Posted on 11/30/2017 4:24:22 PM PST by BenLurkin
Ancient flying reptiles and their eggs?
I thought this was going to prove once and for all which came first.
I guess flying reptiles just fly off and leave their eggs when they get really old. Nesting’s too hard on the knees.
Anybody up for a Reptilian Omelette?
One egg goes a long ways.
Just remember to remove all the skin first.
Are these unenlightened pterosaurs? How do the "scientists" know they were not males identifying as females when the flood swept down on them? This is what is wrong with science today -- they are looking at things using the old binary white pedagogy.
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Pteros are still flying!
Nothing ancient about them, but their range has diminished because the Earth is much colder than it was 1000 years ago when they were all over the place.
They can be seen flying every day around sunset in New Guinea.
Absolutely Amazing.
What a find —going from a handful of eggs to this huge cache. Fortune shines on us to be born in an age of discovery, unlocking the history of life on Earth while looking forward to the time where we maybe discover life beyond Earth.
Flied eggs prease...
My question is more molecular: Is the DNA in the eggs preserved?
It’s my Jurassic Park syndrome kicking in
The article says the eggs were fossilized, meaning the original organic material has been replaced with minerals. There are mounds of fossilized dinosaur eggs along with enormous dinosaur footprints you can on the ground see in Tuba City, Arizona.
Is there a gradation of fossilization?
That is, can something be partially minerralized, thereby retaining some useful organic material and genetic material?
They will keeping saying that all of the eggs are fossilized, until that one day when someone hears a cracking sound, and realizes that it is the sound of an eggshell being broken...
...from the inside.
I will take 1 tamed pteranadon with a saddle in exchange for my promised jetpack. Yes, I’ve played ARK....that’s why I want one.
Life finds a way.
I recall watching a program where a researcher in Georgia was slicing open a fossilized dinosaur bone from millions of years ago and noticed a familiar rotten odor. She claimed to have extracted DNA from some soft tissue still present in the fossilized bone, but I never heard more about it.
Reign of Fire, what a great movie. The Dragon was fabulous.
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