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True North: Hunting Fossils Under the Midnight Sun by Lou Marincovich, PhD
Lou M posted a topic in Fossil Literature
Greetings! I spent my career as a research paleontologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (Menlo Park, California) and the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco), specializing in Cenozoic marine mollusks of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans. My summer fieldwork for 34 years was in Alaska, Siberia and northern Canada up toward the North Pole. Several times I had the indescribable thrill of being the first collector, perhaps the first human being, to visit a remote fossil site, reached by bush plane or helicopter. I was often dropped off to spend the day alone at remote sites up to 60 miles (100 kms) away. I had a number of extreme adventures, including killing an attacking grizzly with my only bullet, fending off a pack of wolves circling me, crashing in a helicopter, escaping a landslide by jumping into a passing river raft, and near-drownings in icy rivers. Of course, it was all worth it because of the fossils! My main work was documenting Cenozoic faunal and climate changes in the Arctic. However, my most notable accomplishment was solving the age-old mystery of Bering Strait’s age, which was featured on the cover of Nature. Most satisfying was discovering an unnamed river in remotest Alaska and naming it the Spirit River. I’m happy to say that my friend Warren Allmon, Director of the Paleontological Research Institution, wrote, “This memoir is a can’t-put-down page-turner, equal parts Jack London and Marincovich’s idol Roy Chapman Andrews. It is not just a rip-roaring adventure story; it also eloquently communicates both the intellectual thrill of scientific discovery and the emotional (and spiritual) energy derived from genuine exploration in some of the most challenging — and beautiful — environments on Earth.” He and other reviewers commented on the laugh-out-loud humor in my book. My book won a Bronze Medal in the Adventure category of a national book contest, and it has become an Amazon #1 Best Seller in its category. Reviews of my memoir are on Amazon.com and Goodreads.com I hope that fossil enthusiasts here enjoy reading about my adventures and research. My web site at www.loumarincovich.com has an array of photos from my fieldwork days and a list of my larger publications. Lou- 4 replies
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Siberian gas venting and the end-Permian environmental crisis
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Below is an interesting paper, with PDF files online, about the role of contact metamorphism of evaporites and organic rich strata by the Siberian Traps and the end-Permian extinctions. Svensen, H., Planke, S., Polozov, A.G., Schmidbauer, N., Corfu, F., Podladchikov, Y.Y. and Jamtveit, B., 2009. Siberian gas venting and the end-Permian environmental crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 277(3-4), pp.490-500. http://folk.uio.no/hensven/Svensen_EPSL_2009.pdf https://henriksvensen.wordpress.com/publicationspapers/ https://henriksvensen.wordpress.com/page/2/ Some related papers are: Burgess, S.D., Muirhead, J.D. and Bowring, S.A., 2017. Initial pulse of Siberian Traps sills as the trigger of the end-Permian mass extinction. Nature Communications, 8(1), p.164. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318793382_Initial_pulse_of_Siberian_Traps_sills_as_the_trigger_of_the_end-Permian_mass_extinction https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muirhead_D https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/113600/s41467-017-00083-9.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Polozov, A.G., Svensen, H.H., Planke, S., Grishina, S.N., Fristad, K.E. and Jerram, D.A., 2016. The basalt pipes of the Tunguska Basin (Siberia, Russia): High temperature processes and volatile degassing into the end-Permian atmosphere. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441, pp.51-64. Svensen, H.H., Frolov, S., Akhmanov, G.G., Polozov, A.G., Jerram, D.A., Shiganova, O.V., Melnikov, N.V., Iyer, K. and Planke, S., 2018. Sills and gas generation in the Siberian Traps. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2130), p.20170080. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327404155_Sills_and_gas_generation_in_the_Siberian_Traps https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127383/ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Sills-and-gas-generation-in-the-Siberian-Traps.-Svensen-Frolov/6d0e86fcd2beea7d96c4e15240e50650c2ac235a Rampino, M.R., Rodriguez, S., Baransky, E. and Cai, Y., 2017. Global nickel anomaly links Siberian Traps eruptions and the latest Permian mass extinction. Scientific reports, 7(1), p.12416. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622041/ http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Siberian trap eruptions.pdf Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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There are Eurasians, East Asians, North Americans, paleo Siberians, neosiberians and Ancient North Siberians. I'm probably confused. Read the article. https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEObRZyc-f3YxuaCQaLR-phsqFggEKg4IACoGCAowl6p7MN-zCTDlkko?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
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Marshall_et_al-2014-Palaeontology.pdf A DIVERSE CHASMATASPIDID (ARTHROPODA:CHELICERATA) FAUNA FROM THE EARLY DEVONIAN (LOCHKOVIAN) OF SIBERIA by DAVID J. MARSHALL, JAMES C. LAMSDELL, EVGENIY SHPINEV and SIMON J. BRADDY Palaeontology, Vol. 57, Part 3, 2014, pp. 631–655 Key words: Palaeozoic, Chasmataspidida, Heteroaspis, Dvulikiaspis, Nahlyostaspis, Skrytyaspis, convergence. "two novel chasmataspidid species: Nahlyostaspis bergstroemi gen. et sp. nov. and Skrytyaspis andersoni gen. et sp. nov. ‘Eurypterus’ stoermeri and ‘Tylopterella’ menneri are both redescribed as chasmataspidids, having previously been assigned to Eurypterida."
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Liquid Blood Extracted From 42,000-Year-Old Foal Found Frozen in Siberia
JohnBrewer posted a topic in Fossil News
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https://www.sciencealert.com/climate-change-probably-slayed-the-siberian-unicorn https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/unicorns-did-exist-until-they-didn-t
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Oldest Known Macroscopic Skeletal Organism Found (Central Urals, Russia)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Oldest Known Macroscopic Skeletal Organism Was Masquerading as Fossilized Feces. Some researchers initially dismissed the remains of Palaeopascichnus lineari as teeny turds from a bygone era SmithsonianCom, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-history-archaeology/oldest-known-macroscopic-skeletal-organism-was-masquerading-fossilized-feces-180970509/ Petrified Chains of 'Poop' Turn Out to Be One of Earth's Oldest Skeletons By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science, October 9, 2018 https://www.livescience.com/63783-mystery-fossil-is-oldest-exoskeleton.html Kolesnikov, A.V., Rogov, V.I., Bykova, N.V., Danelian, T., Clausen, S., Maslov, A.V. and Grazhdankin, D.V., 2018. The oldest skeletal macroscopic organism Palaeopascichnus linearis. Precambrian Research, 316, pp.24-37. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926817307052 http://www.ipgg.sbras.ru/ru/science/publications/publ-the-oldest-skeletal-macroscopic-organism-palaeopascichnus-047874 Yours, Paul H. -
Araucaria Leaves from Russia?
Zapsalis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello Fossil Forum, I found a supposed Araucaria fossil leaf from the Russian Federation for a very low price on our favorite site, eBay. The dealer claims that the fossil is an unknown Araucaria species from the Upper Jurassic of Lena River Basin, Markha River, Siberia, Russia. Is this fossil legit and should I buy it?- 1 reply
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extinct-baby-horse-its-skin-and-hair-intact-found-siberian-permafrost-180970142/
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Here's Why Over 80% of All Life on Earth Was Wiped Out 250 Million Years Ago. A chain reaction of death. https://www.sciencealert.com/end-permian-triassic-extinction-event-volcano-eruption-lithospheric-halogens https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180827121348.htm https://phys.org/news/2018-08-geologists-uncover-clues-largest-mass.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uota-gun082418.php the paper is: Michael W. Broadley, Peter H. Barry, Chris J. Ballentine, Lawrence A. Taylor and Ray Burgess, 2018, End-Permian extinction amplified by plume-induced release of recycled lithospheric volatiles. Nature Geoscience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0215-4 Yours, Paul H.
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Meet Sasha https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/668636/World-s-only-extinct-baby-woolly-rhino-found-after-34-000-years-Sasha
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A snip at this price http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42379425
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Hi, I'm sorry the first photos didn't come out but I needed the youth to help me out As i said, I was in contact with someone from Russia who has said he dug fossils of mammoths and he had some mammoth teeth for sale. He sent me photos of which I enclosed one . I was just curious as the quality of these fossils were amazing. I just question if these are truly 10000 year old fossils dug from the permafrost. Can you just advise if you feel this is a true mammoth fossil.
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HI, I am new to fossil collecting and I wanted a mammoth tooth for my office. Through the internet , I contacted a fellow in Russia who claimed to have dug mammoth fossils . He sent me some photos. I'm no expert , but this looks fresh to me . I asked are you sure this is a 10,000 year old fossil and not from a modern day elephant and possibly from poaching . His reply was that the permafrost is an excellent preservative and they had found animals with skin and hair . What is your opinion.
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Male mammoths more often fell into 'natural traps' and died, DNA evidence suggests, Cell Press. November 2, 2017 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171102124901.htm Patrícia Penerová, David Díez-del-Molino, Nicolas Dussex, Tatiana Feuerborn, Johanna von Seth, Johannes van der Plicht, Pavel Nikolskiy, Alexei Tikhonov, and Sergey Vartanyan, 2017, Genome-Based Sexing Provides Clues about Behavior and Social Structure in the Woolly Mammoth. Current Biology. Available online 2 November 2017, In Press, Corrected Proof http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217312642 Although this is an interesting study, I am disappointed that they did not limit their samples to bones with well defined ages and provenance, which would have made interpreting the results less ambiguous. Yours, Paul H.
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Prelude to the extinction: Achchagyi-Allaikha and Berelyokh Mammoth Bone Beds
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
A great paper about classic Siberian mammoth bone beds. Nikolskiy, P.A., Basilyan, A.E., Sulerzhitsky, L.D. and Pitulko, V.V., 2010. Prelude to the extinction: revision of the Achchagyi–Allaikha and Berelyokh mass accumulations of mammoth. Quaternary International, 219(1), pp.16-25. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248478864_Prelude_to_the_extinction_Revision_of_the_Achchagyi-Allaikha_and_Berelyokh_mass_accumulations_of_mammoth https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pavel_Nikolskiy/publications In part, the abstract reads: "The formation of the burials is a direct consequence of short but strong climatic warming (Bølling Oscillation) that resulted in many unfavorable environmental conditions. Among these, the increase of snow cover and stronger spring floods were very notable. Bølling warming is a model of the large-scale Holocene event. Mass death of mammoths during the Bølling phase was a prelude to their final extinction." Also, there is: Nikolskiy, P.A., Sulerzhitsky, L.D. and Pitulko, V.V., 2011. Last straw versus Blitzkrieg overkill: climate- driven changes in the Arctic Siberian mammoth population and the Late Pleistocene extinction problem. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(17), pp.2309-2328. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232391380_Last_straw_versus_Blitzkrieg_overkill_Climate-driven_changes_in_the_Arctic_Siberian_mammoth_population_and_the_Late_Pleistocene_extinction_problem https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pavel_Nikolskiy/publications/2 Yours, Paul H. -
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From the album WhodamanHD's Fossil collection.
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Woolly Mammoth Tusk - Real?
DinoNewbie posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, this is my first time posting as I am new to the forum. I am considering buying a Woolly Mammoth Tusk for Christmas, but I do not know how to know if it is a real or a good quality item. Would you all be able to provide your guidance? It says cracks near the base have been filled with glue. It says it is the tip of a larger tusk. It says it is 23" long, circumference is 8" and weighs 4 pounds. It says the species is Mammuthus Primigenius (woolly mammoth), location Belovo, Kemerovo oblast, southwestern Siberia in Russia, Age 22,000 years old. Also, if you could provide names of good quality honest vendors that sell in the US that would be great. -
Dear members of The Fossil Forum, I am busy on the identification of all the fossils in my collection, but some fossils are causing trouble, one of which I will show here. It is 23mm. The name tag says it is an Arctohungarites sp. but in my opinion the umbilicus is too big for Arctohungarites. It looks more like Nordophiceras but I do not know if the fastigate venter is common for that genus. It might very well be neither of these genuses, my knowledge on Siberian ceratites is very limited. The findspot is Northern Siberia, but where exactly is not stated. I know of two sites, Cape Tsvetsov and the Olenek river, does the preservation of this ammonite point at one of these two? The age of the ceratite is said to be Middle Triassic, which means Anisian-Ladinian, although most of the siberian triassic ammonites are Olenekian in age. Apparently Arctohungarites is an Anisian genus, but I am not sure that this ammonite is an Arctohungarites. So my questions are: What Genus and species is this ceratite? Where does it come from? What age is it? Is there anyone who can shed light onto this ceratite and help me? Thanks in advance, Sander
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"Baby" Theropod and Stegosaur Fossils Found in Krasnoyarsk Region, Siberia,
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Dinosaur 'kindergarten' found washed up on banks of ancient river, scientists believe, The Siberian Times September 12, 2016 http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0730-dinosaur-kindergarten-found-washed-up-on-banks-of-ancient-river-scientists-believe/ Yours, Paul H. -
My latest purchase from a fellow TFF member. Coelodonta antiquitatis (Woolly Rhino) sacrum from Siberia.
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Young Mammoth Likely Butchered by Humans (The carcass of the juvenile "Yuka" may have been cut up, eaten and then buried by ancient people.) by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News, April 04, 2012, http://news.discovery.com/animals/woolly-mammoth-yuka-120404.html http://www.livescience.com/19475-juvenile-mammoth-butchered-humans.html Woolly mammoth carcass may have been cut into by humans by Ben Aviss, BBC News, http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17525070 Yours, Paul H.
