Canada has its problems, but the fact they have fossil protection laws is one of their few wins. Also, I just noticed you don't have a dinosaur profile on a Ceratopsian yet. I would personally love to see one with all the interesting Ceratopsid finds like the Hilda bonebeds & the domination of Triceratops in The Hell's Creek ecologically.
What sucks the most about the people hiding bones behind private collections without so much as even letting scientists examine them is, here in the U.S. anyways, a lot of them donate massive amounts of money to museums and the scientists research who could study the bones.
Honestly, a lot of the problems come from the paleontologists themselves, they refuse to study specimens in private collections. It’s not like private collectors are hiding them, it’s more that SVP discourages scientists to study fossils that are not in an accredited museum.
It’s not the private collectors who denies access to these specimens, it’s the scientists themselves who refuse to study them. Some scientists believe that you should only study skeletons in accredited research institutions, one of the reasons Black Hills Institute specimens are excluded from some research papers.
Given the long standing tradition of capitalism in the U.S.I don't see private collections going away any time soon, which makes SVP's head-in-the-sand stance less than helpful. While access to private specimens can be an issue, refusing to work out a framework for accessing private collections is not helpful either. Nor does a specimen being in a public repository guarantee researchers access(see Dakotaraptor). The other side of the coin is say we got fossil protection laws like Alberta, what would happen to all the specimens that are now being commercially collected? Absent a major influx of funding to museums and universities, they'd likely be left to erode into dust. Looking forward to the full video
Excellent! You just earned a new subscriber! Could you do one of these on Fafner; the triceratops in the Science Museum of Minnesota? I know he was made from parts of multiple individuals but I know only the bare bones 🦥of how the parts were found and assembled.
I am afraid that you know more than me. I do know that it is made of two individuals, and was named by one of Wagner’s descendants. Not really enough for a video. This is part of a longer video that I am working on about Triceratops, so next time you look at Fafnir, you may notice a few things.
This has been a long-standing problem with palaeontology in the US. Check out the story of the T. rex Sue and the Dueling Dinosaurs for more evidence of this.
Not always. The vast majority of all animals in the wild die in infancy. There is then another mortality spike around adolescence. While large animals are more likely to be fossilised and be found, older individuals become increasingly susceptible to disease and predation. Old individuals are generally rare in the wild. Many palaeontologists say that we do not see the largest examples of a species due to probability and the incomplete nature of the fossil record.
Canada has its problems, but the fact they have fossil protection laws is one of their few wins. Also, I just noticed you don't have a dinosaur profile on a Ceratopsian yet. I would personally love to see one with all the interesting Ceratopsid finds like the Hilda bonebeds & the domination of Triceratops in The Hell's Creek ecologically.
Working on a profile on Triceratops right now. This is a taster.
@@palaeo_channel Nice, can't wait.
Good to know the fortunate fate of Big John!
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Always nice to learn more about fossils and dinosaurs.
Triceratops are the best dinosaur fight me.
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What sucks the most about the people hiding bones behind private collections without so much as even letting scientists examine them is, here in the U.S. anyways, a lot of them donate massive amounts of money to museums and the scientists research who could study the bones.
Honestly, a lot of the problems come from the paleontologists themselves, they refuse to study specimens in private collections. It’s not like private collectors are hiding them, it’s more that SVP discourages scientists to study fossils that are not in an accredited museum.
It’s not the private collectors who denies access to these specimens, it’s the scientists themselves who refuse to study them. Some scientists believe that you should only study skeletons in accredited research institutions, one of the reasons Black Hills Institute specimens are excluded from some research papers.
Given the long standing tradition of capitalism in the U.S.I don't see private collections going away any time soon, which makes SVP's head-in-the-sand stance less than helpful. While access to private specimens can be an issue, refusing to work out a framework for accessing private collections is not helpful either. Nor does a specimen being in a public repository guarantee researchers access(see Dakotaraptor). The other side of the coin is say we got fossil protection laws like Alberta, what would happen to all the specimens that are now being commercially collected? Absent a major influx of funding to museums and universities, they'd likely be left to erode into dust.
Looking forward to the full video
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Excellent! You just earned a new subscriber!
Could you do one of these on Fafner; the triceratops in the Science Museum of Minnesota? I know he was made from parts of multiple individuals but I know only the bare bones 🦥of how the parts were found and assembled.
I am afraid that you know more than me. I do know that it is made of two individuals, and was named by one of Wagner’s descendants. Not really enough for a video.
This is part of a longer video that I am working on about Triceratops, so next time you look at Fafnir, you may notice a few things.
@@palaeo_channel When Fafnir was first unveiled Wagner's niece put a golden ring over the nasal horn saying that finally Fafnir had a crown.
Check out the paleontology publications on the museum's website, there is a 40 page monograph from 2017 as well as a shorter paper from the 1960s
This is crazy. I think in the US you have to show it to scientists and the state may have ownership somehow.
This has been a long-standing problem with palaeontology in the US. Check out the story of the T. rex Sue and the Dueling Dinosaurs for more evidence of this.
Bear in mind most fossils are of animals in they're later stages of life.
Not always. The vast majority of all animals in the wild die in infancy. There is then another mortality spike around adolescence. While large animals are more likely to be fossilised and be found, older individuals become increasingly susceptible to disease and predation. Old individuals are generally rare in the wild.
Many palaeontologists say that we do not see the largest examples of a species due to probability and the incomplete nature of the fossil record.