Shellseeker Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I am on a Trip to University of Florida at Gainesville Research & Collections Laboratory for Vertebrate, Invertebrate, and Paleobiology. This was today. Pretty busy with a Haile Quarry trip in the morning and then on Sunday a volunteer at a University of Florida fossil dig. Enough time to share some of the best photos... Most of this will be delayed until I am back home on Monday Photo #1 Teleoceras Photo# 2 Gomphothere Photo# 3 Possibly new ancestor of Gomphothere Photo# 4 Gomphothere Photo# 5 Baby Teleoceras Photo# 6 Rhizosmilodon fiteae skull held by Richard Hulbert, Director of Vertebrate Collection Lab Photo #7 Rhizosmilodon fiteae Photo #8 Bear_dog Photo #9 River Otter mandible There are details that will have to wait... Enjoy, 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...
Darktooth Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Very interesting! Hope to see more! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Wow! I love a behind the scenes tour! Thanks for sharing ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 *sigh* I guess I will just have to be content to munch on popcorn until the rest is posted.... Great stuff, cant wait to see the rest! I went to the Fl Museum of Natural History once, as a boy; long ago. Need to make it a point to return. Thanks for a virtual taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 Good Morning, Prepping for today's field at Haile Quarry, Here is a link and explanation of the Montbrook dig site where all the pictured fossils were found. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/mont/ and https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/montbrook/ The digging season is closing tomorrow, but anyone can plan a trip and dig for a day as a volunteer in the 2018-2019 digging season. Once in a lifetime opportunity... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Hey Jack thanks for the photos. Looks like a great trip to the museum and seeing Richard with some of the rare stuff is always neat. And the dig at Montbrook you will be amazed...good luck finding something awesome! There is some really cool stuff coming out of there. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 I have to see if I can get down there for a dig, that would be amazing! Thanks for sharing! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 12 hours ago, Shellseeker said: Possibly new ancestor of Gomphothere Ooooh! That would be outstanding! "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...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Neat stuff! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Really wonderful, thanks for sharing! The possibility of a new gomphothere ancestor is very exciting indeed. But that river otter should have had better dental hygiene Really yellow teeth! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Ok, I have returned home, thru driving rain late yesterday, sorted photos , ready to post. I believe that I will keep everything associated with the 45 minute collections tours (Vert, Paleobotany, InVert) on Friday together in this thread, and then separate threads for Haile Quarry and Montbrook field trips. Finishing up on Vertebrae Collection tour in Dickinson Hall on Friday, Here is the Dickinson Hall entry to the Museum, with the "public" part going off to the right and the research & collection labs to the left. I named photo #8 above as bear-dog.. Incorrect , jaw displayed not nearly massive enough for that animal. This animal is Borophagus .sp, a coyote sized dog with massive muscles and impressive canines -- more like a pit bull on steroids. I will skip to a new thread for Paleobotany Collection Lab The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 The 2nd tour from Friday afternoon, and we were hosted by Jeff Lott. We were in the room where new arrivals to the collection are validated, photographed, documented, identified, catalogued, and stored into the collection. The arrivals may come from field studies going on in other US States, or from donated collections or individual donations. There were a number of pollen, fruits, leaves, wood. I was particularly interested in how to identify Florida fossilized wood that I was finding in the Peace River. Jeff gave me a couple of pointers and even gave me a copy of "Petrified Woods in Florida" by Steven R. Manchester. Matthew 7:7. I always like to provide identifications, but most I do not recognize, not a lot of time to get and record, and in a lot of instances , the identification was under the fossils or was of the form UF123456. So , Photos as-is You can not that some of the photographs to be associated with the fossil happened last week !!! Current info Ok , to the next post for Inverts... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace river rat Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I am envious, I have not been there since I was a small boy, I can only imagine how much it has grown in 30 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Invert Lab, LOTS of stuff here.. Echinoids, and seashells, and corals, and ,,and CRABS!! Better tell Ron, @RJB Very interesting but once again few or no identifications. Fortunately, I had @MikeR close so he could give me the IDs but unfortunately, I did not tape record him.. So I am looking for Inverts in new acquisitions and one of the 1st fossils I see is a dugong mandible ??? Finders .. keepers Then some more normal Inverts, Echinoids, and seashells, and a coral? This is the acquisition acceptance area of the collection. Did I mention that Roger Portell is the head honcho for this collection and has fantastic relationships with private property owners and any corporations that extract limestone, shell, sands, gravel from the fossilized soils of Florida.. Good man to know.. working late into the afternoon. That is MikeR on the right. I enjoyed seeing the next group of Urchins with spines. I do not find many of the Urchin shells, but I do find lots of those spines in the Peace River. Once inside the actual "vaults", gorgeous shells, corals, And now we have reached the Crab section, Mostly Ocalina Floridana. What was really amazing, was all 3 tours lasted a little over 2 hours. They kept us moving, and I kept taking pictures. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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