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Ida (pronounced EE-duh) is the most perfectly preserved primate fossil in the world. Paleontologists, scientists who study fossils, estimate that Ida died 47 million years ago. Ninety-five percent complete, she is the most complete primate fossil ever found.
The only known fossil, called Ida, was discovered in 1983 at the Messel pit, a disused quarry near the village of Messel, about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Frankfurt, Germany. The fossil, divided into a slab and partial counterslab after the amateur excavation and sold separately, was not reassembled until 2007.
The fossilized remains of Ida were unearthed by one or more unknown collectors around 1983 at Grube Messel, a UNESCO World Heritage site near Darmstadt, Ger. The specimen was discovered by splitting the fossiliferous Messel oil shale in which Ida was originally entombed into two pieces, each of which contained part of the nearly complete skeleton.
- Christopher Beard
Ida (pronounced EE-duh) is the most perfectly preserved primate fossil in the world. Paleontologists, scientists who study fossils, estimate that Ida died 47 million years ago. Ninety-five percent complete, she is the most complete primate fossil ever found.
Das Fossil des Holotyps wurde nach der Tochter des Wissenschaftlers Jørn H. Hurum „Ida“ genannt. Da bei dem Tier im Gegensatz zu nahe verwandten Funden kein Penisknochen (Baculum) gefunden wurde, schlossen die Forscher, es müsse sich um ein Weibchen gehandelt haben.
The Ida fossil is the the most iconic and valuable object exhibited at the Natural History Museum of Oslo. She was first presented to the world in 2009.
19. Mai 2009 · The 47m-year-old primate – named Ida – has been hailed as the fossil equivalent of a "Rosetta Stone" for understanding the critical early stages of primate evolution.
