Granitunica mcfaddeniae

Today I heard some really excellent news. An old friend of mine from way back in my geology days has officially had a fossil named after her. Her last name is McFadden, and this tiny little round, microscopic fossil is called Granitunica mcfaddeniae. 

I wanted to write a poem in honor of this, but unfortunately I don't know the correct pronunciation for this name. Luckily, blazing ignorance hasn't stopped me before, so, with a little help from this excellent reference, I came up with this:

GRAN-ih-TUNE-ih-KUH mic-FAD-in-EE-ee

Which then led to this poem:

Most people merely pass through history-ee

A few, however, pause and really see-ee

With luck, they’ll make a big discovery-ee

Like Granitunica mcfaddeniae

What’s that? You’ve no idea what that could be-ee?

This tiny critter living in the sea-ee

A billion years ago, or two or three-ee

It’s Granitunica mcfaddeniae

And when you study it’s morphology-ee

A thick and double wall is plain to see-ee

Exhibiting a granularity-ee

‘Round Granitunica mcfaddeniae

(Kat, if you ever read this and I've completely messed it up, let me know and I'll try to come up with something better!)