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I am looking for two articles about an advanced amateur paleontologist who found and had an Arizona coral named after her: Gladys Nisbet. Iowaphyllum nisbeti. She left fossils and sparse notes in at least 3 Arizona institutions. She deserves another article to be written about her. Coral paper: https://pubs.usgs.gov/journal/1978/vol6issue6/report.pdf From Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_T._Nisbet Articles needed: Obituary. Springer (New Mexico) News-Bulletin. 28 October 1994. page 4. Springer educator is
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I've now had it looked at by a geologist and the park paleontologist at "The Falls of the Ohio". The paleontologist was intrigued yet baffled by it. As far as the record books are concerned there were not supposed to be dinosaurs in Indiana. But I know for a fact that Tell City man in southwest Indiana found one in a creek. He had it authenticated. Maybe there never were dinosaurs in this area? But I can tell you who was. Mound builders. A friend of mine had a theory as to how the came to be here. That sometime, somewhere, native peoples found them and carried them in their travels. At some p
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I am looking for a paleontologist job, where can I get one?
fossilhunter21 posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
So I am interested in a job that has me doing things like preparing fossils or hunting for them (that might have an open job offer in the next few years). I would appreciate any help you can give me. -
School related project, time limit (and yes it has something to do with paleontology)
AccurateDeinonychus08 posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Dear members of the fossil forum, this might sound weird, but for school I need to make an online interview for someone who has a career which I'm interested in, does anybody know a paleontologist which I can interview? The interview doesn't have to be today I just need to manage/plan one today before it's 3:30 pm. (As you might be aware the deadline has passed, but I can still manage to find someone as long as it is today. So please it's urgent and I don't want to stress more than I originally was). Kind regards, -oualidbro -
Hello we are in Pensacola and our 15 year old son is an aspiring Paleontologist. He is dive certified and so are we and have a 18ft boat along with a 27 ft boat. We want to support him in his dream career choice (if he can support himself at some point LOL) and have no knowledge of how to get him experience in fossil hunting. He knows that chances are this part of his career path could be short lived and he will likely end up as a professor or museum curator but he doesn’t care. History and science are his favorite subject and as he says this is both wrapped up in one. As the country opens bac
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Hey Everyone! I've really come to appreciate all the help and support that this community offers. I feel privileged to live in a time and place where it is so easy to stay connected with others who share interest in our pursuit to uncover the mystery of deep time. I suppose that I should start off by introducing myself in case you haven't had the pleasure yet. So. Here goes: Hi! My name is Nicholas Perlenfein. I’m a student at College of the Redwoods currently pursuing an AST in Geology. I have an intense interest in studying fossils the genesis of which lies very early
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Looking For An Expert/Specialist In Triassic Reptile/Amphibian Remains
Kurufossils posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I'm not to sure if is the right part of the forum to be asking this but is anyone or would anyone know any experts/specialists that have a focus in Triassic Reptile/Amphibian Remains? Can even be a recomendation of an email address for a specific paleontologist I would be able to contact in regard to discussing a specimen directly and privately. -
America's First Paleontologist Hand-Wrote The Declaration of Independence
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
America's First Paleontologist Hand-Wrote The Declaration of Independence Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, June 30, 2019 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2019/06/30/americas-first-paleontologist-hand-wrote-the-declaration-of-independence Yours, Paul H.-
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Sounds like a new type of joke, like lightbulb jokes or something. But this is an article that is part of a five post series to bring attention to the new paleontology exhibit at the Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-do-paleontologists-find-fossils-180972126/ How do paleontologists find fossils? They look in the museum catalog. How do paleontologists find fossils? They find them fascinating. Hdpff? They don't, they help the fossil find itself. ...
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Hi, i’m high school student in 12th grade. I’m currently working on a senior exit project, and I chose palentology as my career choice. I would like to do an interview with a paleontologist just asking a couple of questions like: what is your favorite thing about the job, what inspired you to be a paleontologist, how long did you have to attend school to become a paleontologist, etc. An interview over email or even over the website would suffice. Thank you.
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I've been on the fossil forum for a bit, I first joined because I want to eventually become a paleontologist. Through exploring the forum and other places of information I've realized life is incredibly diverse with millions of species and all of which, have an evolutionary history, which is great except one problem. I have no idea which to choose, there all amazing in their own ways, personally I prefer tetrapods, but that's still very broad with many groups of animals to choose from. Anyone have any advice to help with this process? Thanks in advance!
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*Looking for some advice from paleologists and/or geologists* I am thinking about going back to school. I dropped out of college 10 years ago because I was never quite sure what I wanted to do. I have taken a lot of course hours, but I do not have a degree since I basically took anything that interested me. Now that I am 30 and a bit more stable, I would love to go back. I am extremely interested in paleontology, but I know that it requires a lot of school, and it isn't easy. From the small amount of research I did, it seems like most paleontologists do their undergraduate de
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i have an assignment to make a presentation about this fossil(?), but i have no idea about what it is. can anybody give me some clue what is this??
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today (as of the day i am posting this) is Mary Anning's 215th birthday!
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Why Do Some Paleontologists Discourages Private Fossils Collection?
Melissawow posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I've met some paleontologists who insisted that we should not own any fossils as private collection. They claimed that all fossils no matter how common or rare even a Knightia or Elrathia trilobite should not be kept privately by anyone but instead goes to a museum for research and studies. Another reason they said is fossil collection gave rise to unlawful personals who destroys the site and shooting down scientists who enters the quarry for studies. Hence, any genuine fossil materials should be handed over to paleontologists for investigation and we should only own casts and replicas not th -
WOW! I recently decided to put my name in and catalogue all the books in my personal library. There was one book that was dated 1900 but the binding was fine for a book that old and someone had filled it with notes and colored most of the black and white plates of crinoids. The title is Text Book of Paleontology by Zittel, vol.1, London, 1900. So I thought the notes were made by a student and didn’t give it much thought. It wasn’t until yesterday April 1st. when I was going to stamp my name on the title page when I noticed that the previous owner signed his name. It read J. Wyatt Durham. I
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