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From the album: Middle Devonian
Emmonsia sp. Tabulate Corals Middle Devonian Amherstburg Formation Detroit River Group Formosa Reef Formosa, Ontario-
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Curved Nautiloid Orthocone from Formosa Reef, Ontario
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Exocytoceras minutum Curved Nautiloid Orthocone Middle Devonian Amherstberg Formation Detroit River Group Formosa Reef Formosa, Ontario A generous gift from Kane-
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Curved Nautiloid Orthocone from Formosa Reef, Ontario
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Middle Devonian
Exocytoceras minutum Curved Nautiloid Orthocone Middle Devonian Amherstberg Formation Detroit River Group Formosa Reef Formosa, Ontario-
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From the album: Middle Devonian
Spyroceras nuntium Nautioloid Orthocone with exposed chambers and siphuncle Middle Devonian Amherstberg Formation Detroit River Group Formosa Reef Formosa, Ontario A generous gift from Kane-
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Acanthopyge contusa hypostome to the ROM
Monica posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
Hello everyone! I wanted to share some good news with you all... On Monday, March 16, 2020, I visited "Formosa Reef" in Ontario (Amherstburg Formation, Lower Devonian) for a little fossil hunt. One of the rocks that I found at the site had a trilobite piece that @piranha identified as the hypostome belonging to the trilobite Acanthopyge contusa. When I asked him if he knew of any museum/researcher who might be interested in my specimen, he suggested that I contact the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), and so I did. First, I emailed David Rudkin, and this is what he said: "Thank you very much for getting in touch and offering to donate your splendid little Acanthopyge hypostome! I've been retired from the ROM for 3 years now and am not permitted to act on behalf of the Invertebrate Palaeontology section, but I am copying these messages to the Curator and Collection Manager with my recommendation to accept your generous offer." "Acanthopyge contusa is indeed a relatively rare component of the Formosa trilobite fauna and the ROM collections do not hold any specimens of the elusive hypostome. Like your contact on The Fossil Forum I've not seen one from Ontario before, so your discovery is quite exciting ... at least for a self-professed trilobite geek such as myself! I'm hoping that my ROM colleagues, Dr Caron and Ms Akrami, will follow my recommendation to accept your offer, but I must leave the final decision in their hands." Just last night, I received two consecutive emails from Maryam Akrami (the current Invertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager at the ROM): "Thank you for sending the images and the information for the trilobite specimen. I am glad to let you know that we will accept your offer of donation. Just want to let you know that the ROM is closed until at least 5th April. If you would like to ship the specimen to us now, I can give you my home address. Once we have the specimen, I will send you a letter acknowledging your generous donation to the ROM." "Following up on my previous email (below), given the current situation and the advise against leaving our homes for non-essential reasons, perhaps it would be a good idea to wait till things return to normal and then ship the specimen to us. I hope that would be ok with yourself." So, once the ROM is up and running again, I'll be handing over my little Acanthopyge contusa hypostome to the ROM! I'll update this thread as soon as the donation has been completed. Here are pictures of the specimen in question: Thanks for reading, everyone! Monica- 49 replies
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From the album: Trilobites
Taxonomy: Mannopyge halli (pygidium only) Age: Lower Devonian (Amherstberg Fm) Location: London, Canada (imported fill from Niagara escarpment) Source: Field Collection-
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