coprolite

Why do they call dino **** coprolite? Can't they just call it dino **** or dino dung? Why do they have to make different names for the same thing. If you have a piece of dino ****, everybody would know it's old anyway. What is the issue of making strange names for everything.

Good question Rick!!
Hey, I remember in one post of yours you said that you saw spinal cord or something in your **** rock. Can you send a closeup of that area on rock?

Its probley a fossil crinoid, And if it is that means most of your back yard was underwater when it was fossilized so there wouldint be puke dino **** ect.

That`s what I was thinking Tyler. But never say never.

Yeah your rite and It could be a rare crinoid to some of mine are beautiful specimains

what's a crinoid?

elevation at my house is about 1400 ft above sea level, would there have been an ocean here?

Our elevation here is approximately 541 ft. above sea level with highest point at 780 ft. Most of my fossil finds come from some of the higher points which are west of me. I find fossils and thier traces which are all invertebrates from the sea. And a crinoid is a sea lilly which most of what is found is the stem of the plant which looks like a spinal column. The whole flower is rare to find. I have one pictured in photo album on this site somewhere in all of the pics.

pic is of stem not flower. Sorry that I worded that wrong.

I have found the heads of crinoids only 3 two are to small to photo graph there about the size of my finger nales! by the way missouri were I live is 1200 ft above sea level most of the world almost all of it used to be underwater thats how it all started of rick

I'm not sure. Why do they call the extra ribs on tyrannosaurs gastralia? Why do they call stones found in herbivores that help digest food gastroliths? The name probably has a meaning. Gastralia means "stomach ribs," I think; correct me if I'm wrong, because I'm not sure. Gastrolith means "stomach stone." I'm sure "coprolite" has its own meaning, too.

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I think it's the secret language of the elite paleontologists devised so, without their knowledge, you will feel inferior because you don't know the technical name for dino ****. It's like that in lots of professions. OR think it is because nobody would buy it if they knew what it really was.

Here is a rock with lots of small crinoids in it. It is hard to get them to show up since it`s a white rock. It reflects a lot when I try to get a good pic so these aren`t the best pics in the world but it makes the rows of crinoid stems show up where there is a clump of them. There`s quite a few fossil traces in this rock.

Here`s one in the light.

They are named after the people that found them and documented them first. There names are realated to the founders and what it is

That's depressing, you mean I can never get fossils named after me?

Personally, I wouldn't have put it that way, but yes. Well, unless the person that does name it decides to name it after you..

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well, I wouldn't like somebody to make my name look bad. I get enough bad days.

OK Tyler "No more joke cussing here" I was just trying to be a little funny without hurting anyone

I know its alright. Im just doing my job being an administrator. We just dont allow that type of laungauge

It's good that someone is watching, I could PM something like that (jokes) if I could figure out how I did it before and know if it even went through before. That stuff shouldn't be listed in forums.

Well if you clicked on the picture of you by your name. And whent to your friends you could

OK now I`m confused. What are you talking about?

Oh nothing, He just said some thing. He didnt know you couldint do that here. So I told him. And I edited his statement to make it apropriate

So just what are the retsrictions and who is the judge that deems what language is appropiate? Don`t tell me it`s the church lady.

I did use a swearword and young kids can be interested in fossils and watching, so I think it's appropriate to censor bad language out, This forumcould be on for a long time We can personal message these kind of things

Nuff said. And you`re right Rick and Tyler.

rickymouse wrote:

what's a crinoid?

A Crinoid is an animal still living today that basically looks like a plant that sits on the ocean/sea floor. They're quite interesting organisms.

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No, You're right. Gastralia means the Stomach ribs...or at least refers to that area. lol.

I imagine the reason is the same for Latin or Greek in Nomenclature. It helps when we're dealing with researchers from foreign countries who can't speak English well, or we can't speak their language as well, if at all.



Good Point, Ricky!