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mcgcsp Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Some different views of specimen above. These are from the Devonian of ohio. Personally collected. Very rare. Several are now in museum collections. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Nice You must be happy! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Very cool! I’m not used to seeing any crustaceans from the Devonian, heck, sometimes I have trouble finding an arthropod or two! “...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...
mcgcsp Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Specimens from concretions in NE Ohio whether phylocarids or Paleopalaemon can be difficult to photograph since they are preserved 3 dimensionally. There is a nice abdomen and tail that wraps all the way around. I probably should add some more pics. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 28 minutes ago, mcgcsp said: There is a nice abdomen and tail that wraps all the way around. I probably should add some more pics. Please do, and if You can point out what is which - that would help, those that never seen one before (like Me). 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...
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mcgcsp Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Some different views of specimen above. These are from the Devonian of ohio. Personally collected. Very rare. Several are now in museum collections. Right half below showing rostrom and maxilliped with rake-like claw. Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Current reconstruction as of 2018. Palaeopalaemon newberryi Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Nice! Thanks. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 These are amazing. I have never seen these before. Thanks for posting them. 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...
MiseriKing Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 wow - I very like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: These are amazing. I have never seen these before. Thanks for posting them. Ditto that! I am amazed by this creature, of whose existence I was unaware. What a great surprise, and what splendid examples! "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...
mcgcsp Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thank you everyone. I only picked up paleontology as a hobby when I turned 50, just 5 years ago. These specimens have given me a fortunate and unique opportunity to participate in the long overdue update regarding Palaeopalaemon recently completed. Very few people realize that decapods had already evolved into a very modern form in the Devonian but did not radiate unil far more recently. I am coauthor. Please see attached. I have attached as a courtesy. The 5 specimens I contributed now will reside in the Smithsonian collections which to me is worth more than any $$$. Morphology and paleoecology of the oldest lobster-like decapod, Palaeopalaemon newberryi .pdf Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 9 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: These are amazing. I have never seen these before. Thanks for posting them. Thank you and glad to share. Since you are a coelacanth guy, you will love this ,but unbeknownst to me until I just recently happened to have an expert identify them, I have in my possession two juvenile Chagrinia specimens. They are very disarticulated and in small concretions that I had been prepping casually for several years. The holotype is at CMNH and was collected in 1960. They (scales) can only be appreciated under a microscope. Marc Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 That sounds amazing! And rare! I'll have to look into those. No chance of any pics of these, I take it? 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...
mcgcsp Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: That sounds amazing! And rare! I'll have to look into those. No chance of any pics of these, I take it? I am gong to try taking some macro pics within the next week. But again, very dis-articulated. I have always referred to them as looking like Devonian seagull puke... Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Just now, mcgcsp said: I am gong to try taking some macro pics within the next week. But again, very dis-articulated. I have always referred to them as looking like Devonian seagull puke... Still cool, though. 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...
DPS Ammonite Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 3 hours ago, mcgcsp said: Thank you everyone. I only picked up paleontology as a hobby when I turned 50, just 5 years ago. These specimens have given me a fortunate and unique opportunity to participate in the long overdue update regarding Palaeopalaemon recently completed. Very few people realize that decapods had already evolved into a very modern form in the Devonian but did not radiate unil far more recently. I am coauthor. Please see attached. I have attached as a courtesy. The 5 specimens I contributed now will reside in the Smithsonian collections which to me is worth more than any $$$. Morphology and paleoecology of the oldest lobster-like decapod, Palaeopalaemon newberryi .pdf Amazing finds. If you collected some of the decopods and donated them to the Smithsonian you are eligible for the Partners Award. You should post this fact into TFF Partners in Paleontology section. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/forum/188-partners-in-paleontology-member-contributions-to-science/ My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 hour ago, DPS Ammonite said: Amazing finds. If you collected some of the decopods and donated them to the Smithsonian you are eligible for the Partners Award. You should post this fact into TFF Partners in Paleontology section. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/forum/188-partners-in-paleontology-member-contributions-to-science/ Thanks, but I contributed them to the project and study. And since specimens used in a professional publication must be permanently stored in a public collection Dr. Feldmann felt it best to direct them to the Smithsonian. Not sure if that makes a difference. Either way I have all documentation. Marc Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Wonderful specimens of a unique early decapod. And thanks for donating them to the Smithsonian and your contributions to the paper. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 7/15/2018 at 8:06 PM, mcgcsp said: Thanks, but I contributed them to the project and study. And since specimens used in a professional publication must be permanently stored in a public collection Dr. Feldmann felt it best to direct them to the Smithsonian. Not sure if that makes a difference. Either way I have all documentation. Marc The "partners in paleontology" is a TFF award for members that have donated a fossil find to a university or museum. You only need to make a post that details the donation in the correct thread (linked in DPSammonite's post above), to collect Your prestigious badge. 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...
Kane Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 And once that post is made, the badge shall come forthwith. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgcsp Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Palaeopalaemon newberryi Chagrin shale Devonian Northeast Ohio, USA Specimens were used in the publication “Morphology and paleoecology of the oldest lobster-like decapod, Palaeopalaemon newberryi Whitfield, 1880”, Journal of Crustacean Biology (2018). Smithsonian USNM (United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA). USNM numbers 617309 617308 617309 618374 706118 Morphology and paleoecology of the oldest lobster-like decapod, Palaeopalaemon newberryi .pdf PP write upx.pdf Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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