Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.www.mrbrklyn.com!not-for-mail From: Popping Mad Newsgroups: sci.bio.paleontology Subject: Re: namacalathus Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 01:55:37 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 06:55:54 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="www.mrbrklyn.com:96.57.23.83"; logging-data="22975"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1926 Lines: 22 On 12/31/24 8:22 PM, erik simpson wrote: > On 12/31/24 4:54 PM, John Harshman wrote: >> On 12/31/24 3:38 PM, erik simpson wrote: >>> These are pictures of fossils stumbled upon by my son and me.  >>> They're currently being examined by pros (Doug Erwin and Emma >>> Smith).  We think they're Namacalathus.  What do you think? >>> >>> >>> https://www.idrive.com/idrive/sh/sh?k=n8a8u1u6d0 >> >> It does rather resemble a series of cross-sections of Namacalathus. >> Where was it found and do you know the age of the rock? > It's at 39.084523, -113.715651W.  if that shows up in China, it's Google > maps' fautl.  Just change the sign.  The age is from a geologic map for > that part of Utah that doesn't have good resolution.  I'me pretty > familiar with limestone from other locations, and the age is right at > the Ediacaran-Cambrian interface.  It's the most easily accessible site > imaginable.  You can drive to it. > url is broken