Re: Nature News: Feathered fossils cause a flap in museums

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In a message dated 5/5/2004 5:07:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com writes:

<Dalton, R. (2004)  Feathered fossils cause a flap in museums.  Nature 429: 5.>

< This brief article reports on the shenanigans surrounding the (*ahem*) travel 
arrangements of certain exquisite Chinese fossils.  It's a 'he-said/she-said' 
about how feathered dinosaur fossils from Liaoning came to be in the hands of 
Mr and Mrs Czerkas of the Dinosaur Museum. > 

Interestingly, the article says that Ji Qiang "thinks that about a dozen of the 
specimens may be in the United States improperly."  Another item:  "Two Chinese 
officials from Liaoning attended the opening, but the Czerkases refused 
requests to make them available for interview.  Ji was billed as due to attend, 
but chose not to do so."

Mary