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Just thought I’d share something from South Africa for a change. I found these while on holiday in a very rural and remote part of South Africa called the Wild Coast. They are very fragmented fossils, most likely Dicynodonts, from the Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group (part of the Karoo Supergroup). The rock is incredibly hard and the fossils so fragmented that they will likely remain there for many more years, to delight the next fossil enthusiast who wanders past. Picture 1 is the most intriguing. It looks more or less intact and I really want to know how much is still hidden beneath the rock. Any guesses? Or maybe I’ll just return in a 100,000 years or so and see if it’s eroded out yet.... pic1 Looks interesting, any ideas? Pic2 Femur pic3 Fragment pic4 Could be anything Pic5 More fragments pic6+7 Nice scenery too
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Fossil/Geology Literature. Ignorance or Not accepting changes
Plax posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Keep seeing old geology used in recent paleontological literature and was wondering what the cause was. The local Pliocene Bear Bluff Formation for instance was changed to the Goose Creek Limestone a couple of decades ago. Also have seen the Campanian Black Creek Formation used when it is the Black Creek Group containing three formations. This also for over 20 years. Sort of the same deal for the Paleocene Beaufort Formation elevated to a group a long time ago. Question is whether the usage is a disagreement with the revised nomenclature or ignorance. The reason I mention ignorance, not the negative connotation of the word, is because google searches are tough for literature searches originating is relatively obscure publications. This may be a cautionary tale of depending on literature found easily on line. I enjoy reading paleontology articles, particularly those with subjects involving North Carolina taxa.- 13 replies
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Scientific integrity in education and end Permian extinction
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Part 1 Scientific Integrity in Education; Part 2: “The Great Dying” – end Permian extinction John Geissman, University of Texas at Dallas Geologists of Jackson Hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYTuDP54ZI Yours, Paul H.-
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