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 Posted: Sat 20:36, 07 Dec 2013 Post subject: her mother Sian Morris said |
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9-year-old British girl has prehistoric flying reptile named for her
SOUTHAMPTON,[url=http://www.51guomi.com/]jimmy choo outlet[/url], England, March 21 () -- A prehistoric flying reptile has been named for the 9-year-old British girl who found fossilized bones of the creature on the Isle of Wight, scientists said.After the bones found by Daisy Morris were determined to be from a previously undiscovered species of pterosaur, a scientific paper was published in which the creature was dubbed Vectidraco daisymorrisae, the BBC reported Thursday.Daisy started fossil hunting at age 3,[url=http://www.guccioutletonlinen.com/]gucci outlet online[/url], her mother Sian Morris said, and found the bones "sticking out of the sand" on the beach in 2009 when she was 4 years old.The family took the bones to expert Martin Simpson at the University of Southampton."I knew I was looking at something very special," Simpson said. "And I was right."The finding was an example of how "major discoveries can be made by amateurs," he said.Her mother said Daisy has shown a knack for fossil hunting."She has a very good eye for tiny little fossils and found these tiny little black bones sticking out of the mud and decided to dig a bit further and scoop them all out," she said of her daughter's discovery."We are all very proud of her."
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