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- The Fossil Forum - Fossils, Paleontology Science
The worldwide community of fossil collectors, enthusiasts and paleontologists sharing their knowledge about fossils Meet new friends with old interests
- Secrets of an ancient horse of the Yukon | Geophysical Institute
The scientists there at Thistle Creek were excited because they knew the fossil bones they had gathered that day — a few from horses and some from mammoth and mastodon — were quite old The researchers had to wait a long time before the picture of the horse became unusually clear
- bola stones - Member Collections - The Fossil Forum
The bola was a hunting weapon which consisted of two or more weights connected by one or more cords This device was thrown to entangle a target In Florida, the bola is generally credited as belonging to the Late Paleo toolkit The examples I have from North Florida rivers are the classic egg-sh
- Soil Bacteria Gobble Spilled Diesel Fuel - Geophysical Institute
The fuel-eating bacteria, known as Pseudomonas, have evolved a taste for hydrocarbons, the major component of fossil fuels The molecular structure of a hydrocarbon can be visualized as a backbone-like string of carbon atoms bonded to a rib cage of hydrogen atoms
- Sharktooth Hill - The Fossil Forum
This is a category showcasing member collectionsSharktooth Hill is located in the arid, rolling foothills near Bakersfield, California It's one of the most productive Miocene bone layers in the world Fossils of various Sharks Cosompolitodus Hastalis Planus, Carcharocles megalodon,Galeocerdo Aduncus,Squalus Occidentalis to name a few rays,fish and various mammals are some of the items
- Bygone Bears of Prince of Wales Island | Geophysical Institute
During the 1992 field season, the team conducted full-scale excavations of the El Capitan bear den, opening the old entrance and recovering the fossil remains Radiocarbon dating supported the scientists' belief that the bones were old, from animals living about 9700 to more than 12,000 years before the present
- Fossil of the Month
Each month, members' best finds compete against each other here in TFF's official Vertebrate and Invertebrate Plant Find of the Month contests
- The lost world of northern dinosaurs | Geophysical Institute
Ninety million to 100 million years since it last pulled in carbon dioxide, a ginkgo leaf fossil remains on a rock of the upper Colville River Photo by Patrick Druckenmiller, UA Museum of the North A dinosaur, possibly an ankylosaur, left this footprint with skin impression on the upper Colville River from 90 million to 100 million years ago
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