Chapter 19: Breakthrough Discovery
In Yu Xian's memory, the Odd Pterodactyl is an effective species that has been recognized by the academic community, and although there are few fossils, there is definitely more than one.
According to the information found so far, the study of the Odd Pterodactyl is like going back many years.
It doesn't make sense to say that, but it's more likely that some kind of influence dates back to prehistory, resulting in fewer numbers of odd pterosaurs and fewer fossils, which is reflected in the disappearance of modern research.
What Yu Xian can think of is the devil frog...
But the real devil frog of the marketing number was taken to the sniper monarch Tyrannosaurus rex, late Cretaceous.
Odd pterosaur 160 million years ago, Jurassic.
The difference between the two sides is 80 million years, this is no longer Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, and fantasy novels rarely have this kind of time span, and there is no reason to influence each other.
"Next, classmate Yu Xian."
Outside the classroom door, the defense secretary called.
There was no time to make more preparations for Yu Xian, or to know that the Odd Pterodactyl fossil was missing, so he directly overturned all the previous preparation ideas.
It feels like Zhang Wuji said: I forgot everything
Zhang Sanfeng allowed him to attack the enemy.
With nervous and excited emotions, Yu Xian walked to the classroom.
In front of the desk and chair where the defense secretary was sitting at the door, the mushroom-headed girl reminded in a low voice, "Senior, be careful, Professor Wen Zhiyuan of Honolulu University is the leader of the evaluation team." ”
Wen Zhiyuan, a well-known scholar in the paleontological circle, teaches at the best school in the city: Sandalwood University.
I didn't expect to be so unlucky, and the cross-review crossed him over.
It's no wonder that the faces of the students in front of them are not good, after all, they are only at the top of the third-rate colleges, and they are unable to compare the vision standards of famous schools.
Thanking him in a low voice, Yu Xian entered the classroom.
There will be only three members of the judging team for undergraduate defense, and five for graduate students.
The number of people is small, and the embarrassing thing is that the three judges have empty desks.
According to the normal process, they should have received the assessment report a week in advance, and after the initial review, they knew what to expect.
It's good now, until Yu Xian enters the assessment seat, and the teachers don't know what the results of this student will take to participate in the assessment.
If you want to pass the graduation defense or assessment, the average score given by the evaluation team must not be less than 70, and the minimum score must not be lower than 60.
Yu Xian's state is not a 0-point start in the hearts of the teachers, and it is estimated that it will start with -30 points.
"Good morning, teachers, I'm Yu Xian."
The teachers had a low impression of this student, and they were even sure that he would not be able to graduate successfully, but they still waited for Yu Xian to introduce himself very carefully.
"Yu Xian." As the leader of the evaluation team, Wen Zhiyuan opened his mouth to guide the process, "Have you prepared a written assessment report?" ”
"I'm sorry, teacher, I just came back from the fossil pit in order to get enough complete fossil results, and I didn't have time to prepare."
"Heh..."
Professor Wen did not continue to speak, and Mr. Zhang next to him shook his head.
He is a teacher at the main school of Xianghe College, and he only feels that the students are embarrassed and thrown to other schools, and there is nothing to say.
If Mr. Zhang came to be the leader of the evaluation team, he would definitely scold Yu Xian directly and let the students get out.
"Okay, let's start presenting the results of your graduation."
Wen Zhiyuan did not express his position directly through words, but his square playing face was as serious as that of the old K, and he obviously lowered his evaluation of leisure again.
"Ahem."
Clearing his throat, Yu Xian knew that the conventional mode of defense would definitely die, and he had prepared a large wave of descriptions of the evolution of dinosaurs into birds, not to mention, the professors knew it.
Directly zoom in!
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a Strange Pterodactyl fossil, and the fossil in my hand is enough to turn the model species with insufficient proof power into a valid species recognized by the academic community."
Quiet –
Generally speaking, students have about 10 minutes to introduce their papers or results, and when they come up with such a sentence, it takes less than 10 seconds, but the review team is silent for more than 10 seconds.
"What are you talking about?"
Wen Zhiyuan was surprised, and Mr. Zhang even took the case.
"Is it really child's play to take the graduation assessment? You're good to go! ”
"I, Odd Pterodactyl, work!"
Yu Xian held the fossil aloft.
"Only one fossil has been found in the paleontological research circle, with a completeness of less than 15%, and the name of the Odd Pterodactyl is not convincing enough to be widely recognized."
The plastic wrap on the front of the fossil is opened.
"And my fossil of Odd Pterodactyl is not only more complete than the former, but also larger than the former."
"What the hell." Teacher Zhang's hand slammed on the table, "If you continue to talk nonsense, it won't be delayed, it's expelled..."
"Wait." Professor Wen waved his hand, "Death row prisoners have the right to make the final defense, wait for this student to finish." ”
"Thank you, Professor Wen."
In the process of checking the information, Yu Xian learned that the only fossil of a strange pterosaur in the paleontological research circle was about the same size as a sparrow.
There are many gaps in the center of the fossil skeleton, indicating that the dinosaur could grow up again and was in its juvenile form.
The scholars who discovered him thought it was a new species and gave it a name;
Some scholars believe that this is a juvenile body of other members of the Raptorsaur family, and is not an independent individual.
Yu Xian's statement is very simple and crude, my bird is bigger and fuller!
After a remark, the teachers of the judging team only felt that their throats were dry.
They had thought of some questions in advance to test the student who had not submitted an outcome report.
For example, how do you prove that you dug up the fossils with your own hands?
Any fossil will come to the assessment, but any student with a little money can graduate successfully.
But if it is true, then the one displayed at this time is equivalent to the world's second Odd Pterodactyl fossil, and the fossil integrity and ontogeny are far better than the previous model species, and there is no place to buy it.
"Yu Xian, can you bring me the fossil to see?"
"No problem."
After handing over the fossils, Wen Zhiyuan put on gloves to carefully identify them, and two other teachers also surrounded him.
The joint research and discussion lasted for half an hour, and the secretary outside came in twice to inquire about the situation, and then retracted it to let the candidates in the back of the queue wait for more.
At the level of Wen Zhiyuan, direct observation has preliminarily ruled out the possibility of making trouble.
The student in front of him really dug up a more complete fossil of the Odd Pterodactyl, which really has the potential to make this dinosaur a valid species widely recognized in academic circles.
The discussion reached such a point that the three teachers originally wanted to make it difficult to be idle were completely cleared, but Teacher Zhang's face was red and purple, and it was still not good-looking.
"Yu Xian, where did you dig up this fossil?"
"Lotus Pond Mountains."
While the teachers discussed, Yu Xian had a lot of time to perfect the story of the magic change, and said that he knew in advance that there was a new fossil pit in Yulian Peak, but unfortunately he had no chance to enter the exploration team.
I happened to hear that some villagers in the outer villages of the Lianchi Mountains had stumbled upon the keel, and hurriedly went to look for it, but found that it had long been gone, so they entered the mountain forest to try their luck.
Then, after an arduous search, Yu Xian found the fossil in the sand at the foot of the mountain.
"It was about to rain heavily, and if we didn't dig it up, the fossils might have been buried by the mud and rocks, or they could have been washed away and never found again."
So, Yu Xian risked his life to stay in the Lianchi Mountain Range and salvaged the fossils, only because he was trapped by the torrential rain and could not come back to submit a report.
The weather in the Lianchi Mountains a few days ago can be checked, and as for what Yu Xian did in it, there is no proof of death.
Wen Zhiyuan: Where did they think that Yu Xian followed the pangolin team into the mountain...
"You... The results of the graduation are amazing, and the enthusiasm for fossil research and conservation is admirable. ”
Wen Zhiyuan's serious expression softened, "This fossil still has to go through various detection methods such as isotope identification before it is possible to make the Odd Pterodactyl an effective species." ”
"That's, that's." Yu Xian nodded again and again, "I'm confident!" ”