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Hello, I was doing a study on the T. rex and Nanotyrannus teeth specimens I had, and I wanted to compare them against a list of known T. rex teeth with measurement. The paper: Dental Morphology and Variation in Theropod Dinosaurs: Implications for the Taxonomic Identification of Isolated Teeth (JOSHUA B. SMITH, DAVID R. VANN, AND PETER DODSON) contains a list of 115 T. rex teeth. To make it easier to compare and read the data, I combined the measurements into a single chart, added colors and lines for ease of reading, and added the size and names of the T. rex used in the study Feel free to refer to the below chart for T. rex teeth measurements. I had to split the chart into 2 due to size limitations, but if you want the full-sized PDF version (25 MB), please message me so I can send it to you by email. If you have any suggestions to improve readability, or have your own data to add, go ahead and post it here! I will be posting pics and measurements of my various T. rex and Nanotyrannus teeth here @Troodon
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Hello, I'm a 36 year old with honours degree in Paleobotany. I specialised is the divergence of acacia and eucalypt. Nice to meet everyone.
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I'm really new at this, but I'm really interested in this area Found at Anyer beach, Indonesia
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visit of the MNHN Paleontological Research Center of Paris
caterpillar posted a topic in A Trip to the Museum
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Hi everyone - I am a total newbie when it comes to fossil hunting in North Texas. My stepson has moderate autism and has always been into geology. I started looking for places to search for fossils as a way to plan fun excursions with him on the weekend. We started recently by going to Ladonia Fossil Park, Post Oak Creek in Sherman, and most recently, Mineral Wells Fossil Park. I am totally hooked! I was the one that didn’t want to leave, even in the oppressive heat! I am looking forward to finding new places and new fossils - so cool!!! I am fascinated by it all! Look forward to being a part of this forum!
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BVP Fieldschool to Poland (09/07/2022 - 17/07/2022)
ziggycardon posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi everyone! I have just returned from a fieldschool to Poland which was organized by the BVP (Belgium Society for Paleontology) in association with the Universities of Opole and Gdansk. The fieldschool started on the 9th july and ended on july 17. The first 2-3 days of the trip took place in the historic city of Gdansk which lies by the Baltic Sea where the main focus was on Baltic Amber. This included lectures, workshops, a small museum tour and some trips to the beach in search for amber. For the 2nd part of the trip we travelled to the south towards Opole and more specifically the Jurapark and digsite in Krasiejow where we had multiple lectures, workshops, and fieldwork in both Krasiejow and other quarries in the area. So in this topic I wanted to make a day by day report on this amazing trip and experience. Since we travelled by car I only returned yesterday evening so most of the finds still have to be photographed/prepped so expect them somewhere at the end of this topic (which might also take a few days to complete.)
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Lets hear your best palaeontology puns!
IsaacTheFossilMan posted a topic in Members' News & Diversions
As the title states, lets hear the best puns you've got! I think we all need a bit of laughter these days especially, so lets raise a glass (and hopefully a smile!), and share our best (rock)cracking puns! Puns and jokes accepted from geology and palaeontology! Lets start off with one per person, and to get us all started, something I thought of today! What's a geologist's favourite drink? Gin and tec-tonic! -
Prospective grad student with unrelated undergrad degree
Fletcher posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I'm considering going back to school for an MS in paleontology, but unfortunately my undergrad degree is in linguistics and I don't have relevant credits to my name. I know admission requirements will vary from school to school, but I'm wondering if any of you have found yourselves in a similar situation and if so, how you handled it - did you get a second BS, another degree like an AS, take some biology/geology/etc classes to get credits without getting a whole new degree, something else? I will be reaching out to specific universities about this eventually, but I'd like to check in with people who've done the same thing first, if you're out there. If you yourself haven't been in this position but have been through/are currently in a graduate paleontology program and have some insight I would love to hear that as well! -
Another one I don't know where to put. The statue has been unveiled I think today. I love looking at her finds in museums, and she was so important. I picked this article because it actually shows what the statue looks like. https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-61520324.amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From %1%24s&aoh=16531625375122&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
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Hi, all. I've posted on here a few times since last summer. My name is Brian Montgomery. As a kid I was very into rocks and fossils, and would collect as often as I could. The passion dwindled as I grew older, but I would occasionally take my son out to collect trace fossils in creeks around the Midwest. I was also a professor of philosophy from 2012-2019, with appointments in both Illinois and Texas. Unfortunately, the academic job market in the humanities is moribund, so my time teaching came to an end near the start of the pandemic. After that I became a stay at home father up until remote learning ended last fall. Around August of last year I contacted Sam Heads, the only paleontologist currently working at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with questions about a crinoid mortality plate my family had recently found on a trip to Sugar Creek in Crawfordsville, IN. He invited us to visit the university's new paleontology lab, and my family became fast friends with the lab's staff. Around the same time, he submitted a grant proposal that would have me hired to go through thousands of Dominican amber samples the university acquired in the 1950s. Unfortunately, the funding for that position never materialized. Weeks later I had agreed to do volunteer work there only for me to find out the day before I was to start that my soon-to-be boss had found a way to pay me. The money is less than half of what I made teaching, but after being unemployed since the start of the pandemic I wasn't going to worry about that. Instead of working on the amber, my job involves transferring specimens shipped from the department's annex to its new laboratory. My first few days were dedicated to The Worthen Collection, type specimens gathered around the Midwest in the 1850s. More recently we came cross some extraordinary mortality plates from the Glass Mountains. They had been sitting in storage for decades, and I've spent the last two weeks collecting every intact specimen I could from them. Today I began separating brachiopods from them into families. Soon, he's going to work with me on further classification. I don't know a lot about paleontology, but I know more than I used to and learn more every day. I'll try to give periodic updates on the job.
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I am a university student studying T. rex, so of course, I ran into the Nanotyrannus debate. People have been arguing about Nanotyrannus being valid, but there's a huge problem: No adult specimen. Unless someone has an adult, or even a subadult, specimen of Nanotyrannus (over 15 years old), it isn't a real genus. This is why I am here. I know people collect fossils and post pics of them on here, so I'm willing to see what people may, or may not, have. My question is: Does anybody have an adult Nanotyrannus specimen? In simpler terms, does anybody have a Nanotyrannus femur larger than 70 cm ("Jane's" and "Petey's" are over 70 cm)? Or a tibia about 90 cm or larger ("Jane's" and "Petey's" are 80-something cm, from what I've seen)? A fibula would work too. I'm willing to give the pro-Nano side a chance here. I'm in contact with a couple of paleontologists, some on the pro-Nano side and some on the anti-Nano side, and if anybody has any hind limb bones of a supposed Nano, then may I please see a pic of it? This is the only way you can prove that Nano exists. Teeth and hand claws will not cut it. As far as I'm concerned, all Nano teeth and hand claws are juvenile T. rex teeth, and T. rex claws. I'm asking for hindlimb bones only. Skull bones would do fine as well. Try to prove that tooth loss does not occur in T. rex ontogeny by providing pics of a maxilla or dentary. NO teeth, only a dentary or a maxilla. I'm not expecting anybody to give me anything of substance, but I wanted to give this a shot to see if I would be proven wrong. I'm being harsh because, if Nano exists, then there should be an adult specimen. All specimens are juveniles, no questions asked. Therefore, the genus does not exist. The only adult specimens of any tyrannosaurid that coexisted with Nano is T. rex, therefore Nano is a juvenile. It's just that simple. Prove me wrong though. Let me reiterate: Pics of femurs, tibias (even fibulas), maxillas, and dentaries, are what I'm after. If we can get a cross-section of a Nano femur, or tibia, and get an age estimate of 17 or older, or has extensive Haversian remodeling, then I'll believe that the genus exists, along with the majority of other paleontologists. Let's see how this goes!
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The Paleontological Society of Austin took a trip to the Museum for this months Field Trip. Collecting in August is not much fun unless you get out WAY early, so a nice Air Conditioned Museum sounded like a good idea! So we went to a small museum that has been open for only a couple of years, but has a really nice collection of Texas fossil (and a few other places, but primarily Texas). They are known for their work in the Permian Red Beds, so much of the focus is on that time period, but a nice selection of other eras as well. We were fortunate to get a "behind the museum" tour too, of their working labs! But I I was not allowed to show the pics of what they were working on! Top secret..... The museum itself is housed in a historic Car Garage that has it's own interesting story! Obligatory Selfie with the Dino out front: Their "window dressing" - a Dimetradon from the Permian Red Beds near Archer Tx. I LOVE the amphibians of the Permian. Diplocaulus is my favorite. This one was found near Seymour Tx....hence the name. And of course you need to have a nice Theropod Skull on hand: This little Mosasaur is from North Texas: Another of their major dig sites is in Brewster County in West Texas. The Aguja Formation. These are Hadrosaur Leg bones and a Dental battery on the far left: And my favorite, the Echinoid Collection!: These are from a possibly new species of Ankylosaur (also from West Texas) A really really amazing full Ptychodus Shark. Even it's gill structure is preserved. From North Texas. Some Oreodont and other skulls from the Miocene (I think?) Texas Petrified Wood And the working labs!: They had another exhibit across the street at their second space, but I wasn't able to go see it. But it is apparently REALLY fantastic. This was all part of their basic exhibit which is free! If you are ever North/Central Texas, I highly recommend you go check it out!
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Which school to go to if I want to enter paleontology?
gatorblade posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Hey all. I'm in my last year of high school in brooklyn and I am extremely passionate about paleontology, but I don't know which school in NYC would be able to cater to my aspirations. There are a couple of cunys with geology but I cannot find any with programs in paleontology. -
Hi, I've cleaned up my room and got a empty space on my walls, I'd like to hang a nice paleontology themed poster but I can't decide on any, be it a reconstruction, Victorian plates, informative posters such as geological scales or maps. Thanks for any tip.
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Hi all, hope you are doing well I'm a sixth form student currently studying three A Levels of English Literature, Geography and Biology. I've always wanted to be a paleontologist and whilst I appreciate it is a difficult area to get a job, my aim in life is still to break into the profession. Here in the UK it is difficult to find an undergraduate degree from a university solely for paleontology, and I feel like this would be limiting anyway should I be unsuccessful in getting a paleontological job. I thought maybe I would study something at undergraduate that leaves my employment options more open, before going to do a postgraduate in paleontology (preferably at Edinburgh university), but I wasn't sure if the undergraduates I am considering would allow me to then go into that postgrad course. I was particularly looking at studying either Zoology or Ecology, so I wasn't sure if these would allow me to then specialise in paleontology in the future?
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Got a new "toy" for my birthday! I was wanting an "upgrade" from my Celestron (which has been quite good - but was a little lacking in some respects) and thanks to the FF members input, I decided to go with the Hayear 14 MP HDMI microscope camera. It was just over twice the price of the Celestron but is much higher resolution (and much easier to capture multiple focus images for stacking). I still like the Celestron for my "picking through matrix" - but I am super excited about getting some better, higher res pics! Interestingly, in comparison, some of the Celestron pics are still better sharpness than the Hayear! And, the Hayear will only go as large as 1/2 inch so anything bigger than that and I will go back to the Celestron. So I will continue to compare and contrast. hahahhh!! Here are a couple of photos of some of my littles that I am pleased with how they came out! Central Texas Cretaceous This starfish Madreporite is right at the upper edge of size - It is 12mm and there was about 1 mm space on either side A 9mm Crab Claw Pagurus banderiensis a 4 mm Crinoid Isocrinus annulatus Aurora North Carolina Cretaceous A little Cat Shark 4mm An Echinoid Tubercle 3 mm A Ray tooth or dermal? 3mm Some Fish Verts 3 mm
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HI! I am Ashton, I love fossil and paleontology! I also love anything to do with science, animals, and nature! My favorite dinosaurs are all the weirdest ones like Deinocheirus, Concavenator, and Spinosaurus.
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Trying to keep fossils in the country of origin after study. Also, ever dream of fossil hunting in a museum collection? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/science/dinosaurs-fossils-colonialism.html
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Hi, I'm new here. My name is Leo and I'm from Italy. I'm looking for interesting books about paleontology and, in particular, about the transition from water to land. Since I've already read basically everything in Italian (there isn't too much choice actually), I'm looking for something in English. Any advice is welcome
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I'd like to get some opinions about the benefits of joining any of the paleo societies or groups that are around. More specifically, is there a benefit for a lay-person in joining? I understand that these offer networking opportunities for the professional, but would there be a benefit for ME as an enthusiast?
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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 -
From a newbie: Paleontology v.s. other natural sciences.
Jared C posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Ancient life is a only a recent development in my list of constantly fledgling and passing fascinations, but I suspect that the depth this field has warrants a forever stay for me. ---------------------------------------- Prior to joining the forum in November, my main interests sat with modern squamates (scaled reptiles such as snakes and lizards), and I spent an enormous amount of time "herping", which is the act of finding snakes and other reptiles in their natural habitat. Combine this and my fixation with evolutionary biology, and you can only imagine my hard hitting excitement after accidentally stumbling across the fact that the gigantic mosasaurs of the cretaceous were too squamates, with modern day monitor lizards as their closest living relatives. That was ASTONISHING, and it's these bizarre connections that make paleontology such an interesting world. So, as a newbie to this untapped (for me) field, what are my takes? On the outside: - How fluent everyone is in their taxonomy. Most herpers prefer using scientific names when describing snakes, as the abundance of misleading common names lend confusion. Yet sometimes those common names are useful, and despite being decent at modern reptile taxonomy, I have a huge learning curve to take in this world. It's astonishing how far and wide reaching taxonomic knowledge is in this community, as it seems just about anybody can exactly name everything from the smallest, most obscure bivalves to the largest, most charismatic dinosaurs. This is absolutely something I strive to reach as well! - Geologic Time scale: this goes hand in hand with studying formations. I've never really needed to be knowledgeable in this, so here is where I have learned the most in my short time because..... I knew nothing to begin with! Getting a crystal clear picture of where formations even are has often been a challenge, but a hugely interesting one none the less. The memory game of getting a full picture of the vast geologic time scale is something that probably keeps a lot of newbies from starting, as to them it just sounds like scientific jargon. But I recognize the potential in this tool, and I hope to make the best of it! -The timeless classic of comparison... locations. One place where I chuckle with familiarity is the extreme defensiveness of of "our spots". Just as is the case with Herpers and Fishermen, nobody wants to ruin their honey hole by tainting it with filthy outsiders, and the paleo crowd is just as passionate about this as everyone else So with the comparisons made and this in mind: I don't think I've ever seen a more passionate group of people who are more accepting of those newbies who also share their same interest - I felt welcome very quickly here, which is kind of a surprise I wasn't expecting, as my understanding of most humans would mean that a group like this would view newbies as competition for a limited resource. But perhaps y'all are just better humans than most So from me to this community, thank you guys, I can't wait to see where this journey will take me!- 16 replies
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