August 24, 2008
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This prof dude (Dr Richard Harrington) bought an insect fossil on eBay for a mere 20 Euros and it turned out to be from a new species. He wanted to name it after eBay, but was scared of being frowned upon by his collegues and named it “Mindarus harringtoni” after Dr. Harrington.
Cool, no?
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August 25th, 2008 at 8:13 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219652004 )
ebola virus and ebay.. ebay was started by pierre omidyar as a site on the ebola virus or some such.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:48 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219654104 )
1.Mindarus harringtoni fossil? or its imitation..
The 45-million-year-old aphid fossil was bought for a paltry 20 pounds by Dr.Richard Harrington on eBay.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:48 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219657727 )
Dr Richard Harrington, bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20. It belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid.
The bug has been named Mindarus harringtoni after the scientist.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:07 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219658857 )
Mindarus harringtoni dicovered acciedntly when Dr.harrington bought thison eBay from a Lithuanian dude
August 25th, 2008 at 10:45 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219661117 )
A scientist bought a fossilised insect on eBay for £20. He discovered that it belonged to a previously unknown species of aphid.
I had read this news a few days ago on BBC :-)
August 25th, 2008 at 10:02 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1219701730 )
Was this the first item sold on eBay?
August 25th, 2008 at 10:07 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1219702026 )
The bug has been named Mindarus harringtoni after Dr. Harrington, who first considered naming it Mindarus ebayi after the site he won it on
August 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1219702495 )
Mindarus harringtoni. Some guy discovered an unknown insect on ebay.
August 25th, 2008 at 10:29 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1219703361 )
Mindarus harringtoni, not named Mindarus ebayi
August 26th, 2008 at 12:14 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219709682 )
Mindarus harringtoni – a new bug in the pipeline
August 26th, 2008 at 1:21 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219713665 )
Here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci.....572052.stm
:-D
August 26th, 2008 at 1:54 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219715674 )
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A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid.
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August 26th, 2008 at 4:41 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219725710 )
A scientist saw a curious item on eBay and decided to purchase it for £20.It ended up being an extinct insect encased in amber, to quote a blog.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:42 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219725731 )
Fossilized insect in amber sold on ebay turned out to be a previously unknown species.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:43 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219725781 )
It’s an Aphid
August 26th, 2008 at 7:52 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219737152 )
Mindarus harringtoni, new insect species discovered by Dr Richard Harrington who bought it in fossilised form from e-bay.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:04 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219741453 )
Dr Richard Harrington discovered a previously unknown insect – after buying it on eBay. on august 20th..
they should name it “Ebayatourous Foundicous” …
August 26th, 2008 at 9:07 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219741676 )
Connect – Omidyar ?
August 26th, 2008 at 11:14 am, GMT +0000 ( 1219749247 )
fossilized insect auctioned on ebay which was found to be a new species.
it was named Mindarus harringtoni