From the field.
From the bench.
The research, the preparation, and what the evidence actually supports. Follow the work here, without the group politics.
Notes, not noise.
The Mt. Orab Bed: Fauna and Evidence
The Sunset Member butter shale, repeated storm burial, and the difference between a Mt. Orab record and a regional possibility.
22 August 2026Eyes, Preservation and Identification
Condition and taxonomy answer different questions. A preservation grade cannot establish a species or a quarry occurrence.
19 July 2026Butter Shale: Preserve the Evidence
Why the layer, articulation and association matter alongside the prepared fossil.
Gallery
Every plate is 4:5, which serves the feed, the story and the grid. Crop to square from the centre for profile grids; leave the frame intact for anything that should read as a specimen record.
Per specimen
Three rules
Measure, then name
Size, segment count and locality go in the first three lines. If a post cannot be understood without the story, the post is bad.
Show the details
I include the preparation, condition and provenance with each specimen.
No countdown pressure
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