Among these fascinating exhibits is the museum's most noted specimens of an extremely well preserved Gillicus with a Xyphactinus collected by George F. Sternberg in 1952, known world wide as the fish-with-in-a-fish.
Posted on 12/30/2008 2:17:27 PM PST by CE2949BB
JINAN, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A dinosaur fossil field discovered this year in eastern China appears to be the largest in the world, a paleontologist told Xinhua on Monday.
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Keep the natives away from eating the bones.
even bigger than shoo-bop?
Don’t know if you’re interested but here’s a ping anyway.
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Thanks Lurker. Definitely interested, saw it during a sort of break at work, and planned to go get it after I got home. :') |
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Among these fascinating exhibits is the museum's most noted specimens of an extremely well preserved Gillicus with a Xyphactinus collected by George F. Sternberg in 1952, known world wide as the fish-with-in-a-fish.
Gillicus? Didn’t he find that on an Island? ;’)
I t is somekind of a sizable fish....like a big grouper....
Scientists clean up the fossil of a dinosaur excavated in Liudian township in Ruyang County, central China’s Henan Province, Dec. 9, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Scientists preserve the fossil of a dinosaur excavated in Liudian township in Ruyang County, central China’s Henan Province, Dec. 9, 2008. Extremely large fossils of dinosaurs were discovered recently by scientists in an area in Ruyang County. The biggest fossil measures 3.3 meters long and 2.3 meters wide. According to the fossil of its bones, the dinosaur is supposed to be much bigger than the one found in last July, which was identified as Asia’s Heaviest dinosaur. (Xinhua Photo)
More dinos, different Province.
Solving the mystery of the Giant Skeleton
http://www.rationalistinternational.net/article/20041001_en.html
Fossils from China.
OK.
I wonder if they are authentic replicas.
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