Auspex Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 My finances may be a train-wreck, but who can resist penguins? Fossil penguin material is on the scarce side, so when these surfaced, I just could not resist. They are from the Atacama Desert in Chile; Huarra Fm. (Miocene/Pliocene), and are purported to be from Spheniscus urbinai (but I don't know how I could confirm that). Pretty much a zero chance that any of the seven are associated, but I have enough for one penguin, with a spare This Riker joins four skulls/crania (all different species), a partial bill, and the proximal portion of a humerus (Australian; my first, and only non-Chilean, penguin fossil). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 OH MY GOSH! you had a penguin DECLAWED?!?!? <speed-dialing the aspcp> yer in BEEG trubble, meester!!! p.s. - hey! what you trying to pull? you told me before them groove things on the sides of claws were blood grooves and mean the claws were from dinosaurs and now they're from penguins?! big difference in my phylogeneticalities. i can just picture a penguin waddling up to me and ripping me to shreds with its killer claws, all the while shouting linux code at me. "sudo DIE!" (p.s. - that's prolly hilarious if yer a tuxboy. otherwise, you prolly lost me five minutes ago.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Spectacular claws and I just viewed the other great penguin fossils from your previous collection threads. Congrats Chas !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 My finances may be a train-wreck, but who can resist penguins? Fossil penguin material is on the scarce side, so when these surfaced, I just could not resist. They are from the Atacama Desert in Chile; Huarra Fm. (Miocene/Pliocene), and are purported to be from Spheniscus urbinai (but I don't know how I could confirm that). Pretty much a zero chance that any of the seven are associated, but I have enough for one penguin, with a spare This Riker joins four skulls/crania (all different species), a partial bill, and the proximal portion of a humerus (Australian; my first, and only non-Chilean, penguin fossil). Congats on the fine acquisition, Chas To obtain so rare treasures doesn't indicate a train-wreck finance...:lol: Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 you told me before them groove things on the sides of claws were blood grooves and mean the claws were from dinosaurs and now they're from penguins?! big difference in my phylogeneticalities. Perching birds lack them; these are crampons. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 Spectacular claws and I just viewed the other great penguin fossils from your previous collection threads. Congrats Chas !! Thanks! My paltry collection is approaching the point where it might be worthy of a Forum gallery. I should get some of these pictures together in one place. Someday. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 Congats on the fine acquisition, Chas To obtain so rare treasures doesn't indicate a train-wreck finance...:lol: Life is a journey, and sometimes I go by train... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Perching birds lack them; these are crampons. d00d, you are SO out on a limb with yer distortions of my awarenesses. Perch are fish! sheesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 ...distortions of my awarenesses... Title for your memoir? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Title for your memoir? "i am tracer - hear me moo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Chas., Fossils said to be from the "Huarra Fm." have turned out to be from the Bahia Inglesa Formation. Back in the 90's, there was at least one dealer using that name without doing any research. There wasn't much written on fossils from the formation but then a seal article (Walsh and Naish, 2002) and a bird review (Walsh and Hume, 2001) were published around ten years ago. I think another paper came out on birds from since then. Jess Walsh, S.A. and J.P. Hume. 2001. A New Neogene Marine Avian Assemblage from North-Central Chile. JVP 21(3):484-491. Walsh, S.A. and D. Naish. 2002. Fossil seals from Late Neogene Deposits in South America: A new Pinniped (Carnivora, Mammalia) Assemblage from Chile. Palaeontology 45(4):821-842. My finances may be a train-wreck, but who can resist penguins? Fossil penguin material is on the scarce side, so when these surfaced, I just could not resist. They are from the Atacama Desert in Chile; Huarra Fm. (Miocene/Pliocene), and are purported to be from Spheniscus urbinai (but I don't know how I could confirm that). Pretty much a zero chance that any of the seven are associated, but I have enough for one penguin, with a spare This Riker joins four skulls/crania (all different species), a partial bill, and the proximal portion of a humerus (Australian; my first, and only non-Chilean, penguin fossil). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 Jess, y'know, I actually knew that about Bahia Inglesa, and still just copied the info I got with the fossils "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Wow, awesome addition to your collection! Congrats! DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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