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Re: Cuban Jurassic fossil reptilian specimens in american collections.



National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC

Go to this web site:

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/emuwebpalweb/pages/nmnh/pal/DtlQuery.php

At the top of the page, check the box for âList items only with imagesâ.
In the box for CLASS, enter Reptilia.
In the box for COUNTRY, enter Cuba.
In the box for SYSTEM, enter Jurassic.

This should give you the pictures we have.

Tahnks to M. Brett-Surman!





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

----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Ing. Yasmani Ceballos Izquierdo" <yceballos@uci.cu>
Para: "dvrt" <VRTPALEO@usc.edu>, "dml" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Enviados: Jueves, 24 de Septiembre 2009 12:54:14 (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected
Asunto: Re: Cuban Jurassic fossil reptilian specimens in american collections.


Dear colleagues, 
Revising the Iturralde and Gasparini papers, personally I made a catalog of 
reptiles Cuban fossils. All of then are Oxfordian.
I don't have anything about the specimens in Museum of Paleontology, University 
of California at Berkeley and National Museum of Natural History,  Washington 
DC.
If somebody knows something about this specimens, please writes me.
Thanks in advance.


Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (MNHNH)
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MNHNH P3001     Cranium. (Metriorhynchidae)
MNHNH P3002     Four articulated vertebrae.
MNHNH P3003     Long bone fragment contained in a small concretion.
MNHNH P3004     Fragmentary distal femur of small plesiosaur
MNHNH P3005     Large cranium and articulated mandible (Gallardosaurus 
iturraldei)*
MNHNH P3006     Fragmentary limb girdle
MNHNH P3007     Isolated plesiosaur vertebrae.
MNHNH P3008     Fragmentary plesiosaur cranium.
MNHNH P3009     Cranium of crocodyliform. (Metriorhynchidae: Geosaurus sp.)*
MNHNH P3065     Fragmentary plesiosaur femur
MNHNH P3066     A fragmentary plesiosaur mandible.
MNHNH P3068     A skull fragment of a large marine reptile (OPhthalmosauria 
indet.)*
MNHNH P3069     Fragments of plesiosaur mandible and skull with molds of teeth 
and two isolated teeth.
MNHNH P3070     Fragmentary plesiosaur vertebrae.
MNHNH P0828     Pliosauroidea indet.
MNHNH P3806     (third pterosaur ?)
MNHNH P3807     Icthyosauria indet.
MNHNH P3808     Icthyosauria indet.
MNHNH P3864     Icthyosauria indet.
MNHNH P3125     Carapax (Caribemys oxfordiensis)* (not MNHNH P3209)
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Paleontological Collection of Instituto de GeologÃa y PaleontologÃa (IGP), La 
Habana, Cuba.
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IGP-V208                      small cranium and articulated mandible 
(pterosaur: Cacibupteryx caribensis)*
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Lost
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No specimen number  -   Carlos de la Torre(1939)                     
Sphaerodontes caroli
No specimen number  -   America Ana Cuervo(1949).                Two vertebrae.
No specimen number  -   Carlos de la Torre.                               
dinosaur?
No specimen number  -   Gutierrez (1981)                                  
dinosaur?
No specimen number  -   C. Judoley and G. Furrazola (1964)     Skull and 
fragmentary skeleton of a marine reptile
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 


American Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology
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AMNH DVP 2000    (pterosaur: Nesodactylus hesperius)*
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Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley
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UCMP 105703  fragmentary vertebra
UCMP 105704  fragmentary vertebra
UCMP 105720  fragmentary vertebra
UCMP 105725  fragmentary vertebra
--------------------------------------------------------------
 

National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC
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USNM 18697       Two plesiosaur vertebrae
USNM 18699       Plesiosaur cranium and mandibular fragments (Metriorhynchidae)
USNM 18712       bone fragments
USNM 18721       posterior cervical vertebra
USNM 18688      "plesiosaur vertebrae"
USNM 451942     5 dorsal vertebrae (Thalattosuchia indet.?)
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_____________________________________________________ 
"Some Dinosaurs Survived the Asteroid Impact" 
Yes. We call them " birds ". 

----- Mensaje original -----
De: "Ing. Yasmani Ceballos Izquierdo" <yceballos@uci.cu>
Para: "dml" <dinosaur@usc.edu>, "dvrt" <VRTPALEO@usc.edu>
Enviados: Jueves, 17 de Septiembre 2009 16:12:32 (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected
Asunto: 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 











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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