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Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding “Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data”: Myanmar amber
Jacek SzwedoEugenio RagazziJouko RikkinenJouko RikkinenJulia BechtelerAnna PintJoachim T. HaugHarald SchneiderHans KerpCarolin HaugAlexander NützelXavier DelclòsJason A. DunlopPhyo Kay KhineAlexander R. SchmidtBo WangLars HedenäsAntonio ArilloChristian KlugLida XingEd JarzembowskiElena A. Jagt-yazykovaAlexander GehlerChristian NeumannJürgen KriwetAndrew J. RossLeyla J. SeyfullahKathrin FeldbergChristian FothDany AzarDanilo HarmsBarry W.m. Van BakelPaul A. SeldenAlexander G. KirejtshukMike ReichUlrich KotthoffRolf G. BeutelFrancisco J. VegaVincent PerrichotRené H.b. FraaijeAndré NelEva-maria SadowskiD. S. KopylovD. S. KopylovVladimir BlagoderovJeffrey D. StilwellLedis RegaladoEnrique PeñalverRyan C. MckellarGünter SchweigertRodney M. FeldmannMatúš HyžnýFrederick R. SchramViktor BaranovMónica M. Solórzano-kraemerYongdong WangJohn W. M. Jagtsubject
010506 paleontologyCretaciHistoryamberGeological heritageMyanmarminingPatrimoni geològic01 natural sciencesPaleontología03 medical and health sciencesAmbreCitizen scienceVertebrate paleontology10. No inequalityVice presidentComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS030304 developmental biology0105 earth and related environmental sciences0303 health sciencesCretaceous PeriodPaleontologyAmberEvoluciónLaw[SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/PaleontologyAmateuramber Myanmar miningdescription
Motivation for this comment Recently, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) has sent around a letter, dated 21st April, 2020 to more than 300 palaeontological journals, signed by the President, Vice President and a former President of the society (Rayfield et al. 2020). The signatories of this letter request significant changes to the common practices in palaeontology. With our present, multi-authored comment, we aim to argue why these suggestions will not lead to improvement of both practice and ethics of palaeontological research but, conversely, hamper its further development. Although we disagree with most contents of the SVP letter, we appreciate this initiative to discuss scientific practices and the underlying ethics. Here, we consider different aspects of the suggestions by Rayfield et al. (2020) in which we see weaknesses and dangers. It is our intent to compile views from many different fields of palaeontology, as our discipline is (and should remain) pluralistic. This contribution deals with the aspects concerning Myanmar amber. Reference is made to Haug et al. (2020a) for another comment on aspects concerning amateur palaeontologists/ citizen scientists/private collectors.
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| 2020-08-01 |