[Rockhounds] Searching for Dinosaurs and Shallow Marine Isocrinoids

Paul etchplain at att.net
Wed May 23 16:25:39 PDT 2018


Shallow Marine Isocrinoids Lasted Longer in Southern Hemisphere

Major shift in marine life occurred 33 million years later
in the South. British Antarctic Survey, May 17, 2018
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180517081829.htm

Fossil find of 33-million-year-old sea lilies in outback WA
challenges major palaeontology theory By Lisa Morrison
University of Western Australia, May 22, 2018
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/sea-lily-fossil/9790656

The open access paper is:

Rowan J. Whittle, Aaron W. Hunter, David J. Cantrill, and
Kenneth J. McNamara. Globally discordant Isocrinida (Crinoidea)
migration confirms asynchronous Marine Mesozoic Revolution.
Communications Biology, 2018; 1 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0048-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-018-0048-0

Searching for Dinosaurs in a Seaside English Town

Searching for Dinosaurs in a Seaside English Town
New York Times, By David Shaftel, May 23, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/travel/fossil-hunting-lyme-regis-dorset-england.html

“A novice fossil hunter immerses himself in the local pastime
in the town of Lyme Regis in southwest England, an area that
sits on a 95-mile stretch of shoreline known as the Jurassic
Coast, a Unesco World Heritage site.”

Yours,

Paul H.






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