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Timothy Conrad’s description of the Paleozoic gastropod Turbo insectus in 1835 was an open-and-shut case. He described and figured a new species of the genus Turbo in his historical, single-sentence description. His was the first report of North American marine fossils of the Pennsylvanian age. Unfortunately, this was also theRead More →

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Recently I was able to obtain two nice examples of Lepidodendron from the Pottsville Formation in Alabama. This formation is two formations away from the Glenshaw, having the Allegheny Formation between them. Both specimens are different species, however, species for these could very well just mean they come from aRead More →