Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / April 2005

What is the sort of consensus on the origin of a Ratire birds and how
they spread.

I find these frequently in the creeks and along the Potomac River here
in southern Maryland. Sometimes small, sometimes large, like one the
size of my fist one time. I have no idea what they are, but I have been
told they are most likely a coral fossil of some sort. I'd be

I live in north western Indiana, not too far from Lake Michigan.  I have
several large rocks in my back yard, about two feet in diameter.  In these
rocks are the forms or sea live, such as shells, and what appears to be
anemone or coral.  These are now part of the rocks.  Would ...

After several months in hiatus, my page "Fossils In Death Valley
National Park" has finally returned to the Net at
http://members.aol.com/Waucoba5/dv/dvfossils.htm . It's back in
essentially its original format, with lots of images of fossils

The Scars of Evolution  (Aquatic Ape Theory)
Tomorrow Tuesday at 11GMT on BBC Radio 4, the second part, with new
information on vernix caseosa and on squalene.
http://www.onelist.com/community/AAT

"stretchy and flexible"?!?  I'm not sure I believe this one.  Any
thoughts?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/03/24/rex.tissue.ap/index.html

The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County will be sponsoring a
paleontological field trip to famous Red Rock Canyon State Park,
California, during the weekend of April 29-May 1, 2005. Detailed
information about the trip can be found at

Do fossilised eggs prove this dinosaur cared for its young?
By Steve Connor, Science Editor
15 April 2005
A fossilised dinosaur has been found in China with two pineapple-sized eggs,

New news in the news tonight. Apparently a fossil of a skull found in
Chad which is some 6 to 7 million years old may have walked upright
according to its discoverer Michel Brunet. The evidence of bipedalism is
from the position of the hole in the skull to accomodate the spinal cord

Early toolmakers cast off rock-banger image
09 April 2005
Kurt Kleiner
THEY may look crude, but even some of the earliest stone tools were produced with skill and technical sophistication. The finding, based on an analysis of tools found at a 2.34-million-year-old site in Kenya, ...

Hi, I am the author of the mammal database Mammal Taxonomy
(http://www.geocities.com/mammal_taxonomy/index.html). This is the
first mammal database which tries to include both fossil and living
species and lots of taxonomic information. However, I believe there

Im looking for a website with Fossil Lagerstatten summary - locations,
fossils, taphonomy etc.
I will be grateful if someone could provide a few links (if you got one and
you think it's useful).

** NAME OF FOSSILIZED CRAB? **
I NEED HELP... I need the scientific latin name of a fossilized crab
from any era that would be found on the Mississippi banks in Minnesota.
Thanks!!!