erose Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Just too cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Nice work, John! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks, Erich. If we find that complete Echinothuriid there will be another paper to write. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thank you, George. It was an interesting project. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Awesomeness! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thair Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Congratulations on the find and especially the work it took to take it all the way. Maybe I can pick your brain sometime about all the details you left out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thank you, Lance. I need to get back up your way some time, Tully. It would be fun to talk fossils again. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Glad to see this nice story!!! A hearty congratulations to you John for such a neat and exemplary work!!! 1 Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Wowser! Nice work John! 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...
JohnJ Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thank you, Astrinos. I appreciate that, Mike. I'll try to get a few more photos up soon. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Here are a few additional photos of the first one found. This is specimen #3. 2 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 The 12th and 13th specimens were found on the same day. 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Hi, Oh ! How much specimen did you find ? Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Hi, Oh ! How much specimen did you find ? Coco Hi Coco, I was able to find 13 complete or nearly complete echinoids in addition to several fragments. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Ops, I missed this post Congratulation John for your persistence. 1 Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 It took a while, Nando, but it was a nice project. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 It was in june 2010 when John Jagt said "yes, I will" 1 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 It was in june 2010 when John Jagt said "yes, I will" I'm very happy he did, Alex. Thank you, again, for your assistance. Like I said before, I was surprised that a paleontologist I recognized from the literature on Mosasaurs decided to work on an echinoid project. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSCHNELLE Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 JohnJ: Amazing storyline - your 2009 post about the finds and this post about the new species (first in North America) named after your nephew. I have a hard time getting pumped up about micros or echinoids. You and Erich are two peas in a pod when it comes to those treasures. But, your enthusiasm helps to get me going a little regarding micros. Was this found at Terravista before it was fully developed? I've found two or three small echinoid-shaped phosphate nodules (or molds) in the Atco/Eagle Ford ("AEF") contact condensed zone (1/2" to 1" diameter). I have a vague memory that I found a 1/4" diameter possible echinoid similar to yours with less detail, but I can't locate it. In the AEF contact, I have found that any possible echinoids don't retain any identifiable details (molds?). So, it is indeed very rare for you to find such well preserved echinoids there. I have some reasonably preserved Mecaster batnensis echinoids found in a zone about 2' to 3' below the AEF contact condensed zone. It is below the baculites zone. Note that in places, I have seen an upper South Bosque ("USB" ) condensed zone 2' to 4' below the AEF contact that does NOT have the Ptychodus mortoni, P. atcoensis, and P. latissimus I've found elsewhere in the AEF contact zone. The shark teeth in this USB zone typically have their roots, where in the AEF contact zone they usually don't have roots due to significant reworking. In my hunting areas, the color of shark teeth in Travis County changes from mainly red-brown to reddish-pink in the AEF to lt brown & dark brown in the USB with some reddish pink at other sites. Occasionally, contact with rainwater and roots bleach the teeth enamel white or with white streaks. The material in one rich USB condensed zone was full of vert material - Ptychodus, Cretoxyrhina, Xiphactinus, squamata, white shell hash, with many more and smaller phosphate nodules than the AEF contact zone. The Ptychodus there are different: P. marginalis, P. anonymous, and a "new' species that Shawn Hamm and another peer will be putting out a report on later this year. But, I've found no echinoids in that USB condensed zone. I guess they are mainly micros - at least where you had been hunting. Again, congrats on the amazing finds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Hi, On 27/06/2014 at 11:40 PM, Coco said: It is really a nice think to find a new species on an area ! Congrats ! Coco Oh ! I just seen that I made a mistake ! I wanted to say : "it is a good thing to find a new species on an area !", and not "a good think". Sorry, but I suppose you understand my thought as a non-American person... (smiley: my thought as a non-American). Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Coco said: Hi, Oh ! I just seen that I made a mistake ! I would say : "it is a good thing to find a new species on an area !", and not "a good think". Sorry, but I suppose you understand my thought as a non-American person... (smiley: my thought as a non-American). Coco Ahh... @Coco who could misunderstand your good intentions. Thank you, again. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 4 hours ago, LSCHNELLE said: JohnJ: Amazing storyline - your 2009 post about the finds and this post about the new species (first in North America) named after your nephew. I have a hard time getting pumped up about micros or echinoids. You and Erich are two peas in a pod when it comes to those treasures. But, your enthusiasm helps to get me going a little regarding micros All good memories, Lee! Thanks! The unique preservation of specimens from that site will yield yet another new species of echinoid (project in progress) described by the same well regarded paleontologist, John Jagt. 3 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Can't wait to read it ! Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Wonderful stuff, John. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Wonderful stuff, John. Thanks, Adam. 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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