piranha Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Hot off the press is a very exciting announcement of another spectacular trilobite named in my honor. The Amazing Jonathan Adrain has bestowed trilobite immortality on yours truly with Tesselacauda morrisoni. The etymology of Tesselacauda is Latin for "mosaic tail". In the past there were a couple year intervals in between these joyous occasions. As luck would have it, this time it happened within a couple months of the last one. A timeless trilobite treasure that I will cherish forever. I'm delighted to share it with everyone on TFF! Adrain, J.M. & Karim, T.S. 2019 Revision of the Early Ordovician (Late Tremadocian; Stairsian) Cheirurid Trilobite Tesselacauda Ross, with species from the Great Basin, Western USA. Zootaxa, 4661(2):201-255 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 That is awesome! Congratulations! The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Congratulations, Scott. Well done sir! 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...
BLT Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Profoundly envious... congrats for all your fine work.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Sensational! Congrats! ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Fantastic news congratulations . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Congratulations!!! “...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...
Guest Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Congrats man!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Congratulations Scott! It's great to see your contributions to trilobitology being recognized like this. I imagine this might be presumptuous of me, but would it be possible for you to offer a short "bio" about how you came to be so active in the field? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 3:55 PM, ricardo said: Congratulations! On 8/28/2019 at 4:18 PM, FossilNerd said: That is awesome! Congratulations! On 8/28/2019 at 4:26 PM, Fossildude19 said: Congratulations, Scott. Well done sir! On 8/28/2019 at 4:58 PM, BLT said: Congratulations! On 8/28/2019 at 5:05 PM, Malcolmt said: Profoundly envious... congrats for all your fine work.... On 8/28/2019 at 5:14 PM, Kane said: Sensational! Congrats! On 8/28/2019 at 5:25 PM, Bobby Rico said: Fantastic news congratulations . On 8/28/2019 at 6:05 PM, WhodamanHD said: Congratulations!!! On 8/28/2019 at 9:04 PM, Foozil said: Congratulations! On 8/29/2019 at 5:04 AM, RJB said: Congrats man!!! RB On 8/29/2019 at 8:18 AM, FossilDAWG said: Congratulations Scott! It's great to see your contributions to trilobitology being recognized like this. Don Thank you all for the nice comments! On 8/29/2019 at 8:18 AM, FossilDAWG said: ...would it be possible for you to offer a short "bio" about how you came to be so active in the field? Soon after I began collecting I discovered the great importance of the literature, in particular the citations. The obsession with citations is an unusual affliction, but there is a meditative tranquility in the process, luckily my brain is just wired that way. For many years I have been amassing hundreds of thousands of pages of literature, usually via interlibrary loan and often from overseas libraries for many of the obscure international journals. Fortunately the scanning and document production is another source of enjoyable fulfillment for me. A big chunk of the data is available on TFF as a list of trilobite publications in chronological order, by year of publication. It continues to be a work in progress as each week I have been adding another year of citations. Hopefully within the next year it should be complete all the way back to Trilobita Walch 1771. This week while adding the next year, I was excited to find a few citations I was not previously aware of, it seems there are always some hidden gems as the work is never really done ... so I just call it job security! I'm very privileged to be involved with so many amazing trilobite specialists around the world. These tireless workers are my heroes, as well as the great pantheon of trilobitologists of yesteryear. It is almost surreal to receive this reward and recognition multiple times, and as a result the motivation for my ongoing efforts are increased exponentially. Kudos also go to a couple of my close anonymous collaborators, their continued support behind the scenes is absolutely an essential part of the project. The satisfaction of creating something with real intrinsic value for future generations of trilobite workers is priceless. On any given day you will find me pushing the boulder up the hill ... and there are always some other days when the boulder gets its revenge! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, piranha said: On any given day you will find me pushing the boulder up the hill ... and there are always some other days when the boulder gets its revenge! Yeah, those boulders! One almost killed me one day! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, piranha said: Soon after I began collecting I discovered the great importance of the literature, in particular the citations. ... For many years I have been amassing hundreds of thousands of pages of literature... Over the years I have seen numerous systematics/taxonomy grad students (Entomology in this case, but it's no different for other disciplines) spend years accumulating the literature they need to complete their research. I cannot state emphatically enough what a boon it is to have this legwork done in advance, so all the relevant papers are accessible in one place. This can shave a huge amount of time off of a project. Also to be honest most people find the task of chasing down obscure/old papers tedious and/or frustrating in the extreme, so having it done by someone who enjoys the challenge is a real boon. Lastly, for those who haven't the experience of working in taxonomy, the task of assembling the literature is not just a formality, it is critical to the work. Overlooking a paper can be disastrous. Taxonomy is based on priority: the first validly published name for a species (or other taxon) takes priority over any subsequently published names, which are considered to be junior synonyms. Such junior synonyms are relegated to the trash bin, discarded and forbidden to be used ever again. Imagine the poor researcher who overlooks a paper and subsequently discovers that all of their "new" species had already been named, and their years of work must be discarded. No wonder piranha is held in such esteem! Don 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Congratulations, @piranha!!! X4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 @piranha Congratulations on this well-deserved honor. I never cease to be amazed at your depth of knowledge in this chosen field. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Big congratulations, Scott. A great honor! Your knowledge of trilobites has me awe struck. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/30/2019 at 5:05 AM, Monica said: Congratulations, @piranha!!! X4 On 8/30/2019 at 5:27 AM, Ludwigia said: @piranha Congratulations on this well-deserved honor. I never cease to be amazed at your depth of knowledge in this chosen field. 22 hours ago, Jeffrey P said: Big congratulations, Scott. A great honor! Your knowledge of trilobites has me awe struck. Thanks for sharing. Monica, Roger, Jeffrey, Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 On 8/31/2019 at 7:48 PM, aek said: Congratulations! @aek Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Congrats Scott, that is a great honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 13 hours ago, Nimravis said: Congrats Scott, that is a great honor. Ralph and everyone at TFF: Thanks again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Just amazing!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 On 9/5/2019 at 6:57 AM, Al Tahan said: Just amazing!!!! Al my Pal -- Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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