greel Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Does my ID look correct? This came from Miocene spoil piles at the Museum in Aurora, NC. -greel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 One for @Boesse Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 For comparison: http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 keep in mind Boesse's remark on terminology("periotic" and "petrosal") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Hi all! Nice periotic. That appears closest to periotics which Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008) identified as aff. Liolithax pappus (which they transferred to Lophocetus). Harry: left periotic is a kogiid pygmy sperm whale; right periotic is not Pomatodelphis but within the clade Delphinida (Inioidea + Delphinoidea); Pomatodelphis has a second little flange next to the posterior process and still has some semblance of an anterior bullar facet. This specimen is very likely a "kentriodontid", perhaps something like Kentriodon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shellseeker Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Amazing. I am just a novice on this.. Here I thought that a periodic was a periodic was a periodic and am unable to differentiate right from left. This post is a keeper and I need to get a LOT smarter on small periodics and thanks to all who contributed to this thread. Jack The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I am glad to have Boesse's corrections and additions -- very glad! But, Jack, a periodic is not a periotic. Your auto-correct is doing you wrong. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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