In our daily lives
You will often see a wide variety of marbles
There are some marbles in it
After netizens saw: mediocre marble
Stratigraphic paleontologists see after : Baby! It's all baby!
Today (28th), Guizhou Guiyang Airport toilet
Marble on the sink
Rushed to the hot search
It was filled with fossils from 400 million years ago
Netizens sighed
This is the most Versailles toilet ever
△ Guiyang airport toilet sink is covered with fossils
Guiyang Airport sinks covered with fossils?
Netizen: The next punch card
April 26
Zhan Gengshen, Secretary General of The Geological Society of Jiangsu Province
In a weibo post, he said:
His friend was on a business trip to the toilet at Guiyang Airport
Fossil remains were found on the sink slabs
The fossils were identified as from 300 million years ago
Topic #Guiyang Airport Toilet Sinks are covered with fossils #
Rushed to the hot search, the number of reads reached 180 million
△ Zhan Gengshen Weibo on April 26
After that, Zhan Gengshen updated Weibo
Later, Shen Shuzhong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor of the Academy of Geosciences of Nanjing University
The appraisal correction is about 440 million years old
Five-room shellfish
It is the more common crusculture stone of brachiopods
△ Zhan Gengshen Weibo on April 27
△ Stone shell shell
Netizens are not calm after seeing it
"Feel free to go to the bathroom
It's like passing by ancient creatures from hundreds of millions of years ago."
"Is this fossil too condescending, or is the toilet too luxurious?"
"Simply unimaginable
Human civilization is only a few thousand years old, and people are 400 million years old."
Some netizens also said
"Guiyang airport men's toilet
Has the potential to become an Internet celebrity punch card"
There are also reports from enthusiastic netizens
"There are the same plates in the women's restroom
Even the floor of the toilet cubicle was made of fossil plates."
Fossils from hundreds of millions of years ago
Don't you have to take it down to protect it
So is the value of these fossils high?
Expert: Fossils are everywhere
"Very common in hotels, airports etc"
In fact, in the latest issue of the "Let's Talk" program
Professor Shen Shuzhong shared it
He was previously toileted at Guiyang Airport
Discover the story of marble covered with fossil paleontological creatures
Professor Shen Shuzhong said in an interview with the reporter of the general station
I have a professional habit
He often holds a small hammer in his hand
Knock wherever you go
When I saw the stone, I wanted to study it
Discover the marble of many hotels and airports
It often contains a wide variety of fossils
"These are precious to me
You can discover a lot of secrets about the earth's past."
However, Professor Shen said
Quantitatively
These fossils are everywhere
Not surprisingly
"These fossils are actually very common
We as insiders can recognize it at a glance
The type of fossil
Like some theaters, halls and other places
Floor tiles will also have fossils
It's a common thing, nothing strange."
△ The fossils in the hall floor tiles shared by netizens
"Doesn't this need to be taken down for protection?"
In this regard, Professor Shen said
"The fossils themselves are widely distributed
Very common
In fact, it is already an ordinary one
Building materials up "
Zhan Gengshen, secretary general of the Geological Society of Jiangsu Province, said
The age of fossil formation is very far away
But in real life it's actually very close to us
Fossil slate in the toilet of Guiyang Airport
It is produced in the Yunguichuan area
Many in the building materials industry use it as a decorative motherboard
Netizens qi sun map for identification
Expert: You need to have some expertise to distinguish
Many netizens have posted it
Plates with similar grains
Ask an expert for identification
So, how to tell if there is a fossil in the stone?
Professor Shen said
It is common for hotel bathrooms to contain fossils in stone
But for most people
Because I don't know
So it's rare to notice
Identifying fossils requires more specialized knowledge
For example, see if it has a biological structure
"If you look closely, you may still be able to see the fossils."
General building materials after polishing
All we see is a slice of a fossil
If it is a three-dimensional fossil
It's easier for everyone to tell the difference."
You are in life
Have you ever seen a stone with a similar pattern?
Leave a message to share it
▌ Source of this article: Voice of China (ID: zgzs001)
Source: Voice of China, Central Radio, Television And Television Corporation