Dasornis - a Giant fossil bird
Thursday, 2. October 2008, 00:00:14
Being that I have a bsc in Palaeobiology + Evolution and an MSc in Micropalaeontology there has been a notable lack of anything relating to these on my blog. And today when I found a story on my 'beloved' London Clay, on which my undergraduate project was on, I thought it was time I rectified this.
The bird in question's fossil skull was found on the Isle of Sheppey, North Kent and was a relative of ducks and geese, which lived in the Eocene. Based on the fact it was found in the London Clay, around 50 million years ago that would make it Early Eocene (Ypresian) in age.
(picture of skull from here Credit: Fred Clouter)
The bird in question's fossil skull was found on the Isle of Sheppey, North Kent and was a relative of ducks and geese, which lived in the Eocene. Based on the fact it was found in the London Clay, around 50 million years ago that would make it Early Eocene (Ypresian) in age.
(picture of skull from here Credit: Fred Clouter)
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