Preparing to speak to the Amateur Geological Society in north London this evening. It will be my first talk on this topic. Fingers crossed.
#MolluscMonday Sectioned gyrocone nautiloid displayed in the public galleries of the Oslo Geological Museum. Ordovician, USA.
#TrilobiteTuesday Ampyx from the Ordovician of Asker, Norway. On display in the Geologisk Museum, Oslo.
#FossilFriday Crinoid stems in the facing stone of the W.B. Samson cafe, Oslo, comprising Silurian limestone of the Braksøoya Formation from Brevik Quarry, Telemark.
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University of Nebraska State Museum is searching for a Collection Manager for one of the most important Paleontology Collections in North America.
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Paul D. Taylor
Paul D. Taylor
#FossilFriday Silurian tabulate corals and crinoids in the stone facing of a building in Oslo. Braksøoya Formation from Brevik Quarry.
Paul D. Taylor
Paul D. Taylor
Paul D. Taylor
How many kinds of encrusting animal can you spot? Brachiopod from Traverse Group of Michigan, photo by a student of mine.
The team for our artsdatabanken (Norwegian taxonomic initiative) project NorDigBryo visiting NHM Oslo in conjunction with Larwood Oslo #bryozoan this week. Thank you! We are up to 7000+ new digitized observations 300+ barcodes and maybe species nes to science!
AshPoust
Museums hold collections for a reason: “Perhaps, he says, the next big breakthrough in charting our solar system’s deepest history won’t come from exploring some distant world but rather from studying samples of space rocks …from a drawer in a museum.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare...
Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history
Principal responsibilities are organization, management, preservation, conservation, and supervision of use of paleontological specimens in the collections of the UNSM Paleontology Department, includi...
