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Chemical preparation is an important technique in palaeontology that uses a dilute aqueous acid solution to remove calcareous matrix from fossils, but which leads to the evolution of salts as a by-product. Acid preparation is usually... more
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      Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Early Cretaceous, Marine Reptile Paleontology, Marine Reptiles
The ability to conduct research on fossil vertebrates is typically
predicated on exposure of morphology. This exposure often takes place in
preparation laboratories, and is conducted by laboratory staff that
usually do not have as... more
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      Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Vertebrate Paleontology
Increased levels of specialization in the field of paleontology along with new methods of collecting and analyzing data from fossil specimens require a large body of knowledge and breadth of skill from fossil preparators. In order to... more
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      Standards, Training, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Vertebrate Paleontology
Experience during the 1970s in pediatric psychology demonstrated that training, evaluation, certification and periodic re-certification are absolutely essential in providing quality treatment and service delivery to children with severe... more
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      Training, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Vertebrate Paleontology, Certification
Natural history museums maintain collections as archives of the natural world. These collections serve as the foundation for much of scientific research into the history of life, Earth, and the universe. They allow us to develop and test... more
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      Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Vertebrate Paleontology
Natural history museum collections serve as storehouses for the raw data that underpins much of the natural sciences. Hypotheses are generated and tested based on observations of evidence preserved in the form of museum specimens;... more
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      Philosophy of Science, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Vertebrate Paleontology
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      Science Education, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Newspaper History, Newspapers and online journalism
Extinct Monsters to Deep Time is an ethnography that documents the growing friction between the research and outreach functions of the museum in the 21st century. Marsh describes participant observation and historical research at the... more
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      Cultural History, Museum Studies, Ethnography, History of Science
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      Comparative Anatomy, Evolutionary Biology, Marine Biology, Paleobiology
Selección oficial de la Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico di Rovereto (Italia, 2018): Deep Time Crabs - I granchi fossili del vicentino Dirección: Marcello Peres - Nicola Tagliabue Producción: Heracles Archaeology En... more
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      Paleontology, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Fossils, Paleontologia
Regia e testi del documentario "Deep Time Crabs - I granchi fossili del vicentino". Sinossi: Ideato e promosso dagli "Amici del Museo Zannato" di Montecchio Maggiore, il film documenta le attività di ricerca pulizia e studio che il... more
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      Paleobiology, Archaeology, Paleontology, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation
Since the discovery of exceptionally preserved theropod dinosaurs with soft tissues in China in the 1990s, there has been much debate about the nature of filamen-tous structures observed in some specimens. Sinosauropteryx was the first... more
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      Evolutionary Biology, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Taphonomy, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation
Neutrons are negative particles (not neutral) and glue magnetically to Protons keeping electrons at bay. Light is electrons with no nuclear bits and as it transits vacuums it is dark energy and dark matter.
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      Physics, Quantum Physics, Chemistry, Science Education
Abstract Will the number you put on your specimen, its tag, box or other housing, be legible in one hundred years? Is it rub-proof, water-proof, fade-proof? Will a future worker be able to remove it if necessary? This poster will present... more
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      Vertebrate Fossil Conservation, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Adhesives For Paleontological Conservation, Fossil Preparation
III Simposio de Paleontología en el Sureste de México. Puebla, Puebla, México
29-31 de Agosto. Escuela de Biología. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
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      Ichthyology, Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Vertebrate Ichnology
Abstract Will the number you put on your specimen, its tag, box or other housing, be legible in one hundred years? Is it rub-proof, water-proof, fade-proof? Will a future worker be able to remove it if necessary? This poster will present... more
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      Vertebrate Fossil Conservation, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Adhesives For Paleontological Conservation, Fossil Preparation
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      Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, 3-D scanning, Thin Layer
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      Museum Studies, Museums and Exhibition Design, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Preparation Methods
Will the number you put on your specimen, its tag, box or other housing, be legible in one hundred years? Is it rub-proof, water-proof, fade-proof? Will a future worker be able to remove it if necessary? This poster will present a plan... more
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      Vertebrate Fossil Conservation, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation, Adhesives For Paleontological Conservation, Fossil Preparation
The 'Collard Plesiosaur', found in 2003 in Bridgwater Bay on the Somerset coast is the only complete and fully articulated plesiosaur skeleton to have been found in Britain for over 100 years. The 1.5 metre long specimen was... more
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      Vertebrate Fossil Conservation, Vertebrate Fossil Preparation