Fossil find could be complete mammoth
KRQE News [USA], 13 Nov 2010
The discovery of what could be a complete mammoth skeleton in Lea County
has local archeologists excited. The New Mexico Natural History Museum
Foundation will hold a special event at the Western Heritage Museum next
week during which Executive Director Calvin Smith will announce the
historic find. "It is a major discovery," Smith told the Hobbs News-Sun.
"We usually find pieces and parts, but if this is a complete skeleton,
it is very important." So far, amateur archaeologists have unearthed a
femur, tibia, fibula and a carpal. Smith helped excavate more than 20
mammoths at a dig site near Waco, Texas, and has found the remains of
five mammoths in Lea County, but this could be the first complete
skeleton.
http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/Fossil-find-could-be-complete-mammoth-
Oldest fossil shrimp preserved with muscles
PhysOrg.com [USA], November 9, 2010
One of America's favorite seafood is shrimp. Did you know that they
fossilize as well? Rodney Feldmann and Carrie Schweitzer (both Kent
State University) report on the oldest fossil shrimp known to date. The
creature in stone is as much as 360 million years old and was found in
Oklahoma. Even the muscles of the fossil are preserved. The study will
be published soon in Journal of Crustacean Biology [RB's favorite
magazine].
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-oldest-fossil-shrimp-muscles.html
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