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Dear Paleo-netters,
I teach a couple of paleo-related courses in Chicago (DePaul University)
on a regular basis, and I'm also developing a couple of new courses. In
my classes, I use many demonstrations of actual fossils and casts/models
of fossils as well as modern comparative specimens.
I'm a bit embarrassed to ask this, but does anyone, or any institution,
out there have surplus of monoplacophoran specimens who/that can share
one or a few samples with me? I can reimburse the shipping
cost--provided that it won't be a mountain full of monoplacophorans! :)
I know asking for extant specimens would be a stretch, but I don't have
even one fossil specimen of this taxon to show to my students. The
specimen(s) does/do not need to be first class as long as it/they
show(s) a characteristic limpet-like shell (but I note that I can
tolerate two-dimensionally flattened specimens). In fact, while it
would still be nice to have the information, the specimen(s) does/do not
need to accompany the exact locality and stratigraphic data for the
purpose of my classes. If you can help me out on this, please reply me
off list. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kenshu
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Kenshu Shimada, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Environmental Science Program
and Department of Biological Sciences
DePaul University
2325 N. Clifton Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
and
Research Associate in Paleontology
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Fort Hays State University
3000 Sternberg Drive
Hays, Kansas 67601, USA
http://gis.depaul.edu/envirsci/Administrative/ShimadaResearch.htm
http://gis.depaul.edu/envirsci/Administrative/ShimadaPictures.htm
http://www.fhsu.edu/sternberg/staff.shtml#paleo
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/topic5/kyoryu/tokushu/20060712e2g0301i04.html#sh
imada
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