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Last year @jdp was kind enough to identify the tiny and jumbled skeleton I found in a concretion in eastern Illinois http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/107472-mysterious-jumble-inside-pennsylvanian-concretion/ as a lysorophian tetrapod and direct me to the Field Museum in Chicago as a possible repository for it. This month I finally completed the donation and it has been added to their collection, a fantastic event for someone who has been visiting the museum for more than 30 years to gaze in wonder at their world-class collection. Thank you again to @jdp and The Fossil Forum for making this possible!

 

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Excellent!

Thanks for doing your part to further science! 

Well done, Sir!   :tiphat:

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@deutscheben 

Congratulations on your discovery and finding researchers interested in it!

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The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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4 hours ago, JohnJ said:

@deutscheben 

Congratulations on your discovery and finding researchers interested in it!

 

well the latter part is thanks to you wonderful people and your wonderful forum! ;)

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Awesome find! Way to go on the donation! :default_clap2:

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The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.  -Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

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3 hours ago, jdp said:

 

well the latter part is thanks to you wonderful people and your wonderful forum! ;)

 

Your participation is part of what makes it as good as it is.  

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The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true.  -  JJ

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Thanks everyone! I'm very excited for it to be studied, it looks like there might be more hidden beneath the surface. Now I just have to get out there and start looking for the next find. :-) 

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Excellent find and donation, @deutscheben!!! :yay-smiley-1:

(And how awesome that you were able to donate it to such a prestigious institution as the Field Museum - WOW!!!)

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I have a very interesting update for this donation- after being scanned at the Field Museum, it was discovered that this concretion actually contains a well-preserved ophiuroid, or brittle star, instead of a tetrapod. It should still prove to be important due to the rarity of articulated specimens and the unusual preservation. Isn’t science fascinating?

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