Alaskan Thallatosaur Gunakadeit joseeae

[jpc]

This paper came out today.   For those who saw my post of the palm leaf in both Alaska and the Smithsonian... this explains what I was doing in Fairbanks.  I was up there for a total of five weeks stretched out over five winters.  Yes, Winter in Fairbanks.  I was hoping to see minus 40 degrees, but it never quite made it.  

 

I am "a fossil preparation specialist worked in two-week stints over the course of several years to get the fossil cleaned up and ready for study"

 

https://news.uaf.edu/new-thalattosaur-species-discovered-in-southeast-alaska/?fbclid=IwAR0f-Lg4vDgE5MVuxP7wOL1V_CV3v142uy7Y9slvyNdH-xfE0t0AiZpp5Uw

 

There is a paragraph about it Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll's latest book... "Cruising the Fossil Coastline"

 

 

[Ludwigia]

Nice work, JP!

[caldigger]

My aunt and cousins lived in Fairbanks for about 30 years. She was a school teacher and said they can't have school many days during the cold season because it gets so cold it's dangerous for the kids to be out in.

[JohnJ]

Well done, JP! 

[Troodon]

- 40 almost like a cool winter evening in Casper.....

Nice experience and very cool, congrat...

 

You don't see this often in an article..

Gunakadeit joseeae is pronounced “Ghu-nuh-kuh-DATE JOE-zee-ay.” The first syllable’s vowel is similar to the “oo” in “good.”

 

 

[Pemphix]

12 hours ago, jpc said:

This paper came out today.   For those who saw my post of the palm leaf in both Alaska and the Smithsonian... this explains what I was doing in Fairbanks.  I was up there for a total of five weeks stretched out over five winters.  Yes, Winter in Fairbanks.  I was hoping to see minus 40 degrees, but it never quite made it.  

 

I am "a fossil preparation specialist worked in two-week stints over the course of several years to get the fossil cleaned up and ready for study"

 

https://news.uaf.edu/new-thalattosaur-species-discovered-in-southeast-alaska/?fbclid=IwAR0f-Lg4vDgE5MVuxP7wOL1V_CV3v142uy7Y9slvyNdH-xfE0t0AiZpp5Uw

 

There is a paragraph about it Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll's latest book... "Cruising the Fossil Coastline"

 

 

An important find to shed a little bit more light in the Thalattosaur mystery.

Will definitely need to read the paper, since triassic vertebrates are my focussed topic of collecting and research.

Since the last years the dinos getting more and more in my area of interest, becoming a hard competitor to the triassic stuff...

[jpc]

3 hours ago, Pemphix said:

An important find to shed a little bit more light in the Thalattosaur mystery.

Will definitely need to read the paper, since triassic vertebrates are my focussed topic of collecting and research.

Since the last years the dinos getting more and more in my area of interest, becoming a hard competitor to the triassic stuff...

When they first invited me up to work on a Thalattosaur, my first question was ..."what the heck is a thalattosaur?"  My Triassic experience is limited, but growing.  I now sorta know what  thalattosur is. 

[dinosaur man]

Amazing work @jpc!! 

[Fossildude19]

Very cool, JP!

Thanks for posting it. 

I found this online:

 

 

 

Looking good so far!   

 

 

[Pemphix]

1 hour ago, jpc said:

When they first invited me up to work on a Thalattosaur, my first question was ..."what the heck is a thalattosaur?"  My Triassic experience is limited, but growing.  I now sorta know what  thalattosur is. 

Yes, the knowledge is growing with every find which is published....that's the cool thing with science...

[Welsh Wizard]

Thanks @jpc. It’s a great fossil and it’s always good to link members of this forum to the stuff you see in journals and the media.

 

best regards

 

Nick