Never before found at Penn Dixie. They can now add Carpoids to their faunal list!

[Fossildude19]

Fossil carpoids found at Penn Dixie Fossil Park.
They had never been found (or recognized?)  there before this year.

 

 

 

Link to Article.

[Tidgy's Dad]

That's fantastic! 

Carpoids were my favourite area of study during uni times, though I didn't actually have any of my own. 

But they probably had been found at Penn Dixie before, but not recognized as what they were. 

I bet a lot of people will be looking at their unidentified finds and possible crinoids now. 

[Jeffrey P]

From what I understand, the youngest carpoid fossil found prior to this was in the Lower Devonian. These finds push their existence up another 20 million years. Plus, these carpoid specimens have some structural differences from others previously found. The importance of these finds cannot be overstated. 

[Bobby Rico]

Wow how incredible find and good article. 
 

cheers Bobby 

[FossilDAWG]

Great and unexpected finds!

I'll take Bobby's word on the article, I'm not going to subscribe to a Buffalo news site to read it.

 

Don

[Tidgy's Dad]

Dear Friends, 

This morning, all across America, readers are opening their newspapers and learning about Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve.

An unlikely discovery has been made in Hamburg, New York, and the story has made its way across the nation. This April, two off-duty members of our educational team, Jonathan Hoag and James Hanna, uncovered the well-preserved remains of a mysterious and exceedingly rare animal – a ‘Carpoid’ – amongst the rocks at Penn Dixie.

The remains represent an entirely new species of primitive Paleozoic echinoderm, but the complete story is even more interesting. This particular type of carpoid was previously thought to have gone extinct over 25 million years before the rocks at Penn Dixie were deposited.

The Penn Dixie carpoids are a ‘Lazarus taxon:’ an animal that disappears from the fossil record, then reappears much later. Much like the biblical Lazarus rising from the dead, a Lazarus taxon rises figuratively from the graveyard of global extinction. The coelacanth, a lobe-finned fish which is still found today, is perhaps the most famous example of a Lazarus taxon.

Below you’ll find a sampling of links to outlets carrying the story. And next week, I’ll share some neat details from those involved in the incredible process of scientific discovery. In the meantime, dig us up this summer -- we're open daily!

Dr. Phil Stokes, Executive Director
Hamburg Natural History Society/Penn Dixie


Arizona Daily Star
Billings Gazette
Buffalo News
Greensboro News and Record
Napa Valley Publishing
Omaha World-Herald
Roanoke Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tulsa World
Wisconsin State Journal

[FossilDAWG]

Thank you!

 

Don

[Fossildude19]

1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said:

Thank you!

 

Don

 

Sorry about that, Don. It didn't pop up for me my first run through.  

[Tidgy's Dad]

https://penndixie.org/carpoid-discovery/

This has more information. 

And excellent work @Malcolmt

[Misha]

@JamesAndTheFossilPeach amazing discovery!

[LabRatKing]

Researchers unearth rare carpoid fossil dating to the Devonian

 

A recent and unexpected discovery at Penn Dixie has provided new insight into the evolutionary history of an unusual group of fossils.

 

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-unearth-rare-carpoid-fossil-dating.html

 

 

[Kane]

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