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☆ Rare fossil preserved in fool’s gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The striking fossil is a newly identified species of arthropod, a distant relative of modern-day horseshoe crabs, scorpions, and spiders, that slightly resembles a modern-day shrimp. Named Lomankus edgecombei, the arthropod is a remarkably bright golden color because it’s preserved in three dimensions by iron pyrite — a mineral better known as fool’s gold. Lead study author Luke Parry began examining the fossils when he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Yale Peabody Museum, where three of the specimens were held. courtesy Luke Parry/Yu Liu/Ruixin RanToday, there are more known species of arthropod than any other group of animals on Earth. “Sometimes we see fossils preserved as opals or quartz crystals, or in this case, fool’s gold,” Brusatte said.

Persons: it’s, Lomankus edgecombei, Greg Edgecombe, Luke Parry, Yu Liu, Ruixin, Parry, ” Parry, ‘, Steve Brusatte, ”, ” Brusatte, “ Organizations: CNN, Yale Peabody Museum, Yunnan University, paleobiology, University of Oxford, “, University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences, Brusatte Locations: New York, Rome, China

☆ Stegosaurus skeleton sets auction record, selling for $44.6 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Stegosaurus skeleton has become the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction, being snapped up for $44.6 million in New York. The dinosaur fossil was sold on Wednesday to an anonymous buyer after it was sought after by seven bidders, according to Sotheby’s, the auction house handling the sale. The fossil, nicknamed “Apex,” smashed its pre-sale estimate, which was between $4 million and $6 million. Apex became the most valuable fossil ever sold at an auction, according to Sotheby's. According to Sotheby’s, it sold “Sue,” a Tyrannosaurus rex and the first ever dinosaur to be sold at auction, for $8.4 million in 1997.

Persons: ”, Jason Cooper, Sotheby’s, Steve Brusatte, ” Brusatte, ” Sotheby’s, Apex, Sue, “ Stan Organizations: CNN, Apex, Scotland’s University of Edinburgh Locations: New York, Moffat County , Colorado, U.S, America, Sotheby’s

☆ Newly discovered dinosaur’s horns look ‘like something a heavy metal rocker would wear’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“It’s an area that’s known for producing horned dinosaurs. In fact, there are four other species of horned dinosaurs known from this particular region,” Sertich said. Fossils of the four other species of similar horned dinosaurs with which it shared its habitat were discovered in the same area. Different types of horned dinosaurs have distinct horns along the edge of that frill. “The bodies of these horned dinosaurs are very similar, yet their heads are adorned with some wild head gear.”Similar appendages are found on the heads of horned lizards, Lyson added, except in these horned dinosaurs, they are attached to multiton bodies.

Persons: ”, Joseph Sertich, “, ” Sertich, Lokiceratops, Mark Eatman, ” Eatman, don’t, They’re, it’s, Loki, Sertich, Brock Sisson, Ben Meredith, Mark Loewen, Steve Brusatte, ” Brusatte, David Norman, ” Norman, Tyler Lyson, “ I’m, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Colorado State University, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Museum, of Evolution, telltale, of Utah, University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Locations: Maribo, Denmark, Montana, Canada, North America, Raleigh, Lokiceratops, Salt Lake City, United Kingdom

☆ Stegosaurus fossil goes on sale - but not everyone is happy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The “exceptional” and “virtually complete” dinosaur fossil, which is 11 feet tall and 20 feet long, will be sold as part of Sotheby’s annual Geek Week. Paleontologists have questioned the sale of such specimens to private bidders, arguing that these finds should be preserved in museums or other public spaces. Nevertheless, that will not stop the auction of the 150-million-year-old fossil from going ahead in New York on July 17. Apex, as it has been nicknamed, is the “finest Stegosaurus specimen to come to market,” Sotheby’s said in a press release Wednesday. It is expected to fetch between $4 million and $6 million, making it one of the most valuable dinosaur fossils ever offered up for sale, the auction house added.

Persons: ” Sotheby’s, Jason Cooper, Sotheby’s, Cooper, “, Steve Brusatte, ”, Sotheby’s Brusatte, “ Sophie, Cassandra Hatton, Maximus ”, Stan Organizations: CNN, Apex, Scotland’s University of Edinburgh, Geek, Abu Dhabi Department of Culture Locations: New York, Apex, Colorado, Morrison, Moffat County , Colorado, Dinosaur, Sotheby’s, Sotheby’s New York, Abu Dhabi, Tourism

☆ How Did Birds First Take Off?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 1993, “Jurassic Park” helped inspire 9-year-old Stephen Brusatte to become a paleontologist. So Dr. Brusatte was thrilled to advise the producers of last year’s “Jurassic World: Dominion” on what scientists had learned about dinosaurs since he was a child. He was especially happy to see one of the most important discoveries make it to the screen: dinosaurs that sported feathers. “A lot of people thought it was made up,” said Dr. Brusatte, a professor at the University of Edinburgh. Now Dr. Brusatte and other paleontologists are trying to determine exactly how feathered dinosaurs achieved powered flight and became the birds that fly overhead today — an evolutionary mystery that stretches more than 150 million years.

Persons: ”, Stephen Brusatte, Brusatte, “ Organizations: Dominion, University of Edinburgh Locations: China

☆ Fact Check-Dinosaurs existed and were documented before the term ‘dinosauria’ was coined in the early 1840s
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Dinosaurs existed long before the word ‘dinosauria’ was coined by paleontologist Sir Richard Owen in the 19th century, paleontology experts and a spokesperson for Britain’s Royal Society told Reuters, rejecting a claim to the contrary spreading online. They were invented by the Royal Society in 1841,” the individual says, referring to the academic organisation which is Britain’s national academy of sciences. However, three experts and a spokesperson for the Royal Society told Reuters separately that these claims are false. They say Sir Richard Owen first used the term ‘Dinosauria’ in the early 1840s but that dinosaurs and their fossils existed and were documented long before. Dinosaurs existed and were documented long before they were given a universal name in 1841, paleontologists and Britain’s Royal Society say.

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