http://www.factsaboutfossils.com The Ultimate Fossil Resource Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:22:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/12/11/425-million-year-old-shrimp-like-fossils-discovered/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/12/11/425-million-year-old-shrimp-like-fossils-discovered/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:01:45 +0000 LJ344 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/?p=1335 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/12/11/425-million-year-old-shrimp-like-fossils-discovered/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/30/unexpected-treasures-on-nebraskas-high-plains-agate-fossil-beds-national-monument/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/30/unexpected-treasures-on-nebraskas-high-plains-agate-fossil-beds-national-monument/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:09:03 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/target/unexpected-treasures-on-nebraskas-high-plains-agate-fossil-beds-national-monument/ Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in Nebraska features much, much more than fossils. Bob Pahre photo. In the ranching country of western Nebraska lies a small national park unit with a big name, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument . It emphasizes two treasures, but it also holds some unexpected riches on this prairie landscape. “Agate” is named after James Cook’s Agate Springs Ranch, a privately-owned working ranch that still lies just outside the park. Cook was an adventurer of the Old West who eventually settled down in this country when it was still Indian land. A man of diverse [...]
Click here to view full article]]> http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/30/unexpected-treasures-on-nebraskas-high-plains-agate-fossil-beds-national-monument/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/28/tiny-fossils-hint-at-effects-of-ocean-acidification/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/28/tiny-fossils-hint-at-effects-of-ocean-acidification/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:57:44 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/target/tiny-fossils-hint-at-effects-of-ocean-acidification/ Image Slideshow Scanning electron microscope image of rock surfaces collected from the Bass River core in New Jersey. Paul Bown Close-up of intact micron-sized calcite plates that surround coccolithophores embedded in clay. Paul Bown Coccolithus pelagicus, one of the dominant species found during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, the best [...]
Click here to view original web page at www.nature.com]]> http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/28/tiny-fossils-hint-at-effects-of-ocean-acidification/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/27/artificial-intelligence-used-to-home-in-on-new-fossil-sites-scientific-american/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/27/artificial-intelligence-used-to-home-in-on-new-fossil-sites-scientific-american/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:55:14 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/target/artificial-intelligence-used-to-home-in-on-new-fossil-sites-scientific-american/ In the desert, researchers demonstrate that an artificial neural network can pinpoint new fossil-rich sites, paving the way for more efficient digs By Charles Q. Choi FREIGHTER GAP, Wyo.—On blisteringly hot desert sands, researchers crawled on their hands and knees avoiding fist-size cacti littering the ground. Their goal: collecting bones [...]
Click here to view original web page at www.scientificamerican.com]]> http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/27/artificial-intelligence-used-to-home-in-on-new-fossil-sites-scientific-american/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/26/ct-scan-and-3-d-print-help-scientists-reconstruct-an-ancient-mollusk-w-video/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/26/ct-scan-and-3-d-print-help-scientists-reconstruct-an-ancient-mollusk-w-video/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:22:43 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/target/ct-scan-and-3-d-print-help-scientists-reconstruct-an-ancient-mollusk-w-video/ Reconstruction of a 390 million year-old multiplacaphoran. Credit: Jakob Vinter/University of Texas at Austin. (Phys.org)—Using a combination of traditional and innovative model-building techniques, scientists in the U.S. and a specialist in Denmark have created a lifelike reconstruction of an ancient mollusk, offering a vivid portrait of a creature that [...]
Click here to view original web page at phys.org]]> http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/26/ct-scan-and-3-d-print-help-scientists-reconstruct-an-ancient-mollusk-w-video/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/26/search-for-diamonds-turns-up-rare-tree-fossil-in-canadas-far-north/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/26/search-for-diamonds-turns-up-rare-tree-fossil-in-canadas-far-north/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:22:06 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/target/search-for-diamonds-turns-up-rare-tree-fossil-in-canadas-far-north/ The image at right shows the well-preserved specimen described in the study. The wood was split when removed from the ore, revealing a sliver of opaque amber. At left is a picture of another specimen for comparison. (PLoS ONE)   A search for diamonds in Canada's far north turned [...]
Click here to view original web page at www.mnn.com]]> http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/09/26/search-for-diamonds-turns-up-rare-tree-fossil-in-canadas-far-north/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/08/01/strudiella-devonica-could-significantly-narrow-that-gap-in-the-fossil-record/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/08/01/strudiella-devonica-could-significantly-narrow-that-gap-in-the-fossil-record/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:20:04 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/?p=1023 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/08/01/strudiella-devonica-could-significantly-narrow-that-gap-in-the-fossil-record/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/07/16/egg-fossil-discovered-that-links-dinosaurs-to-modern-birds/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/07/16/egg-fossil-discovered-that-links-dinosaurs-to-modern-birds/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:46:52 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/?p=1019 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/07/16/egg-fossil-discovered-that-links-dinosaurs-to-modern-birds/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/06/04/discovery-of-underground-fossil-forest-offers-answers-to-climate-change/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/06/04/discovery-of-underground-fossil-forest-offers-answers-to-climate-change/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:11:53 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/?p=1010 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/06/04/discovery-of-underground-fossil-forest-offers-answers-to-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/05/22/disputed-tarbosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-auctioned-for-1m-in-nyc/ http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/05/22/disputed-tarbosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-auctioned-for-1m-in-nyc/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:30:32 +0000 Fossils http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/?p=984 http://www.factsaboutfossils.com/2012/05/22/disputed-tarbosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-auctioned-for-1m-in-nyc/feed/ 0