A little feathered dinosaur that lived in Brazil during the Cretaceous period has become the focus of a campaign to return important fossils that were taken out of their country of origin
, SMNK paleontologist Eberhard Frey, a study co-author, decried the move as a “second extinction” for the species. Frey, who retired in February 2022, declined to comment for this story. Representatives of SMNK also declined to comment.
“It’s the first time they [will] repatriate a fossil from Brazil, and this case is also the first time that we managed to retract a publication based on these arguments,” says Juan Carlos Cisneros, a paleontologist at the Federal University of Piauí in Teresina, Brazil, and one of the leaders of theIn its initial statements, the government of Baden-Württemberg echoed SMNK’s claims that the fossil had been legally obtained, based on the 1995 import date.
“It is important that with the return, we send a clear signal about the correct handling of collection items, their provenance, and scientific honesty,” Bauer said.Cretaceous Research , possibly thrusting it into taxonomic limboNow that the fossil is going home, Pinheiro says, it’s possible that the original study could simply be republished.
“Maybe the name just comes back,” Pinheiro says. “This is a question that could be—should be—resolved by the journal.”Brazilian scientists are now keen to seek the return of additional fossils held in Germany and elsewhere. SMNK, for instance, houses other species-defining examples dug up in Brazil, including the first known fossils of the pterosaurs
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