Oxytropidoceras Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Megamastax amblyodus: Largest Silurian Vertebrate Discovered in China, Sci-News.com, June 13, 2014 http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-megamastax-amblyodus-silurian-china-01987.html Researchers unearth largest Silurian vertebrate to date —meter long Megamastax by Bob Yirka, PhysOrg http://phys.org/news/2014-06-unearth-largest-silurian-vertebrate-datemeter.html Australia scientists discover oldest backboned fish fossil, Radio Australia, June 12, 2014 http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/australia-scientists-discover-oldest-backboned-fish-fossil/1326462 Newly Discovered Fossil Fish Megamastax is Largest Silurian Vertebrate, News Tonight Africa http://newstonight.co.za/content/newly-discovered-fossil-fish-megamastax-largest-silurian-vertebrate The paper is: Choo, B. M. Zhu, W. Zhao, L. Jia, and Y. Zhu, 2014, The largest Silurian vertebrate and its palaeoecological implications. Scientific Reports. vol. 4, Article no.5242. doi:10.1038/srep05242 http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140612/srep05242/full/srep05242.html Yours, Paul H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 That is very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I began my love of fossil collecting in the Lower Silurian of Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Wow! Very cool! A new chapter and clue to add to science! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Good stuff! It sure makes life easier when you're three times the size of your local competitors (and prey). -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 cool "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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