Journal article
Rediscovery of the holotype of the extinct cephalopod Baculites ovatus Say, 1820 after nearly two centuries
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v 167(1)
09 May 2019
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Abstract
Thomas Say (1787–1834) based his description of the ammonite species Baculites ovata (= B. ovatus) on a single specimen in the collection of his childhood friend, the Quaker naturalist Reuben Haines III (1786–1831). However, the specimen's whereabouts faded from memory after Haines and Say both died unexpectedly in the early 1830s. The holotype specimen has been missing for more than 180 years, and was thought to be lost or destroyed until 2017, when I relocated it at Haines's ancestral home (Wyck) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his collection was preserved by his descendants in its original wooden cabinet. Herein, I present the first photographic images, an illustration of its suture line, and quantitative measurements for use by systematic paleontologists.
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- Title
- Rediscovery of the holotype of the extinct cephalopod Baculites ovatus Say, 1820 after nearly two centuries
- Creators
- Matthew R. Halley - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v 167(1)
- Publisher
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000620404300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85072176319
- Other Identifier
- 991019312387804721
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