http://www.metafilter.com/tags/palaeontology Posts tagged with 'palaeontology' at MetaFilter. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:41:22 -0800 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:41:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75202/Coming%2Dsoon%2Dto%2Dan%2Depisode%2Dof%2DPrimeval According to new fossil evidence 50 million years ago the skies above London were ruled by <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4833837.ece">a relative of the goose, the size of a light aircraft, with toothy crocodile-likejaws</a>. Or as The Sun puts it... <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1740786.ece">DON'T RUCK WITH THIS DUCK!</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75202 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:41:22 -0800 Bird DasornisEmuinus Duck Eocene Goose Huge London megafauna palaeontology prehistoric science UK Artw http://www.metafilter.com/4311/New%2Ddinosaur%2Dnamed%2Dfor%2DMichael%2DCrichton <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/crichton001115.html">New dinosaur named for Michael Crichton</a> Chinese researcher Dong Zhiming named a newly-identified Jurassic herbivore "Crichton's Ankylosaur". Jurassic Park is responsible for a great deal of the current interest in palaeontology, so this seems appropriate. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.4311 Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:56:51 -0800 crichtonsakylosaur dinosaurs dongzhiming jurassic michaelcrichton palaeontology Mars Saxman