Auspex Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I couldn't pass this one up (even though it needs further prep). It's the major portion of a Miocene Penguin skull, from the Formacion Bahia Inglesa in Chile's Atacama Desert. This is called the Huarra Formation, and contains both Miocene and Pliocene deposits, with fossils from the Miocene being dark and in a rock-hard matrix. I think the Genus is Spheniscus, but the species is "to be determined". "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...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 GREAT GREAT GREAT! Is it one of the extinct Penguin species, those guys have always fascinated me. Great buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Way to go bird man!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Dunna nana nana Bird Man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Dunna nana nana Bird Man! You done good, I like it, it fits him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Is it one of the extinct Penguin species, those guys have always fascinated me. It's an extinct species of an extant Genus; probably very similar to a big Humbolt Penguin. I neglected to mention that the skull is just shy of 3 inches from the back to where the bill would begin. "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...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 It's an extinct species of an extant Genus; probably very similar to a big Humbolt Penguin.I neglected to mention that the skull is just shy of 3 inches from the back to where the bill would begin. very awesome. Too bad those GIANT penguin fossils are now illegal to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 Too bad those GIANT penguin fossils are now illegal to sell. All fossil exports have been banned by the Chilean government; this one is pre-ban. (I sure do wish it was a giant, though). "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...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 All fossil exports have been banned by the Chilean government; this one is pre-ban.(I sure do wish it was a giant, though). Sadly its getting that way in Canada to. It isn't an amateurs world any more. *Sniff* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 BAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! Auspex youve done it again....you ow me a new keyboard....this ones sufficiently drooled out. that fossil is just wicked!! thanks for sharing! "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geofossiles Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 yes it s penguin it s the name is SPHENISCUS URBINAI This is interesting specimen and rare bye by france Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 WOW! Penguin.....That's cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 yes it s penguinit s the name is SPHENISCUS URBINAI This is interesting specimen and rare bye by france I agree that the Genus is Spheniscus, but I'm not sure about S. urbinai; this skull is 25% too large. S. megaramphus is a candidate; I need to prep it out a little more and dig deep into the research. "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...
Dave Daniel AKA (Bones) Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Awesome!! Most have gone extinct through global warming. Be sure and post it when its done. v = 0.25 * g0.5 * SL1.67 * h-1.17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Cool fossil . How it came to be. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 NICE fossil! Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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