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Collecting fossils in Florida
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Collecting fossils in Florida

05/04/2016

Niels Laurids Viby (Denmark) I didn’t go to Florida especially to look for fossils, but I am always looking for opportunities when I am abroad. Being an architect, I actually went there to study houses, in particular, the Art Deco district at Ocean Drive in Miami. However, it seems that … Read More

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Coping with coprolites
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Coping with coprolites

26/12/2015

Carl Mehling (USA) Generally, we have no use for it, or at least we convince ourselves we don’t, conveniently ignoring the fact that faeces of one kind or another (even our own) have fertilised our food for millennia. Organic waste products are an integral part of the living system and … Read More

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Book review: Fossil ecosystems of North America, by John R Nudds and Paul A Selden
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Book review: Fossil ecosystems of North America, by John R Nudds and Paul A Selden

08/08/2007

Any serious collector of fossils will certainly have heard of the famous Green River, Morrison and Hell Creek formations. These, however, are not commonly detailed in guides that can easily be obtained in the UK.

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