In the past two days, #Guiyang Airport toilet wash stand full of fossils has become a hot search on Weibo, triggering heated discussions. So, is it true that the pattern on the washstand is a fossil owl shell that is 300 million years old? If it is a fossil, how valuable is it? On the evening of April 28, the reporter interviewed the parties and experts on the hot search topic and responded to the concerns of netizens.
It is understood that in the latest issue of the "Let's Talk" program, Shen Shuzhong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an expert in stratigraphic paleontology, said that there are brachiopod fossils belonging to hundreds of millions of years ago in the toilet wash station of Guiyang Airport, which amazed the audience.
Professor Chen Shangbin of the Geology Department of China University of Mining and Technology told reporters that because he had just watched Academician Shen's program, he happened to be on a business trip in Guiyang on April 25, and when he left, he went to the airport toilet to look for fossils, and took photos and sent them to the circle of friends.
Chen Shangbin: "It just so happens that I am in Guiyang, so I will punch in and share it." Later, Zhan Gengshen, secretary general of the Geological Society of Jiangsu Province, saw the photos posted by my circle of friends and wrote a microblog, and more people knew about it. ”
It is understood that Zhan Gengshen's Weibo is called "Rainmonkey's World", and on April 26, he said on Weibo that Dr. Qian Maiping, a stratigraphic paleontologist, identified it as a 300 million-year-old owl-headed owl fossil: owl-headed owl.
Subsequently, this Microblog was retweeted by the media to report that "Guiyang toilet sink is covered with fossils" rushed to the hot search for a time, and netizens expressed curiosity. A media interviewed Guiyang Longdongbao Airport by phone, and the airport confirmed that the toilet wash stand was fossilized and purchased.
On the evening of April 28, Zhan Gengshen told the reporter that out of his attitude toward academic rigor, Qian Maiping and Academician Shen Shuzhong conducted an appraisal exchange, and finally determined that the fossil of the bathroom at Guiyang Airport was a stone shell shell of the genus Officiae, which is about 439 million years ago.
Zhan Gengshen said that Guizhou is a treasure trove of fossils. He said: "Owl shellfish and shell shell shells, both of which are more common, but in terms of value, the market value of owl shellfish is more expensive. The number of plates such as shell shell shells is very large in Yunnan, Guizhou, so many hotel malls can see their figures. ”
In the interview, Chen Shangbin also expressed the same view, the value of fossils is related to the degree of scarcity to a certain extent, as well as the degree of academic cognition and utilization. Chen Shangbin: "We usually know that coal also has a lot of plant fossils, but the public does not pay much attention. ”
In addition, Zhan Gengshen and Chen Shangbin both said that this matter has aroused heated discussion, which to a certain extent reflects the limited public's understanding of fossils, and the future science publicity needs to be closer to the public, and popular and effective communication has a long way to go.
Source: Guizhou Radio and Television Station
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