https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/ PalmsNorth.com - Cold Hardy Palm Forum Discussion Board en-US Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:24:43 +0000 wpForo 60 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/scientists-want-to-bring-some-animals-back-from-extinction/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:11:02 +0000 Did you know there really was an "elephant bird"?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/scientists-want-to-bring-some-animals-back-from-extinction-211102151.html
The list of candidates:

http://longnow.org/revive/candidates/

And deeper in the article list by their source was the possibility of resurrecting the Easter Island Palm, which:
" was known formerly as Jubaea disperta, and was the native cocoid palm species of Easter Island. It disappeared from the pollen record circa 1650 CE.... Partly to avoid giving credence to the common but speculative assumption that the palms were Jubaea chilensis and used as rollers to move the moai statues of Easter Island, John Dransfield assigned the species to a new genus."
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschalococos]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils seedscanada https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/scientists-want-to-bring-some-animals-back-from-extinction/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/worm-like-fossil-human-cousin/ Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:26:52 +0000
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/03/05/science-.html?cmp=rss]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/worm-like-fossil-human-cousin/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/30-000-year-old-silene-stenophylla-tissue-cultured/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:46 +0000 http://news.discovery.com/earth/pleistocene-plant-blooms-again-120221.html

THey got viable tissue from a fruit that was buried in the ground, then frosted over.]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils canadianplant https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/30-000-year-old-silene-stenophylla-tissue-cultured/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/500-million-year-old-tulips/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:25:21 +0000
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/19/sci-tulip-beds-creature.html?cmp=rss]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/500-million-year-old-tulips/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/arkansas-temp-120-mya-compares-to-todays-persian-gulf/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:55:39 +0000
http://newswire.uark.edu/article.aspx?id=16922

Barb]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/arkansas-temp-120-mya-compares-to-todays-persian-gulf/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/feathers-trapped-in-amber/ Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:08:12 +0000
http://www.news.ualberta.ca/article.aspx?id=7F2465DE563B40C9882377C4C08E0F52

Unlikely, but wouldn't it be something to find a portion of a palm frond in amber?

Barb]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/feathers-trapped-in-amber/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/96-mya-crocodiles-home-was-texas/ Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:52:13 +0000
http://blog.smu.edu/research/2011/07/new_texas_native_96millionyear.html

Barb]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/96-mya-crocodiles-home-was-texas/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/dinosaur-auction-in-dallas/ Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:17:23 +0000 I agree with the authors, and hope that these end up in museum--rather than private--collections.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/10/how-about-some-fighting-dinosaurs-for-2-8-million/?&hpt=hp_c2

Barb]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/dinosaur-auction-in-dallas/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/palm-frond-fossils-from-colorado/ Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:31:21 +0000
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2011/05/fossilized-palm.html

Barb]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/palm-frond-fossils-from-colorado/ https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/15-cm-legs-on-fossil-spider/ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:28:06 +0000
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13134505

That's why I prune off old fronds on yuccas.
Found a black widow in a yucca last year! :evil:

Barb]]> Palms (and Other) Fossils lucky1 https://palmsnorth.com/forum/palms-and-other-fossils/15-cm-legs-on-fossil-spider/