can you answer this?

im just woundering? what happens when you find a new speicies what do you do with it? i have no clue what would happen? do you name it or some thing do you get known? what happens to the fossil?

I think you will have to get it confirmed to be a new species by authorized authorities, Tyler. Like certified paleontologists I think. But I'm not sure...

yeay im just woundering what happens after all that

do you get known in palaeontology or any thing like that?

Well, as the one having first discovered it, I cannot but presume that you'd get credited for that by having your name related.

oh well thats cool. would you get to keep it or would you have to give it to a museum?

hi tyler, check out page 8 of photo album first pic. of t-rex and read Sue Hendricksons story.

are you talking about the same t-rex called a t-rex named sue? cause i seen her at the science center it was freakin awsome!

Sue has got to be my favorite T. rex specimen to date. About 90% complete and 29 years old at death, she truly was, and still is, a marvelous sight. She is 7 tons of Theropod/ Coelurosaur beauty!

I work with a paleo group who have found many fossil "firsts." It is good form to credit the individual who found the specimen in the paper that announces the find. It is not a given that it will be named after you. Sometimes it is named for the area itself or those who worked on the area or species for many years (ie, Walcott or hornbyense).

I had an ammonite named after me a few years ago that I had nothing what-so-ever to do with in terms of collecting or identifying. It was done as an acknowledgement of other contributions to the area over the years. I didn't know it had been named after me until the publication came out and I was at a meeting. A nice surprise!

In any case, the type specimen is kept in a museum and the individual who found the specimen is noted with it. The rest is up to fate a wee bit.

Hope that is helpful!

wow that sounds awsome! i hope if found a new one

Tyler- It is, indeed, a cool thing to happen. But, I hope you aren't going into Paleontology for the fame. I must warn you that if that is, TRULY, what your after then you will be a sad and sorry little man.

For me, I don't really care about the fame. I care about the thrill of studying these magnificent animals! I only hope I'm considered credible and can contribute to the science in any way! That is why I'm going for Paleontology. There is no guarantee that you or I will make a phenomenale discovery and/or be named for it.


Hope you consider what I've said....

oh im not into palaeontology for fame! i love fossils and prehistoric creatures thats why im into it digging up things that lived on this earth long ago!

That's good you're not in it for the fame, Tyler. A lot of people get caught up in fame, and forget all about the paleontology. I'm sure you will be a great paleontologist one day.

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Thanks! I want to be a field paleontologist and get grants to travle to different countries and descover things every were! I love fossils. I keep the sympole ones and the rare ones! My friends joke around at school with my because theres a rock path to lunc and they pic up little rocks and say Hey I found a fossil! And I always turn around and say! Let me see! haha

What type of rare fossils do you have? I think my only rare one is a coprolite (fossilized poop).

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Well I have almost every fossil family type from the ordovician peroid just go to my profile ( click on my picture ) and look at the picture thats not all of the fossils either!