Itano Family Fossil Collection

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My favorite hobby is collecting and studying fossils.Here are some photographs and descriptions of fossils collected by me and by other family members.Some of them have been donated to the Denver Museum of Natural History or the American Museum of Natural History. The identifications are my own, except where otherwise noted, and corrections and comments would be greatly appreciated. Some of the photographs include a scale, which is in cm unless otherwise stated.

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StudyWeb Excellence Award (January 1998)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Itano, W. M., Houck, K. J., and Lockley, M. G. 2003. Ctenacanthus and other chondrichthyan spines and denticles from the Minturn Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Colorado. Journal of Paleontology, 77:524-535. PDF
• Itano, W. M., Webster, G. D., Houck, K. J., and Bateman, W. D. 2003. The first Pennsylvanian batocrinid and other new echinoderms from the Minturn Formation of central Colorado. Mountain Geologist, 40:83-100. PDF
• Itano, W. M., and Bateman, W. D. 2001. Synarmocrinus cobbani, a new crinoid from the Minturn Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) of Colorado. Mountain Geologist, 38:71-76. PDF

Other Publications, Presentations, and Projects

• Fossil Photography. (Workshop given March 13, 2005 at the Western Interior Paleontological Society Founders Symposium, Golden, Colorado. 5MB PDF file)
• Fossil Sharks of the Rocky Mountains: Ctenacanthus and other Chondrichthyan Spines and Denticles. (Talk presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.)
• Fossils of McCoy, Colorado (A pictorial guide to the Pennsylvanian fossils of McCoy, Colorado. Reprinted from Trilobite Tales, the newsletter of the Western Interior Paleontological Association, November 2002. 311 kb PDF file.
• Sciadiocrinus wipsorum, a crinoid named after WIPS (Photographs and a poster presentation)
• Chondrichthyans from the Pennsylvanian Minturn Formation of Colorado (Talk presented at a conference. Publications in progress.)

Fossils by State and Geological Formations

• Maryland - Chesapeake Group (Miocene)(Shark teeth, bivalves, gastropods)
• Maryland - Aquia Formation (Paleocene)(Shark teeth, chimaeroids, reptiles, bivalves, gastropods)
• Colorado - Pierre Shale (Cretaceous)(Ammonites, nautiloids, reptiles, bivalves, gastropods)
• Colorado - Niobrara Formation (Cretaceous)(Fish, marine reptiles, bivalves.)
• Colorado - Morrison Formation (Jurassic) (Dinosaurs.)
• Colorado - Belden Formation (Pennsylvanian)(Nautiloids, echinoids, bivalves, brachiopods, bryozoans)
• Colorado - Minturn Formation (Pennsylvanian)(Crinoids, nautiloids, gastropods, sharks, trilobites, bryozoans, echinoids, brachiopods, corals)
• Colorado - Chaffee Formation (Devonian)(Brachiopods)
• Texas - Del Rio Formation (Cretaceous)(Shark teeth, bivalves, ammonites, echinoids)
• Texas - Walnut Formation (Cretaceous)(Ammonites, bivalves, gastropods, echinoids)
• California - San Diego Formation (Pliocene)(Gastropods, bivalves, scaphopods, echinoids, shark teeth)
• Oregon - Astoria Formation (Miocene)(Gastropods, bivalves, scaphopods)

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