Fossils : from site to museum

Illustrates how fossil invertebrates are collected from the tailings of a strip mine and how they are prepared for geological collections. Describes how fossil remains were formed in the sediment just above coal beds and outlines the more common invertebrates found. Shows how the iron concretions which contain the fossil remains are identified, cleaned, sorted, photographed, and stored.

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, Illustrates how fossil invertebrates are collected from the tailings of a strip mine and how they are prepared for geological collections. Describes how fossil remains were formed in the sediment just above coal beds and outlines the more common invertebrates found. Shows how the iron concretions which contain the fossil remains are identified, cleaned, sorted, photographed, and stored.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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