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A surprise find: 99-million-year-old frog encased in amber
The Washington Post ^
| 06/15/18
| Allyson Chiu
Posted on 06/15/2018 10:22:59 PM PDT by Simon Green
At first glance, the oddly shaped splotches darkening a vibrant yellow piece of amber appear to be amorphous blobs. But upon closer examination, a shape emerges.
There are two forelimbs. At the end of each limb are four smaller bones, forming a distinctly handlike shape. Within the largest dark spot, which has a rounded top, eye sockets become distinguishable. Its a skull.
Encased within the smooth chunk of amber is the body of a tiny young tropical frog. Scientists say the diminutive critter, measuring less than an inch long, lived about 99 million years ago before it became entombed in sticky tree sap. At the time, dinosaurs still roamed Earth.
The fossil is one of four that date to the Cretaceous period, providing scientists with the earliest direct evidence that frogs inhabited wet, tropical forests, according to a statement from the Florida Museum of Natural History. The findings were published Thursday in Natures Scientific Reports.
Its almost unheard of to get a fossil frog from this time period that is small, has preservation of small bones and is mostly three-dimensional, the studys co-author David Blackburn, the associate curator of herpetology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, said in a statement. This is pretty special.
The fossils included one skeleton of a frog that was complete enough for scientists to identify it as a new species, named Electrorana limoae, the study said. The other fossils contain two hands and an imprint of a frog that probably decayed inside the amber.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: amber; cretaceous; cretaceousperiod; crevo; evolutionpropaganda; fossils; frog; godsgravesglyphs; kermit; lookbackinamber; paleontology; piltdownman; storkzilla
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To: Simon Green
If they took the bones out, it wouldn’t be crunchy, would it?
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posted on
06/15/2018 10:27:06 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: Simon Green
To hell with the Washington Post.
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posted on
06/15/2018 10:27:53 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
To: Simon Green
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posted on
06/15/2018 10:46:19 PM PDT
by
BBell
(not drinking, just a smart a$$)
To: Simon Green
Almost as old as Pelousi.
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posted on
06/15/2018 10:46:25 PM PDT
by
Karliner
(Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
To: Simon Green
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posted on
06/15/2018 10:47:59 PM PDT
by
BBell
(not drinking, just a smart a$$)
To: Simon Green
"At first glance, the oddly shaped splotches darkening a vibrant yellow piece of amber appear to be amorphous blobs. But upon closer examination, a shape emerges. There are two forelimbs. At the end of each limb are four smaller bones, forming a distinctly handlike shape."
Sounds like a pre-historic GOP Congressman.
To: MrEdd
I’ll have the rams bladder cup, or the spring surprise.
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posted on
06/15/2018 10:50:52 PM PDT
by
Klemper
(And then... and ONLY then... do they get their only chance to come back into America the legal way.)
To: Simon Green
Interesting, thanks for posting!
FReegards
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posted on
06/15/2018 10:54:33 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: MrEdd
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posted on
06/15/2018 11:02:12 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks Simon Green. In before the singing frog cartoon references, oops, actually, at the same time. Everybody's doin' the Michigan Rag...
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06/15/2018 11:04:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Simon Green
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posted on
06/15/2018 11:06:11 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
To: Simon Green
Its not easy being green and 9 million years old
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posted on
06/15/2018 11:18:26 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: Simon Green
They finally found Helen Thomas. She was a little older than I thought but I wasn’t off by much.
To: Simon Green
They found Kermit. Damn you Amber. He was funny.
To: Simon Green; All
Hey, people, show some respect. This is Pepe’s great, great, great, etc. grampa.
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06/15/2018 11:32:33 PM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be f Vanceree." A. E. van Vogt)
To: Simon Green
[...] a new species, named Electrorana limoae, the study said.Cute! "Elektron" = Ancient Greek for "amber" (and the term "electricity" can be traced back to the little sparks generated when rubbing amber with fur). "Ranus" = Ancient Greek for "frog."
Regards,
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posted on
06/15/2018 11:51:59 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: MrEdd
A great MP bit.
Are we about to have Jurassic Park of some sort after this?
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posted on
06/16/2018 12:08:22 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Klemper
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posted on
06/16/2018 12:08:49 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Simon Green
Now we CAN use frog DNA to create a T-rex !!!!
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posted on
06/16/2018 12:10:38 AM PDT
by
elbook
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