Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"

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Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"

Post by shpalman » Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:31 pm

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Re: Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"

Post by Fishnut » Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:55 pm

Some actual information about the story. The paper detailing how they revealed it was a fake is here (behind paywall).
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Re: Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"

Post by tenchboy » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:26 am

Good story. Thanks both.
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Re: Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"

Post by sTeamTraen » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:30 pm

Fishnut wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:55 pm
The paper detailing how they revealed it was a fake is here (behind paywall).
Version without paywall here (click on "View PDF").
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