Re: "Feathered" Psittacosaurus makes it to a museum

["Steve Brusatte" <dinoland@lycos.com>]

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:41:32   
 Danvarner wrote:
>In a message dated 12/5/01 2:10:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
>j_mallon@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
><< I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say, "Yyyyyyyeeeessssss!!!!!!!!" >>
>
>       You sure as hell don't speak for me! Just want to go on record. David 
>has it absolutely correct. 

This is a really bad situation...a Catch-22.  I don't know much about the 
specimen other than what I have read on this list, but paying $200,000 for this 
fossil, no matter how important it is, can be potentially devastating.  
Hopefully Tracy is right and a "good" solution is in the works.  

For now, though, at least the specimen will reside in a museum and have the 
chance to be properly studied.  It has a lot of important data to yield.  I 
hope the ramifications aren't too far-reaching or devastating, though.

Steve

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