Boesse Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Read it here! The featured article in the September issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is about a new beautiful skeleton of a new species of bony toothed bird, Pelagornis chilensis, which boasted a 5+ meter wingspan, and bony "pseudoteeth". The unusually complete nature of this specimen meant that the first accurate size estimates could be made, as well as a complete revision of the family pelagornithidae; previous discoveries consisted almost entirely of scraps of bones. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 "...70% complete and uncrushed..."; this is a fantastic find! The only route to untangling the avian taxonomic mess is with the discovery of more complete specimens. Dr. Mayr is the lead author, and I am sure that he has done a superb job; he is not prone to speculation based on facts not in evidence. Oh, happy days! "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...
Boesse Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 And you think you're happy - I just started a paper on my pelagornithid material a month ago; the publication of this paper couldn't be any timelier. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 i'm happy cuz ya'll are happy! that really is a pretty cool find. now we gots to get links somehow to some big ole pictures to scope it out better with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-remanié Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 the pdf is available for free download. i'm happy cuz ya'll are happy! that really is a pretty cool find. now we gots to get links somehow to some big ole pictures to scope it out better with... ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 WOW, after the big toothed Peruvian whale, that's really a big find :o Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 the pdf is available for free download. Thanks! I'd have missed that, and the figured tibiotarsus in the PDF gets me a step closer to IDing this piece from Shark Tooth Hill: "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...
tracer Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 the pdf is available for free download. it no is for me working and i'm flusterated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 it no is for me working and i'm flusterated Down below the illustrations, look for this line: Click here for complimentary access to the full article. Do so, and select Issue 5 01 Sep 2010 Under "Featured Article", select Full Text PDF "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...
emmytee Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 gah was just about to post this article! you beat me to it! pretty cool looking critter eh? -emily I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~ E. B. White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Truly an awesome find an a pity at the same time, that they do not exist anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) Truly an awesome find an a pity at the same time, that they do not exist anymore... but thats the excitment, being able to discover a new species of bird, its also part of the excitment of fossil hunting, remembering that these remains are from millions of years ago from an animal that does not exsist today , its like a picture taken of some sort of amazing animal Edited September 17, 2010 by trilobite guy -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Very cool. Thanks for sharing that info with us. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 its like a picture taken of some sort of amazing animal These are very nice words, I will keep them in mind! However, sometimes I really wish I could sit in a time machine and go back and take some real footage, I am sure anyone of you knows that feeling. Finding the fossils though, the awe in thinking that the piece survived for many million years is worth very much as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 To be honest - remains like this are more incredible than a picture of a long forgotten animal - it's easy to forget what these fossils are at there most fundamental - these are actual pieces of what used to be a living, breathing, killing animal - in this case, a really, really, really terrifyingly large bird. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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