I'll give detailed and illustrated accounts of all that happened* during this successful field session in the next few days... Stay tuned *Except, of course, for my studies of the MK Thoracosaurine - that'll have to wait until after the paper has been published (IF it does end up being published)- 27 replies
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New Ichthyosaur from the Cretaceous of Australia
The Amateur Paleontologist posted a topic in Fossil News
Just got this new article from the "Everything Dinosaur" blog about a new ichthyosaur specimen from the Cretaceous deposits in the area around Richmond (Queensland, Australia). The specimen was found and collected by the staff of the Kronosaurus Korner museum. https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2018/08/29/annual-australian-fossil-dig-finds-a-fish-lizard-fossil.html -Christian- 6 replies
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MKFRP: The Møns Klint Fossil Research Program
The Amateur Paleontologist posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
Hello, and welcome to my new MKFRP thread! In this new thread, there are going to be a lot more details, accounts, and of course… pictures, than in the previous one. I hope you enjoy it here For those who don't remember (or who haven't heard of this), the MKFRP is a research project based on the extensive collection and research of fossil material from the Lower Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Møns Klint, Denmark. The project was put in place given that this fossil site is highly diverse (more than 120 macrofossil taxa), but has been given too little paleontological attention. The goal of the MKFRP is to promote greater understanding and knowledge of the paleontology of this fossil site. The fieldwork aspect of this project consists of "MKFE's" (Møns Klint Fossil Excavations), organised week/fortnight-long field trips of which the central goal is to collect a large quantity of fossil material (especially from cephalopods, echinoderms and vertebrates). The first MKFE was a success, in which many echinoderm fossils (and one shark tooth) had been collected. The second MKFE will last 2 weeks, and is scheduled for the 2nd and 3rd weeks of July.- 17 replies
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Hey everyone, I'm currently working on my specimen cards for my MKFE Nº2. Could you tell me if there's any point that's missing? Informal name: ____________________________________________ Taxonomy: _______________________________________________ Genus and species: ________________________________________ Part of the organism: ________________________________________ Author citation: ____________________________________________ Geological age: ____________________________________________ Lithology: _________________________________________________ Stratigraphy: ______________________________________________ Measurements: ____________________________________________ Collector: _________________________________________________ Collection date: ____________________________________________ Collection site: _____________________________________________ Collection method(s): _______________________________________ Preparation method(s): ______________________________________ Worth donation: YES NO MAYBE Worth Danekræ: YES NO MAYBE Supplementary notes: _______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ If you're puzzled by the term "danekræ" above, it's just a word that is used to represent objects of natural history that are of national importance to Danemark and belong to the State. Thanks for the help Christian
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There are a series of articles about conducting paleontological / fossil hunting in Brazil in the Scientist at Work: Notes form the Field in the New York Times. The articles published so far are: Have You Seen This Animal? New York Times, April 11, 2012 http://scientistatwo...en-this-animal/ On the Origin of Therapsids New York Times, April 12, 2012 http://scientistatwo...-of-therapsids/ How Old is the ‘Fire Stone’? By Ken Angielcyzk New York Times, April 13, 2012 http://scientistatwo...the-fire-stone/ From Brazil’s Book of Rocks New York Times, April 17, 2012 http://scientistatwo...-book-of-rocks/ Unearthing Dwellers of an Aquatic Past New York Times, April 18, 2012 http://scientistatwo...n-aquatic-past/ Fossil Hunting Near ‘New York,’ Brazil New York Times, April 20, 2012 http://scientistatwo...ew-york-brazil/ Back to the Scene of a Former Fossil Site New York Times, April 24, 2012 http://scientistatwo...er-fossil-site/ Related paper: Brito, D., R. Rohn, J. Carneiro de Castro, Ricardo R. Dias, and R. Rössler, 2009, The Northern Tocantins Petrified Forest, State of Tocantins – The most luxuriant and important Permian tropical-subtropical floristic record in the Southern Hemisphere. in M. Winge and others Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil. Brasília: CPRM PDF file (English) at http://vsites.unb.br/ig/sigep/sitio104/sitio104english.pdf PDF file (Spanish) at http://vsites.unb.br/ig/sigep/sitio104/sitio104.pdf Best wishes, Paul H.