piranha Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Sorry for the belated congrats. Just published in the November issue of the Journal of Paleontology. The accomplishments are already legendary. TFF is very fortunate to have Jack Wittry as a member. @fiddlehead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Your link doesn't work, piranha...but I'll offer my congratulations anyway! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, Fruitbat said: Your link doesn't work, piranha...but I'll offer my congratulations anyway! -Joe Look again, Joe. It's only a screen capture, not a link. The announcement is posted in its entirety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Congratulations to Jack Wittry (AKA fiddlehead) for this esteemed honor, the highest level of recognition given to an "amateur" by the professional paleontology community. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Nice!!! Congratulations,Mr Wittry. Well deserved,terrific achievement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 NOW I see it! Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Congratulations, @fiddlehead!...heck of an honor! Well done, good sir. "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...
piranha Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 On 10/20/2017 at 8:35 PM, FossilDAWG said: ...the highest level of recognition given to an "amateur" by the professional paleontology community. The term 'amateur' is obviously a misnomer in this case. This impressive list of citations definitely transcends into the 'professional' realm. Wittry, J. (2006) The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora. Esconi Associates Publishing, 154 pp. Pšenička, J., Bek, J., Cleal, C.J., Wittry, J., & Zodrow, E.L. (2009) Description of synangia and spores of the holotype of the Carboniferous fern Lobatopteris miltoni, with taxonomic comments. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 155(3):133-144 PDF LINK Wittry, J. (2012) The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna. Esconi Associates Publishing, 202 pp. Glasspool, I., Wittry, J., Quick, K., Kerp, H., & Hilton, J. (2013) A preliminary report on a Wolfcampian age floral assemblage from the type section for the Neal Ranch Formation in the Glass Mountains, Texas. The Carboniferous–Permian Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 60:98-102 PDF LINK Fischer, J. & Wittry, J. (2014) The unique Pennsylvanian chondrichthyan multi-taxa nursery of Mazon Creek. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 85:121 PDF LINK Moore, L.C., Wittry, J., & DiMichele, W.A. (2014) The Okmulgee, Oklahoma fossil flora, a Mazon Creek equivalent: Spatial conservatism in the composition of Middle Pennsylvanian wetland vegetation over 1100km. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 200:24-52 PDF LINK Fischer, J., Leipner, A., Hartkopf-Fröder, C., Schneider, J.W., Wittry, J., & Sowiak, M. (2015) Pennsylvanian chondrichthyan egg capsules from the Piesberg quarry, Northwest Germany. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, 86:23-24 PDF LINK Wittry, J., Glasspool, I.J., Béthoux, O., Koll, R., & Cleal, C.J. (2015) A revision of the Pennsylvanian marattialean fern Lobatopteris vestita auct. and related species. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 13(8):615-643 PDF LINK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 True, which is why I put "amateur" in quotations. Perhaps "non-professional" or "avocational paleontologist" would have been better? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 54 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: True, which is why I put "amateur" in quotations. Perhaps "non-professional" or "avocational paleontologist" would have been better? Don I understood your intent perfectly. Hardly an avocational paleontologist with those credentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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