FossilDAWG Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Long ago, back in the late 1980s, I lived in British Columbia and had the opportunity to collect in the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Group. I realized that many of the crabs and lobsters I was collecting were undescribed, so I made an effort to collect any material I came across. I tried to find a collaborator willing to help describe the material, but (for reasons I described elsewhere) that didn't work out, and I was encouraged to take on the writing myself. Since I had to focus on my own research career, which actually has nothing to do with paleontology, the project languished and over time most of the taxa were described independently by others, based on specimens collected by other people. Although I would have loved to contribute to the published record of the Nanaimo Group I became convinced that that would not happen. Then, about two years ago, I was corresponding with Torrey Nyborg (a fossil decapod expert well known to some Forum members @fossisle @MB @Al Dente) and found out that he was working on some new species of the crab genus Archaeopus from Vancouver Island and California. I sent him my material, one thing led to another, and the paper has just been published. I am very grateful that Torrey included me as a coauthor. I was also able to contribute the holotype of Archaeopus morenoensis (Figure 15 panel A, attached below), which is actually from California. So thanks to Torrey I feel my long-ago efforts paid off. Don 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Don ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 How wonderful! Congratulations, Don, it's such a nice story. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Hot off the presses at ResearchGate Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Congratulations Don! Good Job! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Wow, Don! This is awesome news! It's great to see this kind of personal find and collaboration. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Congratulations Don. Great news all the best Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Chapeau! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Congrats, great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Yay!!! Great feeling, eh? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Congratulations, Don! Glad to see your dreams realized! Well done sir - thank you for sharing this with us! 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...
Pagurus Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Congratulations, Don! Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Any chance of Schweizerbartsche lowering their paywall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Congrats growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Well deserved Don ,Congratulations!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Congrats Don. Took some time, but now look at you. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkdoctor Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 Thanks everyone! I'd like to encourage anyone who thinks they have something new or significant* to reach out to the professional paleontologist community. Sometimes it works out very nicely, as we have seen time and again here on the Fossil Forum. Don * If you are new to fossil hunting, or you are not sure what you have, I'd encourage people to run it through the ID section of the Forum first. You don't want to be pestering people with random rocks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Don, this is a pretty spectacular contribution...it makes me very happy to see someone who is as passionate as you have their efforts rewarded in such a manner. Congratulations on the co-authorship!...very cool. "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...
sseth Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Fantastic! _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Congratulations.... but what is your name??? I was lucky to be one of the reviewers of this nice paper Congrats again 1 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 How did I miss this before? Congratulations. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palaeopix Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 That's awesome Don! I too have sent some specimens from the southern part of Vancouver Island to Torrey for examination. His first impression is that at least one and maybe two may be new to science. I've shared posts including photos of the two specimens else on the forum. Exciting times lay ahead. P.S. I was just looking through my photos and came across some snaps that you took of our trip to Clay Creek back in 2010. How time flies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 2010? That long ago? That trip is still a highlight for me. I've still got family in Rock Creek and in Nelson so watch out, I'll probably drop in on you one of these days. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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