Episode 398: Fossil hunting with Cameron Muskelly. What to bring with you & how to find fossils (whether or not you have a degree in paleontology)

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Interview:

Cameron Muskelly, an avocational paleontologist/geologist and paleontology educator based in Georgia. He’s a researcher, lecturer, and fossil collector, and an expert in Appalachian geology. Follow him on twitter @PaleoCameron or on YouTube at Paleo101 

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The dinosaur of the day: Itemirus

• Dromaeosaur theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Uzbekistan (Bissekty Formation)
• Depicted as having a long tail, snout with teeth, sharp claws, and feathers on the body
• Only a small damaged fossil braincase has been found
• Found in 1958 near the village of Itemir
• Type species is Itemirus medullaris
• Described in 1976 by Sergei Kurzanov
• Genus name refers to Itemir
• Species name refers to the medulla oblongata, the brain part encased in the partial braincase
• A 2014 study by Hans-Dieter Sues and Alexander Averianov tentatively referred cranial bones, teeth, and vertebrae found in the same formation to Itemirus

Fun Fact:

Contrary to popular belief, fossils don’t require millions of years to form.

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