specimen
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The new species, Tamirkhan balcarceli, was discovered in the eastern Gobi Desert and is the most complete zhelestid specimen found so far.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
"This discovery illustrates why fieldwork remains indispensable to understanding life's history," said the study's lead author Andres Giallombardo, who found the specimen as a graduate student on a Museum-sponsored expedition in 2004.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Any analysis that requires drilling or removing part of a specimen permanently alters an object that cannot be replaced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The specimen is also among the most complete diplodocid skeletons ever uncovered in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Strong family resemblance,” he muses, as if I were a specimen in a science lab.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
Researchers combined DNA analysis with museum specimens, field surveys, citizen science observations, and studies of insects raised in captivity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
By comparing the new snout with museum specimens from Britain and Europe, it provided clear evidence that fossils originally thought to be Severnichthys were actually a combination of two separate species.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Museum paleontologists excavated some 70% of Thomas’s fossilized skeleton in the early 2000s, making it one of the most complete T. rex specimens ever found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
More than 8,000 fossil specimens have been recovered there so far.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Sure,” I said, because I was sick of potential parents who chatted for a few seconds, then went in search of cuter, younger specimens.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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