va paleo Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 http://www.smh.com.au/environment/colossal-fossil-provides-giant-step-forward-20091007-gn64.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I'm thinking (hoping) that something in the preservation makes them bigger than they were; displaced deeper layers or such. "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 October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Either that, or they aren't sauropod tracks... I call . bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyrules244 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 looks like BS to me too !!!!!!! "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Well.. apparently the find is 'endorsed' by Andrew Milner, who's done a ton of work on tracksites... he'd know a lot better than me, so I retract my comment... Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Don't you just love how they always tell how important a discovery is, just to have a single, little, dinky, pixellated photo? Nick www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Andrew Milner i know him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I call this one as well, I think this is another case of "Dino Dance Floor" Syndrome. I believe the finders are going to have egg on their face when it is universally peer reviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Well, to be honest, Nicholas - Milner (if I remember correctly) was one of the folks who disproved the dino dance floor find (I'm going to be submitting a paper in the next few weeks to that same journal Palaios that published the dino dance floor paper). If he buys it, I trust his judgement. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 (edited) Hi ThefossilForum crew I was there just one week ago. They are positively big sauropod tracks. The trackway is long more than 150 meters (they are still working to clean the rest of the tracks) Enjoy the pictures I took in this short report: http://fossiliveraci.org/tracce-nella-roccia/168-le-supertracce-di-sauropode-di-plagne bye Nando Edited November 4, 2009 by Fossili Veraci Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thank you for the excellent pictures! Could you get any sense of how much (if any) of the size of the impressions might be due to displacement of the mud as the animal walked? "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...
Nandomas Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thank you for the excellent pictures! Could you get any sense of how much (if any) of the size of the impressions might be due to displacement of the mud as the animal walked? I think the real dinosaur posterior foot size is between 4 and 5 feet in diameter. Tomorrow I will post more pics Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Sorry... I am late Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Wow, those are huge! :startle: Imagine that size of the dino that made those! :phew: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Perhaps it is my skeptical nature coming out but I'm still finding it hard to believe, but the findings so far seem pretty solid. I'm slowly coming around to this find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 If I ever changed my username it would be to that "Colossal Fossil," and yes, I did think of that name before this thread The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Another big Sauropod track site. This time in Spain. I used a dog as meter Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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