Dave Corner Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I don't know if any of you caught this article in Eurekalert or elsewhere. A Niobrara formation fossil found 70 years ago was studied by isolated experts over time. It was first identified as an algae, then a cephalopod, and now as a cartilaginous fish! Ah, the Internet makes it so much easier now... https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/amon-faa041618.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Thanks to the quirky rules of priority and nomenclature, it will be forever immortalized as the flat-stone-alga-fish: Platylithophycus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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