Planko Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 I hear there are over 10k ammonite species. If that number is true, who or what museum has the most? Thinking of starting down a long road but that's who I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Yes this is true, but I have absolutely no idea who has the most in their collection. I know someone who has already started down that road, so all I can say is good luck to you. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Planko said: who or what museum has the most? Difficult task! You may ask some of the biggest museums in the world. Some may have their inventory online, so you may not need to ask, but most don´t. Good luck! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Well, that is quite a challenge. Even trying to collect every ammonite genera is a monumental task. Note that the Ammonoids are not limited to the Mesozoic alone, there are also a ton of Palaeozoic genera / species. Just tried to do a quick search on fossilworks on the subtaxa of the Ammonoidea and I got this message: “A full classification of the subtaxa is too large to display here”... growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty_Crab Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Do you know how they defined what constitutes an ammonite when they came up with the number of over 10k species? I have to admit that the more I read about it, the more confused I get. I've seen a common use of the term ammonite to refer to any cephalopod with a spiral shell, or derived from a spiral shell (i.e. the heteromorph ammonites) that is not a nautiloid. The most current volume of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4 (Revised), volume 2 (2009) refers to the Ammonoidea as a subclass, which includes all ammonoids with goniatitic, ceratitic and ammonitic sutures (including the order Goniatitida amongst others). On the other hand, it has also been used to describe those that have an ammonitic suture (order Ammonitida) and not those with a goniatitic or ceratitic suture (which are colloquially called goniatites and ceratites). The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4 (Revised), volume 4 (1996), refers to the Ammonoidea as an order . Looking forward to volume 1, which is yet to be published, to provide a definitive explanation, unless someone more up to date on the literature can explain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Thanks for all the info. It is a task and probably will come no where close but will be fun. 10k just is what I read on a website awhile back. Not aure if there is an actual number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 11/7/2021 at 4:27 PM, Ludwigia said: I know someone... Is this person you? 1 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 5 hours ago, PFOOLEY said: Is this person you? No. I firmly believe that anyone who has this goal in mind needs to believe in reincarnation in order to have a chance of success 1 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Sounds like a big can of worms to open but also a very fun and challenging can of worms. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 I think the biggest problem would be you could never finish. As soon as you get half way some paleontologist will find out what you're up to and rename a bunch and you'd have to restart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share Posted December 16, 2021 Lol...very possible. Still I have had fun and doubled my count since I started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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