"Diplodocus sale: Wyoming dinosaur skeleton..." Topic

… in Sussex auction.

"Sitting on his knees in a dusty quarry, renowned German palaeontologist Raimund Albersdoerfer chipped away at a dinosaur in the ground.

It was one of many he had found at the site in Wyoming and his two teenage sons had flown to the US to help him excavate it.

But instead of assisting, they became a distraction, pestering him to allow them to go off and discover their own fossils…"

Full article here
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Some interest?

Amicalement
Armand

Private land.

Wondered how long ago it had been excavated considering the current regs on fossils found on public lands.

At any rate, an impressive find.

My father came across part of a brachiosaurus while mining in Colorado 40 years ago. Ended up being about a quarter of the skeleton – hip and a dozen and a half vertebrae. A couple of fellows from the Smithsonian (actually one was a visiting Kiwi) took a look at it and ended up with one of the vertebrae (probably buried in storage or discarded by now – brachiosauri are apparently dead 'common').

I am bothered with the pronunciation differences of this Dinosaur's name between English and American. I grew up knowing this guy as "Di plo' dicus", and the English scientists are saying "Dipol docus'". Different emphasis and one less syllable. I have gotten quite used to these things, like how we pronounce "oregano", but when it comes to dinos, I think it will continue to "sound funny".