Re: [dinosaur] RETRACTION: Oculudentavis, new smallest known Mesozoic bird in amber from Cretaceous of Myanmar

[Paul P <turtlecroc@yahoo.com>]

This is bizarre. There's no retracting unless the Mar 11 issue of Nature hasn't 
been printed yet, in which case you might be able to get it retracted. (All 
campus libraries are closed here so I can't even check.) Things disappear from 
the web, but not hardcopy. The proper way to undo a faux pas is to publish a 
follow-up Letter to Nature, e.g. a corrigendum, explaining your mistake and 
recommending that people ignore the paper, or whatever.

Saying you want to "retract" a published paper is like saying you want to 
un-crash your car after hitting a tree. Sorry, too late. You might be able to 
fix the car, but you can't un-crash it. 

And what exactly does "a new unpublished specimen casts doubts upon our 
hypothesis regarding the phylogenetic position of HPG-15-3" mean..? 

    Paul P.



On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 05:42:05 PM UTC, Ben Creisler 
<bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote:

 A note retracting the original paper (which was a Nature cover story and 
featured in official online videos):
Free pdf:
Lida Xing, Jingmai K. OâConnor, Lars Schmitz, Luis M. Chiappe, Ryan C. 
McKellar, Qiru Yi & Gang Li (2020)
Retraction Note: Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of 
Myanmar
Nature (advance online publication)
DOI: 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2553-9__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4OpKpMrhOrRfFE9wu3d9uD1g9334kE-hO5AV5uu16PFp6kd_elKUge-SoEYyQFR7$
 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2553-9__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4OpKpMrhOrRfFE9wu3d9uD1g9334kE-hO5AV5uu16PFp6kd_elKUge-SoKLoCW93$
 

Free pdf:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2553-9.pdf__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4OpKpMrhOrRfFE9wu3d9uD1g9334kE-hO5AV5uu16PFp6kd_elKUge-SoI8mjV6B$
 

The original article was published on 11 March 2020
Retraction to: Nature 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2068-4__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4OpKpMrhOrRfFE9wu3d9uD1g9334kE-hO5AV5uu16PFp6kd_elKUge-SoFqwZKY6$
  Published online 11 March 2020

We, the authors, are retracting this Article to prevent inaccurate information 
from remaining in the literature. Although the description of Oculudentavis 
khaungraae remains accurate, a new unpublished specimen casts doubts upon our 
hypothesis regarding the phylogenetic position of HPG-15-3.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 3:10 PM Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com> wrote: