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"Noseless lemur" fossil actually a fish

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  • #2
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Wow, that's gotta be one of the biggest misidentifications of all time. Reminds me of when Megalosaurus was mistaken for the petrified dangly bits of a giant man :o


  • #3
    Ziphius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭Ziphius


    Galvasean wrote: »
    Wow, that's gotta be one of the biggest misidentifications of all time. Reminds me of when Megalosaurus was mistaken for the petrified dangly bits of a giant man :o

    Scrotum humanum! Good thing that didn't stick.


  • #4
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I like the idea that the first dinosaur to be named was called Scrotum!


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