Re: Ediacaran fossil theft case

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Chris,

Where can I get more information? I am working this up as a story for the
Science Show. Would you be interested in being interviewed?

>Stop Press
>
>Perth, Australia
>
>After the precedent had been set in the previous trial when one of the
>defendants was found guilty of illegally exporting crinoid specimens out of
>the country, the defendants in the aledged illegal removal and export of
>the type specimen of _Charnodiscus arborius_ from the Flinders Ranges
>National Park, South Australia to Japan, have today pleaded guilty to the
>charges.
>
>Chris
>
>cnedin@geology.adelaide.edu.au                  nedin@ediacara.org
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>Many say it was a mistake to come down from the trees, some say
>the move out of the oceans was a bad idea. Me, I say the stiffening
>of the notochord in the Cambrian was where it all went wrong,
>it was all downhill from there.

Cheers,

Paul


Dr Paul M.A. Willis
Consulting Vertebrate Palaeontologist
Quinkana Pty Ltd
pwillis@ozemail.com.au