jacob Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I was wondering is there was such a thing as a fossil dictionary? You know to help with words and terms? For example an ossicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I have never seen such a beast but with google who needs one anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Biiiiig topic! Fossil-speak is an amalgam of the argot of many disciplines. SOME SOME MORE MORE YET I usually google an unfamiliar word or term when they pop up here... 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Excellent links Chas! Thank you for posting them - Bookmarked! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 not fossils, but another good rock and mineral dictionary "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Some terms still defy googling like "praemut." I see it in older publications (and assume it's a Latin abbreviation for "premutation?") and employed like this: "Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata praemut. teretidens. I know it doesn't refer to an apparent variation within a species because that's when "var." was used. If it were a subspecies, the name would just directly follow the species name. Who knows what that means? I'm guessing it means something like a previous alias. Jess Biiiiig topic! Fossil-speak is an amalgam of the argot of many disciplines. SOME SOME MORE MORE YET I usually google an unfamiliar word or term when they pop up here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanatocoenosis Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology has a good page on morphology and terminology. 2012 NCAA Collegiate Round Ball Champs; and in '98, '96, '78, 58, '51, '49, and '48, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) Some terms still defy googling like "praemut." I see it in older publications (and assume it's a Latin abbreviation for "premutation?") and employed like this: "Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata praemut. teretidens. I know it doesn't refer to an apparent variation within a species because that's when "var." was used. If it were a subspecies, the name would just directly follow the species name. Who knows what that means? I'm guessing it means something like a previous alias. Jess Henri Cappetta, in his Fossilium Catalogus I : Animalia - lasmobranchii Post-Triadici - 2006, says : teretidens, Sylvestrilamia (WHITE, 1931) : Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata praemut. teretidens; p. 53, fig. 16-44. Yprésien inférieur (Blackheath Beds), Abbey Wood, Kent, Grande-Bretagne. [Esp.-type du genre Sylvestrilamia CAPPETTA & NOLF, 2005]. Odopntaspididae. He wrote in order : the name of the species, the valid genus (AUTHOR, year) : Genus (Subgenus) species praemut. [[ I understand as you ! )]] var. ? If I well understand, your Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata praemut. teretidens is now the valide type species of Sylvestrilamia. Edited April 14, 2012 by Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 Hey thanks for the links and help so fa guys I got a couple of scientific papers for my birthday and i am baffled by some words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vordigern Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I ran into the same problem with some papers published in a couple of issues of the Mosasaur (a publication periodically put out by the Deleware Valley Paleontological Society) these links should help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 There is a wonderful handbook that I think you will find very helpful. It is called "The Handbook of Paleontological Terms" by Robert W. Sinibaldi. This book is currently in print and should be available at Amazon.com. Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) According to Earl Manning when queried about "praemut", "what was meant by the term was "variant", or "permutation". A true variant of a species would today be considered a subspecies of that species" Brent Ashcraft Edited April 15, 2012 by ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) I think this topic is worthy of pinning. Edited April 15, 2012 by Bill KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Frankly,it would be a hoot if we could have a fossil dictionary as a header, supplied by members. Each term as entered could be listed alphabetically, and when clicked on, it would take you to a definition, plus any discussion by members. Of course I speak with the enthusiasm of ignorance, as I am sure it would be a tremendous pain in the keester. My first words leaverite- nice looking, but too heavy to carry back. Modified leaverite- too heavy for you to carry back, but when stealthily slipped into your partners pack, can be brought back to the vehicle. Dealy weapon- partner discovers leaverite and beats you senseless with it, hopefully not destroying the fossil Daniel Webster Ashcraft Seriously though, it would be something very useful. Edited April 16, 2012 by ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Kind of the forums version of wikipedia? Edited April 16, 2012 by Bullsnake Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashcraft Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 That is what I am thinking, but then again I have no computer skills. So it is kind of like my wife suggesting WE build a deck. Brent Ashcraft ashcraft, brent allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Thanks for asking about that. Jess According to Earl Manning when queried about "praemut", "what was meant by the term was "variant", or "permutation". A true variant of a species would today be considered a subspecies of that species" Brent Ashcraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raistlin Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Frankly,it would be a hoot if we could have a fossil dictionary as a header, supplied by members. Each term as entered could be listed alphabetically, and when clicked on, it would take you to a definition, plus any discussion by members. Of course I speak with the enthusiasm of ignorance, as I am sure it would be a tremendous pain in the keester. My first words leaverite- nice looking, but too heavy to carry back. Modified leaverite- too heavy for you to carry back, but when stealthily slipped into your partners pack, can be brought back to the vehicle. Dealy weapon- partner discovers leaverite and beats you senseless with it, hopefully not destroying the fossil Daniel Webster Ashcraft Seriously though, it would be something very useful. LOL those were awesome, loved the modified most of all. RobertSoutheast, MO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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