古盗鸟

古盜鳥

gǔdàoniǎo

noun

Meanings

1 Archaeoraptor (infamous composite fossil forgery)

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古盗鸟后来被证实是由两种动物化石拼接而成的赝品。

Gǔdàoniǎo hòulái bèi zhèngshí shì yóu liǎng zhǒng dòngwù huàshí pīnjiē érchéng de yànpǐn.

Archaeoraptor was later proven to be a forgery assembled from the fossils of two different animals.

古盗鸟事件是古生物学史上著名的造假案例。

Gǔdàoniǎo shìjiàn shì gǔshēngwùxué shǐ shàng zhùmíng de zàojiǎ ànlì.

The Archaeoraptor incident is a famous fraud case in the history of paleontology.

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history

In 1999 National Geographic announced 'Archaeoraptor' from Liaoning as a missing link between dinosaurs and birds. Within months it was exposed as a composite: the body of a primitive bird glued to the tail of a dromaeosaur. A cautionary tale about fossil markets and peer review.

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