Insect Wings From St. Clair!

[Agos1221]

While going through some of the stuff I found at St. Clair last week, I came across a couple of pieces I picked up thinking they were large Neuropteris leaves. A closer look revealed a different kind of veination more akin to an insect wing than a leaf. I am flat out flabbergasted! I'd heard of insects being found in Carboniferous strata but never expected to find some myself. I could be wrong (just read through some of my arguments with Solius ) but I think my instinct is correct.

Positive and Negative of wing

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Closer view of the second pic

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What a rare window into the past you opened! I would definitely consider showing it to a museum, if not donating it or loaning it. Just think, you could have your last name italicized into the prehistory books

[Stocksdale]

Wow. That's amazing! Very cool. I still have Saint Clair material to look through. Should keep my eyes open!!! :)

[engineeringstudent]

If you want something named after you, donate that to a museum.

Why would he have to relinquish ownership of it to get a new species named? Is that seriously the way it works?

Edited December 10, 2015 by engineeringstudent

[Fossildude19]

Why would he have to relinquish ownership of it to get a new species named? Is that seriously the way it works?

Yes. You need to donate the specimen to a museum's collection, so that it is available for study to any paleontologist who wishes to study the holotype specimen, upon which a new species was erected. This is the usual way it works. To have anything published and named after you, at least.

Regards,

Edited December 10, 2015 by Fossildude19

[Stocksdale]

Anything that is Scientifically studied needs to be publicly accessible (Museum or University collection) so that other scientists can confirm, contradict, or add upon the initial finding in the future.

Edited December 10, 2015 by Stocksdale