Special Thanks goes to the Bruner Foundation for their generous donation of a staggering collection of occlupanids, most collected in the Northern and Southern California regions. The Foundation's collection provided the specimens needed to start the Research Group's endeavor to formulate a comprehensive taxonomy of the class group.
Other Thanks go to:
The Shyte Group, for specimens and technical assistance.
Rosenberg Labs, for specimens.
Sisyhpus, Inc., for specimens and inspiration.
Hayes Communications, for specimens and moral support.
The Abattoir, for their unwitting aquiescence to host this site.
and finally, the Kwik-Lok Corporation, home of the 'original bag closure'
other contributors will be listed when remembered.
The research conducted by HORG is extensive and ongoing, but we are not alone! Reports and findings are pouring in from around the world.
Here is an exhaustive report from Dr. Neil Elliot, an associate from the British Isles. His findings are underscored with a call for more study and preservation of these fascinating inanimate objects.
Another researcher, Dr. Qarin Van Brink, has also corraborated Dr. Elliot's findings. As she put it, "i found no plastic breadbag olders in edinburgh. plastic breadbags were either bound up with a bit of tape, or were just sealed up. " Clearly this is cause for action on a national level!
Staff researcher John Daniel recently journeyed to the supermercados of Costa Rica, to find that occlupanids were completely absent. There were, however, reports of unclassified occlupanids in Germany and Australia.
As you can see, the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group are in great need of more research and specimens- please contact the HORG offices with your findings!
