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You & 48,000 Other People Will Have A Chance To View A Selection Of My Material!
Tennessees Pride posted a topic in Members' News & Diversions
The reality of this is just now sinking in, or I would have posted it sooner. On feb 11th-14th 2016 at the National Wild Turkey Federation Convention in Nashville, myself and some of my material will be in the Tennessee Division of Geology's exhibit section. My cretaceous bones (dinosaurian and marine reptile) are the primary specimens that have been requested to be displayed, other material of mine there may consist of cretaceous teeth, paleobotanicals, amber, cretaceous insects, minerals, ect. After a recent meeting with the State Geologist, he informed me that every year the Tn. Div. of Geology showcases an exhibit at the NWTF Convention, and I was welcome to be there and show material he had inspected. Man, I don't even remember how many milliseconds it took to respond to the proposition, but wasn't too long at any rate. Now, the thing is, this is a Turkey Hunter's convention, so obviously there won't be a ton of straight-up fossil lover's present, but I'm sure most will be the outdoorish-type, and will also enjoy minerals, fossils, ect. As I previously stated, this is just now sinking in good.... Best I remember through quick conversation, he said it would be attended by 40,000 people and would be a great chance to get publicity for my collection. Now, that passed through my mind the other day and I thought to myself, "That number can't be right." So I googled it, the NWTF site that talks about the convention say over 48,000 attend it!!! It also said exhibition space is sold out. Now I'm setting hear thinking, where in the heck am I gonna sleep Feb 11th-14th???? Really, cause if 50 thousand people are gonna be there, I couldn't afford a motel room if one was even available, and one won't be. All of Nashville together has nothing like that kind of accommodations. At any rate, it is a true honor to be asked to do this by the state, as far as I'm aware, I'm the only amateur in the state the offer has been given too. Other offers were passed my way that day, even hour presentations where I would do the same as that day...bring the material and talk about it, palaeoecology,lithology, stratigraphy, ect. This will be directed toward gov. employees and officials in the Tennessee Tower. Oh, I certainly agreed to that too. A date hasn't been set for that yet, but if your close to Nashville in February, come on down and meet Tennessee's Pride! I just know some of you fellow TFF members will be in the mix, and I look forward to personally meeting you.
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Herb & Tennessees Pride Recover Verts & Inverts.
Tennessees Pride posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
It truly was a pleasure banging some Coon Creek formation with Herb. This is one funny guy! He had me laughing most of the day...but when he got serious, the bones started coming out! I took him to 2 different localities yesterday; the first was what one would imagine as the "classic" Coon Creek formation layers....more shells than a man could shake a stick at! Outstanding recoveries in invertebrate paleontology were made, including the first Ammonite shell I've ever actually seen recovered first hand. It was only a partial, but boy oh boy what a stunning gem...it still displayed the original outer surface glow and was a purple color! Whoa! Also recovered was a shell I've never seen in literature yet, Herb likewise was wondering about it's identity... I have high hopes for that specimen. Herb I hope will post the invertebrates on this topic when the material is ready for display, as, I kept nothing, I wanted him to enjoy a great visit and leave out loaded. Our second stop was the good'ol Sawmill site in Decatur co. Tn. This is the site I posted the topic: "Exact Location Of Dinosaur Bones, Crystals, Marine Reptiles, And More". Specimens recovered from the site included Mosasaur bones, disarticulated Crab parts (pinchers, segments, at least one caprice, ect.), ghost shrimp, gastropod molds, ect. One noteworthy specimen Herb took back to Kentucky was a nucleated concretion that displayed a ghost shrimp burrow with a gastropod mold right beside it...very cool. Here I will load all the photos on the fossil recoveries which aren't many, Herb, add us some photos as they become available man. -
12/1/15 A Meeting At The Tennessee Division Of Geology With The State Geologist In Nashville.
Tennessees Pride posted a topic in Member Collections
There I was pulling up to this building Tuesday morning, about to have a meeting with the State Geologist Ronald Zurawski. Traveling there, all I used to go off of was the address, so you can imagine my surprise when I find out I'm parking in Beside the Tennessee Supreme Court, and this huge building is the place that I have a meeting in...then I find out it's on the 12 floor or course. There I am pulling up with a wooden crate full of material, and 2 extra large specimens. I know I had 100 pd. Anyway... After two breaks, I made it through the front door where the security guard helped me place it on the desk. There I meet Ron for the first time, what a outstanding person. I was impressed with his charisma. A wheelchair being there, it was used for a makeshift transport to the top. Ended up using a dolly to bring the material back down and to the car. There on the 12 th floor in the only empty office I saw, I began submitting a large part of my collection for viewing. The meeting began with Ron and Vince Antonacci, the Geologist for West Tennessee, by about the 3rd bone to come out of the box, they were already leaving the room and calling others to come view this material. Many were available, some weren't. Rounding it up, I spent the next 6 hours there. Talking, answering questions, and asking questions of my own. I stood the entire time. I met more Geologists than I've ever seen under one roof that day. At the end of the day when the material had been viewed very closely, I still had at least 3 specimens that defy identification. No one has ever saw anything like them before and they have certainly become very problematic to me. At some point, one of them returned with 2 publications in hand. One was a classic publication by Ernest Russell that I tried to buy on the spot, I was later given a free copy autographed by the State Geologist. The other was an actual 1926 edition of Bruce Wade's report on the Coon Creek....I could hardly believe my eyes! Met a lot of wonderful people, and was even taken to the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation's office for an introduction,but he wasn't in.( He answers to the Governor.) I did however meet the Deputy Commissioner. (!) I'm even now preparing to write some things with Vince, the Geologist in charge of West Tennessee, which is a truly wonderful opportunity, I feel so blessed. HalleluYAH. I presented bones, teeth, a few minerals, Large Amber specimens, Amber with inclusions, other paleobotanical, and unidentified material. The topics were varied and fascinating, but what really won the day in the Division of Geology was the Cretaceous bone material. Thinking back on it now, I'm not sure the meeting could have actually went any better! Feeling blessed.
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This is a topic I've been meaning to create in the I.D. section for some time now. Hopefully it will be an easier way for interested members to access information regarding my paleobotanical materials. I likewise encourage anyone with Cretaceous Tennessee specimens to post in this topic, to create a better understanding of botanical fossils/palaeoecology/palaeoclimatology, ect. from the cretaceous of Tennessee. I intend to add new materials to this topic for years to come,to ensure a way for researchers to view specimens easily, a benifical concept considering my materials are scattered throughout the TFF in numerous posts in such a way as to be impossible to track for most members and guests of the Forum. Of course a section compiled of all my unknowns will beneficial to myself also. Unless specifically listed with the botanical, all material I post will be Campanian or later. These specimens are recovered material from many diverse sites I collect from. Thank you for viewing my materials and helping with identifications...an untrained person like myself certainly needs all the help I can get!
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These are bad photos I know, I'm just looking for a general classification....Dinosaur or Marine Reptile. It sure is looking Dinosaurish to me. It displays a flat surface area on each face. In the photos, the top surface is flat , and is what I take to be the neurospine canal. The vert is longer than wide. Recovered today. Looks like a Hadrosauridae vert to me. If this doesn't look Dinosaurian to you, please share with me your thoughts on what Marine Reptile you think it may be.
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From the album: Most of my collection
On Dec 19th 2013, this large vertebra was collected out of a Late Cretaceous Campanian formation in Sardis, TN. Probable Plesiosaurian or Dinosaurian. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On dec 19th 2013, this large vertebra was collected out of a Late Cretaceous Campanian formation in Sardis,TN. Probable Plesiosaurian or Dinosaurian. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On dec 19th 2013, this large vertebra was collected out of a Late Cretaceous Campanian formation in Sardis, TN. Probable Plesiosaurian or Dinosaurian. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On dec 19th 2013, this large vertebra was collected out of a Late Cretaceous Campanian formation in Sardis, TN. Probable Plesiosaurian or Dinosaurian. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On dec 19th 2013, this large vertebra was collected out of a Late Cretaceous Campanian formation in Sardis,TN. Probable Plesiosaurian or Dinosaurian. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On dec 19th 2013, this large vertebra was collected out of a Late Cretaceous formation in Sardis, TN. Probable Plesiosaurian or Dinosaurian. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Collected off hwy 64 east of Selmer, TN in 2014. From the Coon Creek formation. Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian. Largest segment about 1 3/4 in. × 7/8 in. -
Looks like it's shrimp night....
