Radioactive Skull of a New Species of Allosaurus Found in Utah

[Megalodoodle]

Never would’ve thought that geiger counter (or some other machine like one) would be used when collecting fossil! Anyway, here’s the link: https://www.livescience.com/amp/new-allosaurus-dinosaur.html

 

Enjoy!

[Oxytropidoceras]

Actually, both the fossil bone and wood found in the western United States can often be "radioactive". Go see:

 

Radioactive Dinosaur Bones, Teton County, Wyoming (Open Access PDF)

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/73282-radioactive-dinosaur-bones-teton-county-wyoming-open-access-pdf/&tab=comments#comment-772179

 

and Wait.... radioactive fossils??

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/71128-wait-radioactive-fossils/&tab=comments#comment-748016

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/71128-wait-radioactive-fossils/&tab=comments#comment-747996

 

I do agree using this radioactivity to find buried fossil bone is quite creative thinking.

 

The paper is:

 

The paper is:

 

Chure DJ, Loewen MA. 2020. Cranial anatomy of Allosaurus jimmadseni, a new species from the lower part of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western North America. PeerJ 8:e7803 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7803 https://peerj.com/articles/7803/

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[DD1991]

Allosaurus jimmadseni is discussed at this thread:

 

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/101828-new-allosaurus-species-from-morrison/

 

It may therefore be prudent to combine both threads.