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jrbaja
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Congratulations Taco and Frizkie
That was fun. Just stay away from hatchets when she gives you your reward!
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frizkie
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AND:
Don't forget to dilute the peroxide JR
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Taco de Baja
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There are sure a lot of weird pholads out there...
http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/species.asp?family=PH...
Don't get your hopes up on the price though.. I think the $1,800 number you are referring to is the year it was first described bu a guy named Conrad
{Jouannetia pectinata (Conrad, 1849)] .... That is the nomenclature for shells.. I did not see a price on the page myself just that it had
been sold.
However, it is probably still rare as the shell is fragile and a few days in the surf would probably grind it to bits.
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frizkie
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Yes, there certainly are some weird and wonderful Pholads out there. And the links you sent are very interesting ....thanx for those.
I realise that the (Conrad, 1849) is the name of the first person to describe the shell, however, if you go to Femorale's home page and click on
"Available shells" you will see where I got the asking price from.
They recently sold a Pholadidae, perhaps not a Jouannetia Pectinata, but one very similar for 18,00 (only two 0s..perhaps pounds??) They also state
that they had sold it as a different type of Pholadidae. It had been confused with another shell from that family.
Could you tell me, Taco, what is a palentologist?
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jrbaja
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Here I go again but
Isn't it possible to do anything without putting a friggen $$ value on it ?
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Taco de Baja
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What is a paleontologist?.......
A paleontologist is a person who studies fossils. Fossils are of course and trace of past life. They can be shells, bones, leaves, wood,
tracks/trails. A fossil generally has to be 10,000 years or more old. Most people think paleontologist only study dinosaurs...but there is a lot
more out there then those.
I work in the construction monitoring side of the field. I go out to construction sites and walk amongst the bull dozers and graders and collect the
fossils as they are uncovered. they are identified and cataloged. Some are completely new to science...Some even make it to public displays.
The really cool thing is finding something that is tens of thousands of even Millions of years old, and being the FIRST person to ever see or touch
it.
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frizkie
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Way KOOL
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