tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post4200527489604284387..comments2024-03-29T03:21:04.512-06:00Comments on The Coastal Paleontologist: Southern California Research Trip, Part 3: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (collections)Robert Boesseneckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157434108254005433noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-88493298323091594402012-02-07T11:50:12.871-07:002012-02-07T11:50:12.871-07:00Regarding the undescribed late Pleistocene jaw of ...Regarding the undescribed late Pleistocene jaw of a California sea lion, <i>Zalophus</i> sp., from the Newport Bay mesa. Its been many, many years but I think that specimen was collected by Jim Harroll ( I think that was his name) in the 1970's from a trench across the top of the mesa. Jim is now a professor of geology at a university back east. If you want more information let me know - I still remember him collecting that specimens (or it could have been another, but it looked very similar). <br /><br />ChuckChuck Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749812068767602325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-74402308712797086392012-01-26T19:06:35.049-07:002012-01-26T19:06:35.049-07:00To be quite honest, that was the thing that struck...To be quite honest, that was the thing that struck me when I saw it in person - it's a good thing I came to the same identification independently! But alas, that's a topic for another future post...Robert Boesseneckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157434108254005433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-19154847421487061872012-01-26T18:48:17.353-07:002012-01-26T18:48:17.353-07:00ah, got it. I emailed Alton Dooley pictures of tha...ah, got it. I emailed Alton Dooley pictures of that skull and he thinks it's Zygophyseter. The cranium is restored, erroneously according to Alton.Doughttp://accpaleo.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-58008835584773246482012-01-26T14:12:47.969-07:002012-01-26T14:12:47.969-07:00Doug: We weren't research visitors. We stopped...Doug: We weren't research visitors. We stopped in so I could photograph the weird sperm whale, and the Pelagornis orri holotype.<br /><br />Jorge - I'll admit I'm fairly skeptical as well. I am puzzled by many of the taxonomic decisions by Barnes and Hirota 1995, and that is one of them. I think I'm going to do a series of post on desmatophocid taxonomy; I'm also going to do a long series of posts on various fossil pinnipeds, something like "Better know a fossil pinniped, part 47: Valenictus", a la Stephen Colbert.<br /><br />The blurred specimen is an unpublished Allodesmus gracilis from Sharktooth Hill; Larry didn't want us to publish any photos of it, and in fact, I offered not to take an photos at all, but it made its way into this single image - so I blurred it out. I would never blur out a baculum!Robert Boesseneckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157434108254005433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-64070125638659979252012-01-26T11:35:29.644-07:002012-01-26T11:35:29.644-07:00Propeller scars, very proper hehehe!!
Those Allo...Propeller scars, very proper hehehe!! <br /><br />Those <i>Allodesmus</i> mandibles, how distinctive are they, really, I'm skeptical. Can it be that <i>A. kellogi</i> is a female, hence the smaller size, and the other two represent males of the same species?<br /><br />And what's with the blurred fossil in the pic of you and Morgan? Is it something Mitchell is working on and you were told not to show it in case he sees it... or is it a baculum and you're trying to keep this blog PG-rated HahahaJ. Velez-Juarbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13939389115952799046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-4145354405371813212012-01-26T10:06:40.242-07:002012-01-26T10:06:40.242-07:00Again, how i envy you...
Really, Santa Barbara Mu...Again, how i envy you...<br /><br />Really, Santa Barbara Museum? I'm guessing that's more for modern marine mammal material? I'd meet up with you down there, but you probably don't have the time.<br /><br />And who knows, maybe 20 years down the road you'll be stopping at my museum to check some stuff out...Doughttp://accpaleo.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com