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Cuban Jurassic fossil reptilian specimens in american collections.



Hello,
Dear colleagues, Sorry for my truncated messages and my English.

Recently I revised this paper "Synopsis of Late Jurassic Marine Reptiles from 
Cuba" by MANUEL ITURRALDE-VINENT and MARK A. NORELL. This paper is a catalog of 
Cuban Jurassic fossil reptilian specimens, and I noted that some specimens are 
in american collections. 
In UCMP-University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology this Cuban 
Jurassic fossil reptilian specimens are: UCMP-105703, 105704, 105720, 105725. 
In USNM-National Museum of Natural History this Cuban Jurassic fossil reptilian 
specimens are: USNM 18699, USNM 18712, USNM 18688, USNM 18721, and  USNM 18697.
I wrote to the collections managers of this museums and they responded that the 
fossil reptilian specimens are lost. If somebody knows something about this 
specimens, please writes me.
Thanks in advance.

In my another truncated message I sended this:
http://www.medioambiente.cu/Planeta_Tierra/download/Un%20mundo%20de%20ciencia%20(1).pdf
http://www.medioambiente.cu/Planeta_Tierra/download/Un%20mundo%20de%20ciencia%20(2).pdf

and
http://www.medioambiente.cu/uptnatgeo/index1.htm
In the link 'Clases' you can found many conferences about geology and fossils 
from Cuba.


----- Mensaje original ----- 
De: "Mark Goodwin" <mark@berkeley.edu> 
Para: "Ing. Yasmani Ceballos Izquierdo" <yceballos@uci.cu> 
Enviados: Jueves, 17 de Septiembre 2009 14:19:32 (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected 
Asunto: Re: cuban fossil in collections of UCMP. 

Dear Yasmani, 


I'm sorry but we have not located the vertebrae. ÂWe have been in touch again 
with colleagues at the University of Chicago, the Field Museum and the American 
Museum of Natural History. ÂUnfortunately, at the time of the graduate 
student's tragic suicide in 1986, it's unclear where the specimens were exactly 
as the loan was made to him directly at the time by a UCMP staff person and not 
to the institution as protocols dictate - thus the difficulty. ÂWe attempted to 
locate these specimens from an earlier request in 2002 and were not successful. 
ÂBut will keep trying and I will ask around at the upcoming Society of 
Vertebrate Paleontology meetings in Bristol next week. ÂHopefully, one of the 
plesiosaur workers will have knowledge of their current location. 


Best, 


Mark 



On Sep 16, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Ing. Yasmani Ceballos Izquierdo wrote: 





Dear colleague, 
nothing about the 'fossil vertebrae'? 

Best, 

Yasmani 
_____________________________________________________ 
"Some Dinosaurs Survived the Asteroid Impact" 
Yes. We call them " birds ". 

----- Mensaje original ----- 
De: mark@berkeley.edu 
Para: "Ing. Yasmani Ceballos Izquierdo" < yceballos@uci.cu > 
CC: rlcaldwell@berkeley.edu , pholroyd@berkeley.edu , kpadian@berkeley.edu , 
bclemens@berkeley.edu 
Enviados: MiÃrcoles, 2 de Septiembre 2009 12:31:41 (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected 
Asunto: Re: cuban fossil in collections of UCMP. 

Dear Yasmani, 

The fossil vertebrae are catalogued into UCMP but apparently were loaned 
to a scientist win the 1980's who has since died, and the fossils were not 
returned to UCMP. ÂWe are in the process of contacting the University of 
Chicago, and other paleontologists, particularly those on the study you 
mentioned, who may either have them or have knowledge of the vertebrae. 

Please contact me directly if you have any questions, and I will let you 
know as soon as I find out more. ÂFor your information, many of the people 
you contacted in your earlier email are not involved in the management of 
the UCMP collections. 

Best, 

Mark 












Hello, I'm a young cuban paleontology research. Recently I revised this 


paper "Synopsis of Late Jurassic Marine Reptiles from Cuba" by MANUEL 


ITURRALDE-VINENT and MARK A. NORELL. 


This paper is a catalog of Cuban Jurassic fossil reptilian specimens, and 


I noted that some specimens are in in collections of UCMP-University of 


California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology. 


This Cuban Jurassic fossil reptilian specimens are UCMP-105703, 105704, 


105720, 105725. 


Please, I want a favor of yours, I want that you take a photo of every 


specimen, and send me a copy to this email or yasmaniceballos@gmail.com . 


Please. 


Thanks..... 








Mark B. Goodwin, Ph.D. 
Museum of Paleontology 
University of California 
1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. 
Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 

510.643.9745 (voice) 
510.642.1822 (fax) 
mark@berkeley.edu 











************************************** 
Mark B. Goodwin, Ph.D. 
Assistant Director 
Museum of Paleontology 
1101 Valley Life SciencesÂBldg. 
University of California 
Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 


mark@berkeley.edu 
Voice: Â510-643-9745 
FAX: Â510-642-1822