Paleonet: help with identifying fossil casts

[Sally E Walker]

Amazing, $8.00 for such beauties!  Very cool, thanks Warren and Ellen for this wonderful solved mystery!

On Dec 12, 2022, at 11:32 AM, Thomas, Ellen <ellen.thomas at yale.edu<mailto:ellen.thomas at yale.edu>> wrote:

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Hi Warren,
The two specimens are both Ward’s; we have copies of the same two specimens at Wesleyan University in the Joe Webb Peoples Museum, with catalog numbers/original Ward’s labels.  In the 1866 catalog, we are looking at No. 220 (Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris catalog; nowadays classified as Leptonectes tenuirostris) and No 255 Teleosaurus longipes, both a bit more than 4 ft long (nowadays classified as Steneosaurus or Macrospondylus bollensis). I attach a copy of our ichthyosaur specimen before restoration for comparison.
Best
Ellen


Ellen Thomas
Senior Research Scientist
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Yale University

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also:
Smith Curator of Paleontology of the Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT
https://jwp.wescreates.wesleyan.edu/







From: Paleonet <paleonet-bounces+ellen.thomas=yale.edu at paleonet.org<mailto:paleonet-bounces+ellen.thomas=yale.edu at paleonet.org>> on behalf of Lambers, P.H. (Paul) <P.H.Lambers at uu.nl<mailto:P.H.Lambers at uu.nl>>
Date: Monday, December 12, 2022 at 10:40
To: PaleoNet <paleonet at paleonet.org<mailto:paleonet at paleonet.org>>
Subject: Re: Paleonet: help with identifying fossil casts
Hi Warren,

Did you check the Ward catalogues, which are online available?
Mineralienkontor Dr. A./ F. Krantz (Berlin / Bonn) could otherwise be the supplier. Most of these casts were sold by Krantz. Krantz and Ward had similar (same) casts in their catalogue.

Paul




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Van: Paleonet <paleonet-bounces+p.h.lambers=uu.nl at paleonet.org<mailto:paleonet-bounces+p.h.lambers=uu.nl at paleonet.org>> Namens Warren Douglas Allmon
Verzonden: maandag 12 december 2022 14:57
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These two casts – an ichthyosaur and a teleosaur -- are in the PRI collection and we are trying to determine where the original specimens might be. We don’t think they are part of the collection of casts from Ward’s Natural Science Establishment, but they might be. Any suggestions appreciated.

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Warren D. Allmon
Director, Paleontological Research Institution

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