New Look at Fossil of 'Lemur Without a Nose'

A seven million-year-old South American fossil from a species known as Arrhinolemur scalabrinii -- which translates literally to "Scalabrini's lemur without a nose" -- has long been a curiosity because there is only one specimen in existence and it is unlike most other primates.

Identifying what a fossil is can be difficut work. They are very old and beat up, and often are only a part of the animal actually being represented. From this paleontologists work to recreate a model of the actual creature. however today’s news that the fossilized primate Arrhinolemur scalabrinii -- “Scalbrini’s lemur without a nose” — is not a noseless lemur; nor a primate; nor a mammal. It is in fact, a fish.



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Science is great that if most often finds and corrects it mistakes but I found this one case most amusing

but wait what if this idenitification is wrong too!

Looks like a rock to me.

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Yep a rock, that is what a fossil is so you get an A for identification!

Hanslune,this is a very interesting find.
Thank you for sharing it.

I would only hope that others would see this also.

Peace,
K

Originally posted by Hanslune
reply to post by phroziac

 

Yep a rock, that is what a fossil is so you get an A for identification!

Lol....you know what i meant. And if this was in a pic on mars, everyone would say ah thats not a fossil its just a rock.

Id hang it on my wall though. Its definitely a fossil...of god knows what. I dont see a fish or a lemur

Originally posted by phroziac

Originally posted by Hanslune
reply to post by phroziac

 

Yep a rock, that is what a fossil is so you get an A for identification!

Lol....you know what i meant. And if this was in a pic on mars, everyone would say ah thats not a fossil its just a rock.

Id hang it on my wall though. Its definitely a fossil...of god knows what. I dont see a fish or a lemur

Yeah I was making a cute remark at your expense!

You did, however, forget to note that it was identified in 1858.

That's significant... there's a lot of old fossil material that's incorrectly labeled (because they found just one bone and invented a species for it or lumped it with bones of different things. A lot of discoveries have been made by going through old collections and checking the labels.

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Oh yes so correct, it was for that task I was being trained for, so long ago, to relook old collections and publish the notes of those who had died before the task was completed.

There was a case awhile ago of a guy who was working on early fish with legs and he described them incorrectly