Cao Meili said: "Not yet, but I can already see some outlines. You must know that it is not easy to unearth this. Even if it is unearthed, a lot of work will be needed to confirm.●⌒,
Don’t think this is simple. There are precedents. For example, in June 2007, the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, after two years of confirmation, discovered a 2005 worm in the Erlian Formation of Baitong.
This giant theropod dinosaur fossil is considered the largest and rare bird-like dinosaur fossil in the world today.
This dinosaur fossil, named ‘Gigantoraptor Erlian’, is about 8 meters long, stands over 5 meters tall, weighs about 1,400 kilograms, and is comparable in size to the world-famous tyrannosaurs.”
"We also found such a big one here?" At this time, Han Peacock no longer looked sad. Why didn't he know about such a big discovery?
"It's right there, don't you know?" Cao Meili said with a strange look on her face.
Following Cao Meili's fingers, Han Peacock saw the first dinosaur nest discovered, which was the hill where the group of Iguanodon fossils were found.
"It takes two years to verify just one dinosaur fossil?" Han Peacock looked at it a few times, but he couldn't see any difference between this and Iguanodon, so he was very confused.
Cao Shanghai said: "With other references, it will not take two years, but it will take at least a few months or even a year. Therefore, we need a large number of people to participate in the research."
Cao Meiliye also said: "Gigantoraptor has many characteristics similar to those of birds. This is a major research result and can increase mankind's understanding of the evolution process from dinosaurs to birds."
For this newly discovered dinosaur species, we call it 'the largest bird-like dinosaur in the world with long feathers, a beak but no teeth'. Generally, bird-like dinosaurs are smaller, with most weighing around a few kilograms.
Some are even less than a kilogram.
But the weight of Megaraptor can reach 1,400 kilograms, which is hundreds of times that of ordinary bird-like dinosaurs. It is not an exaggeration to call it the "largest bird-like dinosaur in the world today". What does this mean? It means starting from Megaraptor
Transformation. Maybe Megaraptor was as important as Archaeopteryx."
Archaeopteryx is the earliest and most primitive bird discovered so far. In fact, many people don't know that Archeopteryx is actually a feathered dinosaur. Later, it was discovered that Confucius Birds and Liaoning Birds were born earlier. Their names are from ancient Greece.
The meaning of "ancient feathers" or "ancient wings" in the article is that it is also called the ancient winged bird.
Archaeopteryx is an ancient vertebrate with a bird-like head, claws and wings, and a slight ability to fly. It has teeth, similar to those of reptiles, and has a very long tail (up to twenty tail vertebrae), which is composed of multiple tail vertebrae.
Except for the feathers of birds, it is generally considered to be an intermediate type between reptiles and birds, and is still a dinosaur, appearing in the Jurassic.
Archeopteryx is considered to be the ancestor of birds, but it is not the only ancestor, and lived in the early Tithonian stage of the Jurassic, about 155 million to 150 million years ago.
These specimens are only found in Germany. The fossils are distributed in southern Germany. Its German name means "Protobird" or "First Bird".
Today there are 11 fossils classified as Archaeopteryx, which is the only evidence of feathers from the Jurassic period. Furthermore, due to their advanced nature and positioning, it can be seen that their origin is earlier, and all the remains are mostly believed to come from independent
specimen.
Megaraptor is a member of the oviraptor family. Megaraptor is twice as tall as a human body and weighs 1.5 tons. It has a beak like a turtle. This huge bird-like dinosaur was first discovered in 2005.
Discovered during excavations in Nemeng ancient territory, it is also the largest feathered dinosaur ever discovered.
Megaraptor Erlian is 5 meters tall and about 8 meters long. It weighs 1,400 kilograms and is comparable in size to the famous tyrannosaurus. However, this behemoth has many bird characteristics, with a parrot-like beak and a body.
Feathers, slender hind limbs and slender calves.
The largest known feathered animal before was the Australian thunderbird that lived 8 million to 6 million years ago, and it weighed only 500 kilograms.
The gigantic size of Gigantoraptor Erlian is an important feature that attracts attention. Huge animals have three different growth strategies. One is to live long, the other is to grow quickly, and the third is to take into consideration the future.
Both.
Erlian Gigantoraptor should belong to the second type.
The reason why it is favored by people is that a view generally accepted by academic circles is that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
The larger the dinosaurs in the same family are, the more distantly related they are to birds and the less birdlike they are in form.
However, Megaraptor Erlian is an exception. It has a huge body of more than 1,400 kilograms, but it has more bird-like features than small oviraptors. This is something that past theories cannot explain.
This is the great significance of the discovery of this kind of dinosaur, and such a discovery can naturally bring huge benefits to experts and scholars here, such as the world's scientific and technological publications such as the British "Nature" magazine and the American "National Geographic" magazine.
It is possible to publish the results of this excavation.
As time goes by, more and more discoveries are made here, and the reputation of this area is constantly growing, which makes Han Peacock begin to face some pressure.
However, Han Peacock had already anticipated such a situation, so he had already prepared a team of lawyers. From the time he bought the land to the time he unearthed the first fossil, Han Peacock faced all possible troubles.
There are countermeasures.
By now, too many problems have arisen here, but they have all been resolved one by one by the well-prepared team of lawyers.
"This may become another world-famous dinosaur hometown," Cao Meili said.
Han Peacock smiled and said: "I hope that's the case!"
Cao Meili looked at Han Peacock and said, "I'm not giving you a blank check. As long as you give us more money to support us, it won't be difficult to make this place famous all over the world. Have you ever heard of a fish that can crawl?"
Han Gongque had raised fish before, so he naturally knew that some fish were strange, so he said: "I really know about fish that can crawl, fish that can climb trees, and fish that can fly."
It sounds a bit incredible that fish can survive out of the water, but there are indeed crawling fish in nature, and there are many such magical walking fish. Korean peacocks know of at least seven species, and they have
The extra organs can absorb oxygen from the air, which can be said to be the most amazing thing in the world.
For example, the striped frogfish, although the striped frogfish sometimes looks very much like a mudskipper, it is actually a mudskipper, and the mudskipper is a goby fish.
Able to leap into the air, the striped frog can crawl on land for up to 20 minutes, looking for food and, if necessary, escaping predators.
Striped frogs use their pelvic fins to crawl, and sometimes when they sense danger, they can flex their tail muscles to "jump" quickly.
In terms of body structure, the striped frogfish is a bit different from the standard fish body and looks a bit like a marine iguana. They use their bulging eyes to peek into the water surface environment and check whether the surrounding environment is safe when their bodies climb out of the water.
There is also the climbing perch, which is known as the "walking fish" and can leave the water and "walk" on land. They are very picky about water quality. Whenever the water quality deteriorates, they will jump ashore to find new water sources.
However, climbing bass that leave the water move slowly and are easily hunted. They will also die in the sun because they cannot find water for a long time. However, most fish can successfully find high-quality water sources.
Cao Meili had already learned about the erudition of the Korean peacock, so it was not surprising that the Korean peacock knew that fish could crawl.
"We found fossils of reptile fish here that were 380 million years old." Cao Meili said with a smile.
"Uh! This is nothing surprising, right? There has been water here since ancient times. It is normal to find fish fossils. I would not be surprised if flying fish are found." Han Peacock said.
Cao Meili smiled and said: "We really found flying fish fossils. As our excavation area expanded, we found a lot of fish fossils, including fish fossils that were intertwined and mating, and fish that could crawl.
Fossiloids, as well as flying fish fossils, all require a large number of people to study. This is likely to be the process of transformation from marine organisms to land organisms."
These days, Cao Meili and the others discovered an ancient fish fossil. This fossil is unique. This fish fossil can be said to provide new clues for studying the evolution of vertebrates. Its discovery will rewrite the history of the past hundred years.
, the evolutionary process of land mammals.
In their research, they found that this 380 million-year-old fossil showed that no one had doubted it in the past century, and there were errors in the evolutionary history of land mammals.
Judging from this fossil, this fish that lived 380 million years ago had a large hole in its head, which may have been used for breathing. At the same time, there were two very strong fins on the front of the fish's body.
The ulna, humerus and radius grow around the fin. This structure is very similar to the skeleton structure of the human arm.
This means that people can use this fossil to find new clues or evidence about the process of land four-legged mammals, and rewrite the evolutionary history of land mammals.
"If you say it has research value, then it has research value! I don't object to your research. How much does it cost?" Although Han Kongque didn't know the use of researching this, it still sounded very high-end.
Cao Shanghai said with a smile: "How much money can Boss Han spend? We can do as many things as we have with the money. We can still spend it easily."
Han Kongque said helplessly: "How about another ten million US dollars?"
"I can only buy a few experimental equipment." Cao Meili said directly.
Looking at his granddaughter, Cao Shanghai said: "If you build a complete laboratory, it will cost at least 100 million US dollars."
Han Kongque naturally saw the interaction between the grandfather and grandson. Through these days of contact, Cao Meili knew that Han Kongque was very rich, so as time went by, her appetite became bigger and bigger. (To be continued.