Strangely "Cooked" Bones From Carboniferous Lagerstätte Finally Explained (Ireland)

[Oxytropidoceras]

Strangely Cooked Bones From 300 Millions Years Ago Can Finally Be Explained

Michelle Starr, Nature, Science Alert, December 13, 2022

 

Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked, Trinity College Dublin

 

The open access paper is:

 

Gogáin, A.Ó., O'Sullivan, G., Clements, T., Hoare, B.C., Murray, J. and Wyse

Jackson, P.N., 2022. Metamorphism as the cause of bone alteration in the

Jarrow assemblage (Langsettian, Pennsylvanian) of Ireland. Palaeontology, 

65(6), p.e12628.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm just delighted they were long dead when they were cooked. 

[Fossildude19]

Interesting reading! Thanks for posting this, Paul!