Kosmoceras Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I found this tiny but rare example of a Jurassic beetle wing case last month while collecting with a couple of forum members. After contacting the Charmouth Heritage Centre I got the likely ID of Liassocupes sp and I am in the process of recording the find as requested by the West Dorset Fossil Collecting Code. The specimen will remain in my collection but if a researcher is interested in viewing the specimen for study arrangements will be made. Really pleased to have found this specimen! Best regards, Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammojoe Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Superb rare find Thomas! - very well done. Kind regards, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well done! I am particularly impressed with the provisions within the Fossil Collecting Code. For our members' erudition, I attach a link to the PDF: LINK "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Congratulations, Thomas! Well spotted. Thanks for posting this. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Congratulations to you Thomas for the special find and thanks to you Chas for the informative link. A very sensible model code. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 It is a sensible code that attempts to concile (is that a word?) the different interests, and I like that it has a list of what's rare and worth recording and offering to museums and what's not. We could use something like this here! But what if the place became a World Heritage Site? How would that affect the Code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Well done! I am particularly impressed with the provisions within the Fossil Collecting Code. For our members' erudition, I attach a link to the PDF: LINK Europe is so much more accepting of private collectors than is the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 reconcile is a word Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 reconcile is a word but it seems to imply that things were fine and then there was falling out, and the reconciled.. re- meaning 'again' - What were they before the falling out? (splitting hairs, I know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Thank you all for your kind words. But what if the place became a World Heritage Site? How would that affect the Code? The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site " The primary objective for the World Heritage Site in terms of the management of the fossil interest is to provide the most effective mechanism for the recovery of fossils of great scientific value that are constantly at risk of damage or destruction by the sea. We believe that collectors with open access to the site and acting under the guidance of responsible collecting offer the best way to achieve that aim. In addition, we want to see the coast used as a place to inspire and engage people in geology and fossils through, where it is sustainable, the collection of fossils. Ultimately, this is a site where collecting can take place in many, but not all areas, but that must be at a level which does not compromise the scientific integrity of site, indeed, it should complement it. Fossil collecting and fossil collectors are an essential part in the management of the Jurassic Coast for the simple fact that if the fossils are not collected, they will be destroyed by the very process that expose them; the sea. For that reason people are allowed to collect in many (but not all) parts of the World Heritage Site. " - http://jurassiccoast.org/conserving-the-coast/fossil-collecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Europe is so much more accepting of private collectors than is the USA It's heavily divided. England is the most rational about it, from the amateur collector's point of view. Other countries in europe have much more restrictive collection laws. All collecting in Italy is banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 but it seems to imply that things were fine and then there was falling out, and the reconciled.. re- meaning 'again' - What were they before the falling out? (splitting hairs, I know) I guess you'll just have to write your own dictionary. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Thank you all for your kind words. The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site " The primary objective for the World Heritage Site in terms of the management of the fossil interest is to provide the most effective mechanism for the recovery of fossils of great scientific value that are constantly at risk of damage or destruction by the sea. We believe that collectors with open access to the site and acting under the guidance of responsible collecting offer the best way to achieve that aim. In addition, we want to see the coast used as a place to inspire and engage people in geology and fossils through, where it is sustainable, the collection of fossils. Ultimately, this is a site where collecting can take place in many, but not all areas, but that must be at a level which does not compromise the scientific integrity of site, indeed, it should complement it. Fossil collecting and fossil collectors are an essential part in the management of the Jurassic Coast for the simple fact that if the fossils are not collected, they will be destroyed by the very process that expose them; the sea. For that reason people are allowed to collect in many (but not all) parts of the World Heritage Site. " - http://jurassiccoast.org/conserving-the-coast/fossil-collecting Ah (I thought I read that it was not yet a WHS)... So this shows that World Heritage status does not automatically end collecting for amateurs.. Interesting.... I guess you'll just have to write your own dictionary. If the Oxford Dictionary can add 'YOLO' and 'adorbs' and 'amazeballs', why not 'concile'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 ...If the Oxford Dictionary can add 'YOLO' and 'adorbs' and 'amazeballs', why not 'concile'? Perhaps as a conciliatory gesture? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Perhaps as a conciliatory gesture? You mean a reconciliatory gesture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 JP, That's because Europeans have been collecting fossils as a hobby longer than the USA has been a country and longer than paleontology has been a science. I thought the 60's and 70's would have mellowed us out more but we became more uptight somehow. Jess Europe is so much more accepting of private collectors than is the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewcuse Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 As a former English teacher, it warms my heart to see words and their definitions taken so seriously. "Reconcile" came into English in a form with the re- already attached. "Concile" came in around the same time, but has become archaic and disused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Interesting ...Also intreresting that my inventive (regressive?) use of the language has spawned almost more discussion than the original topic! (Sorry, Thomas!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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