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| Finding Crinoids |
The Scyphocrinites Crinoids site, few miles from Erfoud (Morrocco), a strange feeling overwhelm you when you imagine ... |
| Fossil Collecting, NY and PA sites |
Whether interested in an adventure, or pondering the origin of nature, Paleontology can be fascinating and educational hobby. One of the most exciting activities in this field is attending a fossil dig. |
| Bacteria: Fossil Record |
It may seem surprising that bacteria can leave fossils at all. However, one particular group of bacteria, the cyanobacteria or \"blue-green algae,\" have left a fossil record... |
| Photographing Fossils |
Type of Camera - Most cameras are capable of taking photos of fossils without too many problems, for best results choose a digital camera with a high resolution and 'Macro' facility. |
| Trilobites |
Trilobites (from Latin tri = three and lobus = lobe), are invertebrate animals of the crustácea class, whose essential characteristic, is a body... |
| Morphology of the tracks |
The fossil tracks are the marks left by diverse animals in the mud and that the environmental conditions have allowed their preservation.. |
| The Vanished World |
In North Otago in the Waitaki Valley, the âVanished Worldâ Heritage Trail is opening soon. This is based on the areas natural history, both geological and fossil. |
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