{"id":57465,"date":"2021-08-30T04:15:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T18:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=57465"},"modified":"2021-08-30T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T02:35:07","slug":"dig-in-and-vote-for-jan-jucs-famous-fossil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/dig-in-and-vote-for-jan-jucs-famous-fossil\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig in and vote for Jan Juc&#8217;s famous fossil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surf Coasters have the chance to vote for a locally found piece of history to become the official fossil emblem for Victoria.<\/p>\n<p><em>Janjucetus hunderi<\/em> is one of eight fossils in the hunt for the top honour after being included in a public voting campaign launched by Museums Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Janjucetus<\/em> whale fossil was found at Jan Juc in the late 1990s by 19-year-old Staumn Hunder who spotted it protruding from a boulder while exploring the cliffs on a walk.<\/p>\n<p>Palaeontologists have since established <em>Janjucetus<\/em> was a small but fierce whale of around three metres long that lived around 25 million years ago off the Victorian coast.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hunder, who now lives in Castlemaine, said he was excited to hear his historic find was included in the vote and he has kept up-to-date over the years with research relating to the fossil.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57475\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57475 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderisk_88887-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderisk_88887-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderisk_88887-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderisk_88887-272x182.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderisk_88887.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right lateral view of Janjucetus hunderi fossil whale skull specimen. Registration no. P 216929.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He can vividly remember the moment he spotted something interesting in the rocks that fateful day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just saw these black protrusions out of this rock and it was quite obvious that it was a skull because you could see the extremities of the nose cavity, the jawline and the back of the skull,\u201d he recalled of his find.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looked a bit like a crocodile skull encased in rock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it, my heart was racing and I couldn\u2019t believe what I was seeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like coming across gold or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A teenaged Mr Hunder carried the heavy skull home in a rucksack and decided to donate it to researchers at Monash University in Clayton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a fair trek to get home and it was raining but it didn\u2019t matter because I was so elated and excited about the whole thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57478\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57478\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMG_5100-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMG_5100-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMG_5100-900x1024.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMG_5100-768x874.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/IMG_5100.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staumn Hunder found the fossil as a teenager in the late 1990s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr Hunder, who was an avid reader of <em>New Scientist<\/em> magazine as a youngster, now works in drug and alcohol services but other members of the family have taken the scientific route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sort of ironic that both of my siblings have got PhDs in marine botany and I\u2019m the only non-scientist and the only one whose had something named after me,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Museums Victoria\u2019s Dr Erich Fitzgerald said the species was named after the place it was found, Jan Juc, and Mr Hunder because he was the person who discovered it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57479\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57479\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-3.09.49-pm-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-3.09.49-pm-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-3.09.49-pm-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-3.09.49-pm-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-3.09.49-pm-1536x889.png 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-3.09.49-pm.png 1942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Erich Fitzgerald demonstrates the difference in size between a humpback whale and Janjucetus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c<em>Janjucetus<\/em> had really gnarly serated sharp teeth \u2013 this was a fierce little whale that I wouldn\u2019t want to go for a dip with,\u201d said Dr Fitzgerald, who is senior curator of vertebrate palaeontology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing example of citizen science and the fact that everyone out there can make amazing discoveries that change the history of the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57476\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57476 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderito_90513-241x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderito_90513-241x300.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderito_90513-823x1024.jpeg 823w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderito_90513-768x956.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Janjucetushunderito_90513.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janjucetus hunderi tooth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Museums Victoria CEO and director Lynley Crosswell said people of all ages were intrigued by fossils and now they could vote for their favourite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur experts have selected eight remarkable specimens from among more than four million fossils in the state palaeontology collection,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The top fossil will join Victoria\u2019s state mineral emblem (gold); state animal (Leadbeater\u2019s Possum); the state bird (Helmeted Honeyeater); State flora (Common Heath); State Marine Animal (the Common Seadragon); and our state tartan which incorporates the colours of the shield on the Victorian Coat of Arms and the background of the Eureka Stockade Flag.<\/p>\n<p>To cast your vote go to the Museums Victoria website. Voting closes at 5pm on October 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf Coasters have the chance to vote for a locally found piece of history to become the official fossil emblem for Victoria. Janjucetus hunderi is one of eight fossils in the hunt for the top honour after being included in a public voting campaign launched by Museums Victoria. 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