A CT scan of the skull of Oculudentavis by LI Gang, Oculudentavis means eye-tooth-bird
Posted on 07/24/2020 1:30:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
When the paper was published, many mainstream publications were intrigued by the story and wrote about the findings, giving the team from China, the U.S. and Canada a bit of notoriety. But shortly thereafter, others in the field began questioning the categorization of the fossil—many suggested it appeared to be a lizard, which is a different group of reptiles from the dinosaurs.
The specimen in question is a very small skull embedded in amber, believed to be approximately 100 million years old—dating it to the time of the dinosaurs. The researchers described the specimen as a bird-like skull less than two centimeters in length—approximately the size of a hummingbird skull. And its mouth was filled with teeth.
In reviewing both the paper and the evidence presented by others in the field, the editors at Nature chose to retract the paper.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
It sounds like this paper needs to be rewritten and resubmitted, not just retracted!!
Would you rather fight a dinosaur sized hummingbird or 100 hummingbird sized dinosaurs?
That “Duckasaurus” is still legit, right?
Sounds sounds like you’re screwed either way
The present scientific consensus is that birds are a group of theropod dinosaurs that originated during the Mesozoic Era. So, given this, the Hummingbird technically IS a dinosaur.
Yeah, consensus agreed its a lizard and not a dinosaur fossil.
Cute li’l feller!
Looks more like Karen Carpenter to me.
Cute li’l feller!
Excellent question.
They had to retract it when they were told that Nancy Pelosi is still alive........
LOL
Ill take the 100 chicken flavored smelt every time.
Thanks BenLurkin. Unfortunately, the paper about the hummingbird the size of a dinosaur -- dubbed "Rodan" -- hasn't been! Aiiiieeeee!
Whoops! [blush]
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