Because Quaternary is more then a bunch of dirt...
Mittwoch, 4. November 2009
American Archaeoptery-X
The Thermopolis-specimen, after the actual location in the Wyoming Dinosaur Centre, Thermopolis, is one of the best preserved fossils of Archaeopteryx, and the X-th in the order. The finding circumstances are unknown, in 2001 it was offered for sale, presumably by a private Swiss collector, first to the German museum of Senckenberg, but the costs were to expensive. It was so acquired by the Dinosaur Centre, finally described and presented in 2005 to the public. In this specimen the second toe is notable, like in the Deinonychosauria it could be stretched backwards.
Geologist, dedicated to the study on rockglaciers and quaternary geology of the south tyrolean central Alps, but also working hard to understand the recent and future hydrology in mountain areas.
Geo Quote
" One may not doubt that, somehow, Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And, sure, the reverent eye must see A Purpose in Liquidity."
SPÖTL et al.(2006):The last and the Penultimate Interglacial as Recorded by Speleothems From a Climatically Sensitive High-Elevation Cave Site in the Alps. In SIROCKO, F. et al. (ed): The climate of past interglacial. Developments in Quaternary Science 7.
The Thermopolis-specimen, after the actual location in the Wyoming Dinosaur Centre, Thermopolis, is one of the best preserved fossils of Archaeopteryx, and the X-th in the order. The finding circumstances are unknown, in 2001 it was offered for sale, presumably by a private Swiss collector, first to the German museum of Senckenberg, but the costs were to expensive. It was so acquired by the Dinosaur Centre, finally described and presented in 2005 to the public. In this specimen the second toe is notable, like in the Deinonychosauria it could be stretched backwards.
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