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Park Paleontology Fall-Winter 2002 Geologic Resources Division, Paleontology Program National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Volume 6, Number 3 Park Paleontology Fall-Winter 2002 Geologic Resources Division, Paleontology Program The film was produced at Dinosaur National New Dinosaur Film Distributed Monument in consultation with Greg Table of Contents McDonald, Paleontology Program Coordina- New Dinosaur Film Distributed to National to National Parks tor, NPS Geologic Resources Division, and Parks .....................................................1 Eddie Gonzalez hosted by Ingrid Nixon, Glacier Bay National Director, Grants and Programs Park. To receive the film, Parks were required Fossils as an Investment Strategy ...............2 National Park Foundation to submit a short application detailing the 11 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 600 extent of their dinosaur related programs and Railroads, Tourism and Fossils .................. 4 Washington D.C. 20036-1224 visitations. The National Park Foundation and Pleistocene Vertebrate Fossils from [email protected] the Discovery Channel hope the film educates Slaughter Canyon Cave, Carlsbad Caverns and informs visitors about the importance of National Park ............................................5 Last summer, the Discovery Channel released National Parks in dinosaur research, in addi- a new animated special, WHEN DINOSAURS tion to enhancing their overall National Park Field Note: The Halgaito Shale of Glen Canyon ROAMED AMERICA, where each species experience. The new dinosaur-themed film National Monument September 2002 ........6 came to life through cutting-edge animation. was made available by the National Park Foun- With the help of the NPS Geologic Resources dation through the generous support NPS Paleontologists Visit Site in Hungary ..7 Division and Dinosaur National Monument, of Discovery Communications, Inc., a Proud Discovery Channel, a Proud Partner of Partner of America’s National Parks. Carbon 14 Date Back on Walrus Skull from America’s National Parks, has modified the Cape Hatteras .......................................... 8 film for use by dinosaur related National Parks across the county. This animated special gives Recent Literature on Park Paleontology Resources .................................................8 a guided tour of North American dinosaurs from the Triassic Period (220-200 million years ago) through the upper Jurassic Period (150 million years ago) to the middle Creta- ceous Period (92 million years ago) and the late Cretaceous Period (65 million years ago). Intended to be shown at visitor center kiosks, auditorium presentations, and ranger-led seminars, the film informs visitors about the wide array of dinosaur fossils found in our National Parks. The film also draws on les- sons learned from the demise of the dinosaurs to teach visitors about the importance of land preservation in preventing species extinction. In addition, the film reminds visitors to leave all fossils in the park so that we can continue to further our knowledge of dinosaurs and their evolution. A herd of Triceratops one of the scences from the video When Dinosaurs Roamed America. Courtesy of Discovery Communications. Discovery Communications, Inc. Discovery’s mission as a global, real-world media company is not just to entertain, but As a Proud Partner of America’s National also to educate. Part of the Discovery experi- Parks, Discovery Communications, Inc. is ence includes a public mission dedicated to harnessing its core business skills to bring new harnessing the tools of the Information Age and varied National Park experiences to the and bringing its full potential to people all public, particularly to a public that might not around the world. Ingrid Nixon, a ranger at Glacier Bay visit a Park in any other way. Reaching over National Park, shown here with a string of 650 million subscribers worldwide through its To learn more about Discovery Channel and dinosaur vertebrae, was the host for the 14 global television brands, Discovery Com- other Proud Partners of America National video. Courtesy of Discovery Communica- munications, Inc. is the ideal visual-media Parks, visit www.nationalparks.org. tions. partner for the National Parks. Park Paleontology 1 Fossils as an Investment Strategy Scott Hippensteel Department of Geography and Earth Sciences University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 Simon Condliffe Department of Economics University of Delaware Newark, DE 19711 Since 1990 the number of commercial fossil dealers and the availability of fossils to private collectors has increased substantially. Commer- cial dealers have long claimed that fossils are an excellent investment opportunity, and other sources, including The New York Times (Sep- tember 15, 1996; “Natural History at Unnatural Figure 1. The fossils tracked in this study: A) Diplomystus sp., B) “Phacops africanus”, C) Prices”), have remarked that fossils outper- Spinosaurus tooth, D) 6-inch C. megalodon tooth, E) 4-inch C. megalodon tooth. formed other investment options between 1970 and 1995. In 1990 a commercial dealer “Phacops africanus”, a large Moroccan trilo- C. megalodon teeth formed two sub-groups in printed a catalog listing “Four Good Reasons to bite, was also identified by sellers as Phacops this study: those varying in size between 3.5 Invest in Fossils”. These reasons included: “As rana africanus, Drotops megalomanicus, and and 4.5-inches in length and those between a straightforward investment opportunity, Phacops megalomanicus. Our data set included 5.5 and 6.5-inches in length. C. megalodon is fossils outperform many other options”. The only trilobites on matrix with full articulation, the most common marine vertebrate fossil at primary focus of our research was to compare visible eyes, and minimal enrollment. All speci- trade shows. Commercial dealers commonly fossils, as an investment, to several other com- mens were between 4.5 and 6-inches in length grade the fossils according to size, tip damage, mon investment strategies. and were in good condition with minimal enamel condition, root loss and source. All restoration. Commercial dealers consider this prices in this study came from teeth with excel- We collected over 800 selling prices in 1991, trilobite the “most marketable” of all trilobite lent root and enamel condition with well- 1996, and 2001 from commercial dealers and taxa (http://www. geocities.com/ trilobitologist/ defined serrations and no tip damage. The private sellers to establish a mean commercial Mar2001.html). New York Times (September 15, 1996) cited C. value for five different fossils. We compare this megalodon as an example of a fossil that out- change in value to the performance of a certifi- The Spinosaurus dinosaur teeth are also Moroc- performed equivalent investments in the stock cate of deposit and the SNP 500. can. These are currently the most abundant market for the period 1970 – 1996. dinosaur teeth at trade shows. When fossils Why did you follow these fossils? were encased in a Riker Mount the value of the How well did the fossils compete with mount was deducted from the price. All dino- other investments? Each fossil was chosen for study because it met saur teeth were between 1.5 and 2-inches in the following criteria: 1) the fossil was com- length and unrestored. An investment in any of the fossil groups mercially abundant during each time period would have had a negative return after 10 and the fossils were numerous enough to permit comparison with fossils of similar size and condition (and furthermore, the influence of taphonomy on the value could be elimi- nated); 2) the fossils were, and are, in demand by collectors but not necessarily by universities and museums. Research-quality fossils tend to be rare enough that determining a value is difficult. Several commercial dealers advertise these particular fossils as being ideal for display and investment, making the selected fossils a repre- sentative portfolio. What fossils were included in this study? The Diplomystus sp. fish fossil was selected for study because it is commercially available and commonly used as a display fossil by interior decorators. All fossils in this study were from the Green River Formation in Lincoln County, Wyoming. Selling price varies directly with fossil length and only complete specimens between 5.5- and 6.5 inches in length were recorded. 2 Park Paleontology the release of Universal Studios’ Jurassic Park, Fossils vs. Other Investment Options but has now returned to the point where they perform on par with the SNP 500. 3500 SNP 500 In 1995 The New York Times (September 15) 3000 compared the change in selling price between a C. megalodon tooth and fragments of the 2500 African Zagami (Mars) meteorite. Both prices 2000 increased remarkably compared with stock CD (5%) investments between 1970 and 1995. The 1500 value of the shark tooth increased dramatically, Value ($) thanks to the release of the Peter Benchley 1000 Fossil Fossil novel and Universal Studios’ movie Jaws. The “Assemblage”” meteorite price remained consistent with the 500 “Assemblage” stock values until 1995 and the NASA press release concerning the possible discovery of 0 Martian microfossils. However, the meteorite 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 value is distinct from the shark tooth due to the extremely limited number of fragments (from a single meteorite source) that are avail- years. The trilobite suffered the largest de- By 2001, however, the Internet made such able. crease in selling price, falling steadily from $338 fossils significantly easier
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