On Jack Torrance As a Fossil Form

Abstract The behavior of alveolar sands under foot affords information on their structure. A "sand drawer" designed for taking undisturbed samples, here described in detail, is an aid in making observations of this behavior. The sands are divided into two categories: firm sands, either solid under foot (compact sands) or elastic (containing bubbles below a firm crust 10 cm or more in thickness); and yielding sands, either thixotropic (yielding only when saturated) or lacking in resistance, both wet and dry. Structural characteristics of recent and fossil alveolar sands are discussed, with data on localities where each type may be found. The evolution of alveolar sands is influenced by the presence of the animals inhabiting them. In fossil form they are evidence of the high-tide limit of former seas.

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Jagtia kunradensis, a new genus and species of clawed lobster (Decapoda: Nephropidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian) Maastricht Formation, The Netherlands

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000031449 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 74 (2) ◽

pp. 224-229 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dale Tshudy ◽

Ulf Sorhannus

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Deep Water ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Upper Cretaceous ◽

New Genus ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Type Area ◽

Fossil Form ◽

Upper Maastrichtian

A new genus and species of clawed lobster, Jagtia kunradensis, is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian) Kunrade Limestone facies of the Maastricht Formation, The Netherlands. Three nephropid lobster genera and at least three species (Oncopareia bredai Bosquet, 1854, sensu Tshudy, 1993, Oncopareia sp. Tshudy, 1993, Hoploparia beyrichi Schlüter, 1862, and Jagtia kunradensis) have now been collected from limestones of the Maastrichtian type area (southeastern Netherlands and northeastern Belgium). Cladistic methods were employed in re-evaluating the phylogenetic relationships of the nephropid lobsters, including Jagtia. These analyses indicate that Jagtia is part of a clade that includes the recent Thymops and Thymopsis. The new genus is the first fossil form to be closely allied with these deep-water genera.

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Caulerpa-like marine alga from Permian strata, Palo Duro Basin, West Texas

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000033564 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 160-161 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Thomas C. Gustavson ◽

T. Delevoryas

Keyword(s):

Marine Alga ◽

Department Of Energy ◽

Permian Basin ◽

Green Algal ◽

West Texas ◽

Extant Species ◽

Algal Genus ◽

Engineering Corporation ◽

Geologic Setting ◽

Fossil Form

A fossil counterpart to ths extant marine noncalcareous green algal genus Caulerpa was recovered from Permian (Wolfcampian) marine sediments of the Palo Duro Basin, a part of the larger Permian Basin, West Texas. These fossil algal remains were recognized in core from the Department of Energy/Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation No. 1 Zeech well (Figure 1). The fossil form is described and compared to a morphologically similar extant species of Caulerpa. The geologic setting of the Palo Duro Basin is also briefly described as is the environment in which the modern algal genus Caulerpa lives.

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On Jack Torrance As a Fossil Form

Bodies of Stone in the Media, Visual Culture and the Arts ◽

10.2307/j.ctv12sdvn4.18 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 231-242

Author(s):

Barbara Le Maître

Keyword(s):

Fossil Form

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On Jack Torrance As a Fossil Form

Bodies of Stone in the Media, Visual Culture and the Arts ◽

10.5117/9789089648525_chiii02 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Barbara Le Maître

Keyword(s):

Dead Body ◽

Suspended Animation ◽

Living Fossil ◽

The Dead ◽

Fossil Form

The essay starts with the photograph that reveals the mystery of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) to introduce the notion of a fossil as a mineral compound that continues to evolve into something biologically distinct from the cadaver that provided its origin. The fossil represents a form of survival in stone, a material within which the dead body can continue to decay and so, in a certain sense, to live on. Considered to be a state of suspended animation, the fossil holds a particular attraction for the cinema, as we see in the character of Jack Torrance, a paradoxical figure who takes on a clear identity if we recognise him as a fossil—and more precisely a ‘living fossil’.

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