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Alright everyone, let's hear the reason behind the screen name you chose. Surely there has to be some good ones. I will start with mine "sixgill pete" So, those of you who know me, at least digitally if not personally know my name is Don, not "pete". My favorite teeth have always been cowshark teeth, especially the Hexanchus or sixgill cow shark. One day about 18 years ago I was at some piles of material from the Lee Creek mine (Aurora) on private property with my grandson Nick. Normally in the piles if you find a cowshark, it is Notorhynchus (sevengill). Well, that day I had found 2 sevengills already when I came across a decent sixgill tooth Hexanchus gigas. My first sixgill. Root was not complete, but a decent tooth. I looked at my grandson and said I got one a sixgill tooth and his reply was "Papa for now on I'm going to call you sixgill pete when we are fossil hunting. So it kinda stuck. And, he still does at times today, at 24. So what is your story?

Is it possible to put forward a proposal to name an unnamed fossil species? Where (organization name) would such a proposal be sent? Thank You, -G

I am fortunate to have a copy of Erich Rose's New York Paleontological Society Fossil Collecting Primer. In it is a detailed section on how to correctly name your fossils according to accepted taxonomic nomenclature. A question I have had is the correct way to name a fossil which includes the author's name and date. Gypidula coeymanensis. Is Schubert, 1913 placed right after the species name, separated by a comma such as Gypidula coeymanensis, Schubert, 1913? And what if the genus was authored by someone different? Would this be appropriate? Gypidula, Jones, 1910 coeymanensis, Schubert, 1913. Tom

What is the proper name for Priscacara/Cockerellites fish, Priscacara or Cockerellites?

Mine is the Ammonite. Ammonoidea.

Ive been noticing that in some post, folks are using @ with name in an orange colored rectangle shape. What is that? RB

Show us any fossils you may have 'named' e.g. I named a trilobite Leroy. Along with picture if you can.