Sharktoothguy11222 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I just thought this article would be nice for some of the fossil bird collectors here, such as Auspex. Its a really cool article. Unfortunately, though, there is no picture of the actual fossil, but an artist's representation of what the bird might've looked like. Enjoy! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/...80516123153.htm Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 An Eocene bird fossil and Monty Python in one story; it just doesn't get any better than this!!! Notice that the specie is described from one wing bone! At least it was a complete bone; many fossil birds are described from a single bone END. Murky waters indeed. Thanks for posting this!!! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ Mary Ann Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=KmRdrsvdvaY The Monty Python Blue Parrot sketch, on YouTube...in honor of the occasion! Enjoy! -Mary Ann ********* "There is nothing like geology; the pleasure of the first day's partridge shooting or first day's hunting cannot be compared to finding a fine group of fossil bones, which tell their story of former times with almost a living tongue." Charles Darwin, letter to his sister Catherine, 1834 ********* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Thats one thing that really confuses me in paleontology is how can they possible create an entire creature based on only one bone or even a handful of bones. Why do they even try? Only to find out 50 years later they were way off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Academia is extremely competitive; publish-or-perish. God forbid you should bolster your standing by simply describing the fossil fragment, only to have a rival publish conclusions based on your work. In the field of paleoornithology, Luis Chiappe is the most vocal critic of the far-flung, over reaching conclusion. He really rails against the bone-fragment holotypes that clog the avian fossil record. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharktoothguy11222 Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 Thats one thing that really confuses me in paleontology is how can they possible create an entire creature based on only one bone or even a handful of bones. Why do they even try? Only to find out 50 years later they were way off? "Nothing ventured nothing gained" Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 "Nothing ventured nothing gained" Here here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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