sensation in Germany

[THammann@t-online.de (T Hammann)]

Message from Thomas Hammann (Germany)

Hi all,

I don't know if the list members are already informed about the sensation from 
last week. If not, please note that the following is NO joke!

In a press conference at the "Jura-Museum" in Bavaria/Germany Günter Viohl, the 
director of the museum, spoke of a new discovered theropod-species found in 
older layers than Archaeopterxy! The new species, which is not yet named is at 
least one million years older than Archaeopteryx and was found by 
hobby-paleontologists near the sites of the Archaeopteryx-findings. The skull 
of 
the specimen is about 8 cms in length and belongs to a young individual. The 
teeth are serrated on one side and relatively large. The discoverers, two 
brothers from Germany named WEISS, dug at this site for about thirty years. The 
new name of the theropod will include their familiy-name. Viohl spoke of a 
sensation and that the value of this fossil is enormous. It seems to be a 
"missing-link" in bird evolution! The specimen will be shown to the public in 
the year 2001. Till than german scientist examine the fossil.

A friend of mine who knows the WEISS brothers also said that you can see 
clearly 
feather-impressions at the neck of the dinosaur! If someone is interested I 
could translate the full press-release into English.

Nice greetings,
Thomas Hammann