Oxytropidoceras Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) Although it is old news, the below video is still interesting. Fossil Found in Kitchen Counter video about 40-million-year-old whale fossil that was found in a limestone kitchen counter National Geographic, May 5, 2009 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090504-egypt-fossils-video-wc.html (Note: National Geographic is responsible for the content of the above article.) A paper about the type of karst breccias that are shown in the video are: Wanas, H. A., M. Pickford, P. Mein, H. Soliman, L. seagan, 2009, Late Miocene karst system at Sheikh Abdallah, between Bahariya and Farafra, Western Desert, Egypt: Implications for palaeoclimate and geomorphology. Geologica Acta. vol. 7, no.4, pp. 475-488. Abstract - http://www.geologica-acta.com/MostrarAbstractAC.do?abstract=gav0704a05 PDF file - http://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/3088923.pdf Yours, Paul H. Edited July 16, 2014 by Oxytropidoceras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoworld-101 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Very interesting! And great video in that link too. "In Africa, one can't help becoming caught up in the spine-chilling excitement of the hunt. Perhaps, it has something to do with a memory of a time gone by, when we were the prey, and our nights were filled with darkness..." -Eternal Enemies: Lions And Hyenas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Fortunately, since it is old news, it also means that it's been published and described, now known as Aegyptocetus tarfa: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1080/039.031.0610 This paper, ironically, was the first paper I ever got cited in! (it cited a poster presentation of mine on barnacles attached to marine mammal bones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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