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Kudos to the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff for having a photo database of fossils many of which are type specimens. I recognize some of the invertebrate fossils in the first 4 pages including those from the Kaibab, Redwall and Naco Formations. Color photos are a good compliment to those black and white and sometimes poorly reproduced photos in the type references. http://argus.musnaz.org/ArgusNET/Portal/Default.aspx?lang=en-US&p_AAEE=tab4&p_AAFV=Paleontology&d=d I wish more institutions would put their fossils, especially the type specimens, on the internet to use for free. See color pictures of Pennsylvanian Naco sponges from the Museum of Northern Arizona next to the black and white photos from the internet. Dilliard, Kelly & Rigby, J.K.. (2001). The new demosponges, Chaunactis olsoni and Haplistion nacoense, and associated sponges from the Pennsylvanian Naco Formation, Central Arizona. Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 46. 1-11. https://geology.byu.edu/0000017d-0fdd-d6bc-a9fd-fffdc35d0001/geo-stud-vol-46-dilliard-rigby-pdf Chaunactis olsoni: Haplistion nacoensis:
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While searching for Information today, I came across these news flashes on the University of Florida Museum of Natural History website. I found this additional info related to the 2nd item, I am posting to give @digit an opportunity to comment on both... I had recently heard 2nd hand from a Sheriff deputy in Polk county that there is an effort to pass a similar ban on all Peace River feeder creeks in Polk county. I am sure it will be a contentious topic but easily passable since I think most people, not fossil hunters or land owners adjacent to creeks do not consider it a priority either way.
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It's been a rainy week in Texas and today is no exception....so I am spending the day working on a new thing.....a collection database! @erose Erich gave a great presentation at the last Paleontological Society of Austin zoom meeting on Fossil Collecting - what to do with your collection once you've collected it! I bought the Trilobase software (a download) and am having a great time organizing and entering my collection. It's quite a process....I keep rearranging how I want things represented! I've decided to go with date collected. It's made me be a bit more thorough in my info too, looking up Order and Family to go with Genus and Species. It's also made me realize... I have a LOT of fossils....... So how do you organize/present your collection?
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Without boring you with too much detail... I try to be thorough with cataloging my collection. I label each individual fossil, and record them in a database that contains all known information about that specimen. My question is... If I remove a fossil from my collection, how should I label it in my database? Should I leave it alone, mark it somehow as being given away/sold/traded/etc., delete the entry entirely? I realize this is probably more of a personal preference, but I'm curious as to what others do when removing a fossil from their collection records.
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I want to start an actual computer database for my collection. I want to find a free downloadable database. Does anyone out there have any input? At work I use FileMaker Pro. I designed the database for our collections and it works well, but it costs 500 plus bucks (300 for academic use, which is what we paid). I do not want to pay that sort of money, or any if possible. I looked into Specify, but they seem to be only for actual museums and not for home collections, or so it seems on the download page. What, if anythng do you folks use?
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New way to identify that coprolite as long as you can get some DNA out of it. Can tell difference between dog and human. https://phys.org/news/2020-04-feces-coproid-reliably-sources-ancient.html
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Hey everyone, I am looking for any reccomended websites or databases that can help me identify several invertebrate specimens in my collection. Specimens range from ammonites, echinoderms, brachiopods, molluscs etc. I have locations where most were found or acquired, but I would like to get a species ID on them at least. Morphology tends to blur at times depending on the sample. Any references or ideas?
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