paleontology
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He has visited the fossil site and participated in several Arctic paleontology expeditions.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
Since then, the site has produced fossils of turtles, lizards, and mammals, along with many snake remains, including some that have played an important role in paleontology.
From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025
“It’s frustrating when you work in paleontology and you feel like it’s not effective science communication, and I wish I’d done a bit better.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025
This summer, Austin Hendy, an assistant curator at the Natural History Museum who specializes in invertebrate paleontology, spent hours sifting and sorting through thousands of fossilized shells found in the shell bed.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
Dad makes me clean up the fertilizer in the paleontology office.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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