GeologyRocksIDA Unveiled
Wed, 05/20/2009 - 10:46 — Benauld
For the benefit of anyone who hasn't yet seen the news:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090519-missing-link-found.html
Whilst perhaps a little sensationalist it's interesting nonetheless...
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Tue, 07/14/2009 - 19:31Thank you for the news link. What I find interesting about Ida is that no one has mentioned why such a scientifically significant site is a private commercial quarry or how it was possible such a significant find that on a shelf for a decade.
Ida is clearly not the "Missing Link" but a valuable contribution to the puzzle.
Cheers!
http://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/
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I guess it's just a matter
Wed, 07/15/2009 - 10:48I guess it's just a matter of money, in an ideal world ALL exceptional fossil sites would belong to the public - although perhaps it's better that they shouldn't be too easily accessible.
As for stuff sitting on a shelf for a decade, I wish I could say that was uncommon. Specimens can remain "lost" in museums for many decades - most of the time due to poor records, and curators genuinely not knowing the significance of a particular find.
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