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Paleontology
March 19th, 2013
Olivier Rieppel and Jim Holstein tell the tale of the giant Lizard Eating Sovereign of the Sea...named Jim!
February 12th, 2013
Learn about Dr. Sharat Roy's collection of 100's of Permian brachiopod fossils collected during WWII in the Salt Range, Pakistan.
February 11th, 2013
The species of the trilobite Paradoxides are found in Europe, Africa and North America. By studying these trilobites and using paleomagnetic evidence and other clues in the rock record, combined with the Theory of Plate Tectonics geologists have been able to work out the complex story of how these fossil trilobites were distributed to so many different areas.
February 07th, 2013
This specimen, UC 9705, was collected by F. W. Stokes in February, 1902. It is the lobster Hoploparia stokesi and it has the distinction of being the first fossil collected from Antarctica and scientifically described.
October 12th, 2012
Field Museum paleontologist Ken Angielczyk reflects on how a research project brought him back to his childhood.
July 24th, 2012
Discovery of a temnospondyl amphibian skeleton in Brazil.
July 24th, 2012
Leaving Nova Iorque to look for fossils near Teresina.