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ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
卷 5, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172441
关键词
Desmostylia; Paleoparadoxia; femur; Miocene; Tsuchiyu; dinosaur
资金
- JSPS Research Grant from The Japan Science Society [JSPS 16J00546]
- Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from The Japan Science Society [2018-6028]
- National Museum of Nature and Science [N10N03-2003]
Here, we report a new 'discovery' of a desmostylian fossil in the geological collection at a national university in Japan. This fossil was unearthed over 60 years ago and donated to the university. Owing to the original hand-written note kept with the fossil in combination with interview investigation, we were able to reach two equally possible fossil sites in the town of Tsuchiyu Onsen, Fukushima. Through the interviews, we learned that the fossil was discovered during construction of a debris flow barrier and that it was recognized as a 'dinosaur' bone among the locals and displayed in the Village Hall before/until the town experienced a fire disaster in 1954. As scientific findings, the fossil was identified to be a right femur of Paleoparadoxia (Desmostylia), which shows well-preserved muscle scars on the surface. The age was estimated to be 15.9 Ma or younger in zircon-dating. This study shows an excellent case that historical and scientific significances could be extracted from long-forgotten uncatalogued specimens as long as the original information is retained with the specimens.
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