Oxytropidoceras Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Half the species in a new Cambrian fossil site are completely new to us John Timmer, Ars Technica, March 21, 2019 https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/03/spectacular-trove-of-cambrian-fossils-uncovered-in-china/ Unknown species found in new treasure trove of fossils found in China Ashley Strickland, CNN News, March 21, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/world/china-new-fossils-qingjiang-scn/index.html Scientists Find Huge Trove of Marine Fossils from the 'Cambrian Explosion' in China, Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo, March 21, 2019 https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-huge-trove-of-marine-fossils-from-the-c-1833469727 The paper is; Fu, D, Tong, G., et al., 2019, The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China Science 22 Mar 2019: Vol. 363, Issue 6433, pp. 1338-1342 DOI: 10.1126/science.aau8800 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6433/1338.full Yours, Paul H. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Here are the figures from: Fu, D., Tong, G., Dai, T., Liu, W., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Cui, L., Li, L., Yun, H., Wu, Y., Sun, Y., Liu, C., Pei, W., Gaines, R.R., Zhang, X. 2019 The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China. Science, 363:1338-1342 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Great Googly Moogly! I am dumbstruck. "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...
DevonianDigger Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Why am I not in China... Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Wow...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Huge fossil discovery made in China's Hubei province. Move over Burgess Shale there is a new Cambrian explosion in town. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-47667880 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Utterly wonderful. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 China gets another one.... Incidentally, I came across this item about the new Burgess site in BC (that I had missed when it was new in 2014) from looking at the first link above: https://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/new-find-hits-cambrian-fossil-jackpot-again/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olorotitan Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Wow.. thank you for the update! That's gotta be the nicest Leanchoilia I've ever seen... I'm excited to see what new alien forms of life they find there ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quriosity Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 News just got published of a spectacular discovery of soft-bodied fossils from the Early Cambrian of China (518Ma). BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47667880 Publication in Science: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6433/1338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 That's awesome. The preservation is so much like the actual Burgess Shale, and completely different than that of all other early Cambrian deposits in China. Hopefully this will allow taxonomic resolution of a bunch the enigmatic forms of the Chengjiang biota. If anyone has access to the article, I would very much appreciate a copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 More info and photos here : http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/93556-new-treasure-trove-of-cambrian-soft-bodied-fossils-found-in-china/&tab=comments#comment-1032184 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Topics merged to already existing topic. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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