Shamalama Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Fossils of TWO 180 million-year-old dinosaurs unearthed beneath road in China http://www.geologyin.com/2016/10/fossils-of-two-180-million-year-old.html I looked at the pictures included in the article and the arrangement of the bones looks fake to me. The articulation is too perfect and straight, at least for the back half. The rib area looks more authentic to me. I am likely wrong, and I have not seen many dinosaur fossils in situ, but this just looks plain weird! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I think it would all depend on how rapid the creature was covered. Obviously from the pictures, it happened very fast with no disturbance to the body as it happened (no scavenging). Didn't you see Jurassic Park? The raptor that they were excavating in Montana was situated in a perfect leaping position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Well, I have yet to hear about the news in Chinese, I wonder from what this article is translated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Article is over a year old. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Well the newspaper was on a "slow boat from China" so it took awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 What looks fake is that the first image shows the hind limbs in a three dimensional posture. Normally, for articulated skeletons, the creature died and laid flat, then became covered with mud. In this case, it looks like the back end of the dinosaur was trapped in mud while it was alive, and it died that way in that trapped posture. So it was buried alive... maybe. The posture is going THROUGH the bedding plane. Brings up a grim picture of his final hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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