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Fossil Friday: private collector wanted a dinosaur skull, but got a huge, fossilized bony fish lung
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Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have run into the fossilized remains of an ancient bony fish the coelacanth out of sheer luck. Or bad luck, depending on who you’re asking.
The original slab as purchased. The coelacanth ossified lung in close proximity to a series of associated, but disarticulated wing elements of a large, but indeterminate pterosaur. Image credits University of Portsmouth.
In a break from our traditional story path for Fossil Friday, there won’t be much talk about anything being ‘unearthed’ today. That’s because the fossil in question is part of a private collection from a London aficionado. It was identified as having belonged to a species of coelacanth by Professor David Martill, a paleontologist from the University’s School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences,
Accidental Discovery: Pterodactyl Search Reveals Massive Coelacanth Fossil Instead
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The fossil was discovered while identifying a possible part of a pterodactyl skull
The discovery points to the last record of the species before its pseudo-extinction
Scientists have discovered evidence of an ancient massive coelacanth by accident. According to the researchers, the specimen points to the largest coelacanth ever found.
It was when scientist Professor David Martill was asked to help identify a bone from a private collection in London that the discovery was made, the University of Portsmouth
news release explained. The owner of the specimen reportedly thought that it was part of a
The recently-unveiled Cretaceous period dinosaur boasts some very unusual features (Credit: Luxquine, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons)
When paleontologists discover a new dinosaur species, they usually marvel at the ancient creature s size or speed. However, a new species of a chicken-sized dinosaur is making headlines for a feature rarely associated with the primitive reptiles that dominated the world for over 140 million years dazzling looks!
The exotic, two-legged Cretaceous period animal, which roamed Earth about 110 million years ago, was unearthed in northeastern Brazil s Crato Formation in 1995 and exported to Germany shortly after. The dinosaur lay undisturbed among the collections of the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe until recently, when a team co-led by Professor David Martill at the University of Portsmouth in England, decided to take a closer look.
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The scientists have not been able to determine whether the fossil is a male or female. But based on their findings of modern birds, they believe it to be a male. Discovery of chicken-sized dinosaur amazes scientists | Photo Credit: Twitter
Earlier this year, a 120-million-year-old fossil, that was discovered in China helped researchers and scientists to bridge the gap between dinosaurs and modern birds.
After researchers analysed and studied the fossil, the species was dubbed as ‘Wulong bohaiensis’ or the dancing dragon’ and described as a strange mix between a bird and a dinosaur.
The researchers from China and the United States said the dinosaur was about the size of a raven with a long and bony tail. Further study revealed its body was covered with feathers with two plumes at the end of the tail. The specimen has feathers on its limbs and tail that we associate with adult birds, but it had other fea