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Pitt student finds new species of amphibian
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Tuesday, November 09, 2004 | Charles Sheehan, The Associated Press

Posted on 11/09/2004 10:34:10 AM PST by Willie Green

A University of Pittsburgh freshman geology student on a field trip stumbled across the fossil of an oversized, salamander-like creature with vicious crocodile-like teeth that lived about 300 million years ago, paleontologists said.

The student picked up the softball-sized rock containing the fossil on a visit to a fresh road cut near Pittsburgh International Airport, and thinking it was of little interest, threw it aside. On a walk back through the same area, he picked up the object again and showed it to class lecturer Charles Jones.

Jones spotted the teeth first, then the outline of a skull.

"It was immediately clear that this was rare," Jones said yesterday.

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: fossils

1 posted on 11/09/2004 10:34:11 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: blam; SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 11/09/2004 10:34:41 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green; PatrickHenry

Oh no, what do we do with "Striegeli' jokes. Do we start with Democrats or Dr. Mengele? Why not just combine the two and go from there.?:)


3 posted on 11/09/2004 10:44:32 AM PST by xJones
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To: Willie Green; blam
Thanks WG. Blam, it looks like an iguana.
300 mya amphibian
Iguana's a reptile...
iguana
dunno about chameleons...
chameleon

4 posted on 11/09/2004 10:47:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: Willie Green; xsmommy
an oversized, salamander-like creature with vicious crocodile-like teeth that lived about 300 million years ago

Too easy.

5 posted on 11/09/2004 11:28:28 AM PST by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: martin_fierro

That old fossil doesn't have any teeth, and more closely resembles a bullfrog.


6 posted on 11/09/2004 11:38:17 AM PST by Willie Green
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