| Smuggled Chinese
dinosaur to fly home
A fossil taken
illegally from China and found at a Utah sale provides a missing link
between birds and dinosaurs.
References:
Martin, L.D., et
al. 1999. DNA verification of tuberculosis in Pleistocene
artiodactyls. National Geographic Press Conference. October.
Washington, D.C.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R.
1999. China yields a flock of downy dinosaurs. Science News
156(Sept. 18):183.
______. 1998.
Feathered dinosaurs found in China. Science News 153(June
27):404.
Sources:
Philip J. Currie
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
P.O. Box 7500
Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0
Canada
Stephen Czerkas
The Dinosaur Museum
P.O. Box 277
Monticello, UT 84535
Larry D. Martin
University of Kansas
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lawrence, KS 66045-2454
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 21, November 20, 1999, p. 328. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |