Qiliania graffini spotted in real life!

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Posted by: Marty | 02/08/2020 at 12:47 | 4289 views

In 2011 we've reported about a fossil having been named after Greg Graffin: the "Qiliania graffini". Since then it's been very quiet and we pretty much forgot about this. Until today that is.

Only by pure happenstance we came across the fossil in the city of Maastricht in The Netherlands. Apparently, it is part of the "Rock Fossils on Tour" travelling exhibition about fossils named after rock stars, which from February 8th until September 1st can be found at the Natural History Museum in Maastricht.

The exhibition tour started in 2013, but only in 2016/2017 the Qiliania graffini was added to the collection.

As part of the tour, the various rock stars each have their own stand with some information and the option to plug in a headphone (provided at the entrance) and listen to a song. For Bad Religion it was Stranger Than Fiction.


^{Paleontological reconstruction of the Qiliania graffini}	^{Qiliania graffini}	^{Bad Religion's stand}	^{Bad Religion's stand headphone socket}

This video was published by Rock Fossils on Tour almost two years ago:

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Tags: fossil, Qiliania graffini, Rock Fossils on Tour

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06/17/2020 at 03:57

This makes me happy :)

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02/11/2020 at 12:45

Thank you for taking those photos

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02/10/2020 at 03:58

The full text publication on Q. graffini in Zool. J. Linn. Soc can be found online: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/162/1/201/2629167

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02/08/2020 at 19:16

Lol

coop wrote:

Old news. You know.. fossils and all.

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02/08/2020 at 18:47

Yeah i heard that one. Right - wings are fossils. C'mon - it's XXI century man !
it was alweys bugging me - "i just hate the new bad religion songs
cuz i'm a right -wing and it hurts my right - wing point of view !".

Yeah, i'm happy for The Guys ! In this fu...ing times 2015+ when everything is
so fu...cking lunatic - right wing fossil it's a really great normal news !

I just wish that it was some really big dinosaur like Stegosaurus or Argentinosaurus
( my favorits ). The new species of a big dinosaur - i would call it "Brettinigus Badreliginious" !
The Guys really really deserves it ! ! !

P.S. ( For the) Guys , Miller deserves 2 albums ! ! ! ( Yes, i like Jamie Miller! )
He just can't be the 1 of all the " one album guys" !

Burp! Where was i... drunk ... burp ... nevermind the bollocks... burp ...

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02/08/2020 at 16:08

Old news. You know.. fossils and all.