Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 21:23:08 +0000 Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 13:23:08 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: namacalathus Content-Language: en-US Newsgroups: sci.bio.paleontology References: From: John Harshman In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 25 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-msX8EvyL2X6CXaY/p2GKG9b7FzxMegGr0HKaFqP8s8FnQ/4SB/N+JIAAmpC5GEV80zAEaGL3nj8zhSH!TYqr9Ippdb2AeoN5oErnqMoLckyonDDvdLCYiwKM5j7Z8TC5P4C4X37Upt3M44/tSDmQ2hTZxfM= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2310 On 12/31/24 10:55 PM, Popping Mad wrote: > 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 > Worked fine for me.