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In Norse mythology, echinoderm shells (the round five-part button left over from a sea urchin) were associated with the god Thor, not only being incorporated in thunderstones, representations of Thor's hammer and subsequent hammer-shaped crosses as Christianity was adopted, but also kept in houses to garner Thor's protection. [70] Split shale to find fossils. Place a thin chisel on the flat top of shale near the edge. Tap the chisel lightly with a hammer, then move along the edge in either direction. Tap the chisel again. Keep moving along the same line near the edge, until a thin slab of shale falls off that side. [10] X Research source Simons, Lewis. "Fossil Wars". National Geographic. The National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012 . Retrieved 29 February 2012. On one half, draw an animal's body on the day it is buried in the ground. On the other half, draw its fossil after 2 million years.

Mayor, A. (2000). "The "Monster of Troy" Vase: The Earliest Artistic Record of a Vertebrate Fossil Discovery?". Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 19 (1): 57–63. doi: 10.1111/1468-0092.00099.Löfgren, A. (2004). "The conodont fauna in the Middle Ordovician Eoplacognathus pseudoplanus Zone of Baltoscandia". Geological Magazine. 141 (4): 505–524. Bibcode: 2004GeoM..141..505L. doi: 10.1017/S0016756804009227. S2CID 129600604. McNamara, Kenneth J. (2007). "Shepherds' crowns, fairy loaves and thunderstones: the mythology of fossil echinoids in England". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 273 (1): 279–294. Bibcode: 2007GSLSP.273..279M. doi: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.22. S2CID 129384807. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019 . Retrieved 16 February 2019. Wilson Nichols Stewart; Gar W. Rothwell (1993). Paleobotany and the evolution of plants (2ed.). Cambridge University Press. p.31. ISBN 978-0-521-38294-6.

a b Gehling, James; Jensen, Sören; Droser, Mary; Myrow, Paul; Narbonne, Guy (March 2001). "Burrowing below the basal Cambrian GSSP, Fortune Head, Newfoundland". Geological Magazine. 138 (2): 213–218. Bibcode: 2001GeoM..138..213G. doi: 10.1017/S001675680100509X. S2CID 131211543.Early naturalists well understood the similarities and differences of living species leading Linnaeus to develop a hierarchical classification system still in use today. Darwin and his contemporaries first linked the hierarchical structure of the tree of life with the then very sparse fossil record. Darwin eloquently described a process of descent with modification, or evolution, whereby organisms either adapt to natural and changing environmental pressures, or they perish. From the 13th century to the present day, scholars pointed out that the fossil skulls of Deinotherium giganteum, found in Crete and Greece, might have been interpreted as being the skulls of the Cyclopes of Greek mythology, and are possibly the origin of that Greek myth. [86] [87] Their skulls appear to have a single eye-hole in the front, just like their modern elephant cousins, though in fact it's actually the opening for their trunk.

See also: Zombie taxon Eroded Jurassic plesiosaur vertebral centrum found in the Lower Cretaceous Faringdon Sponge Gravels in Faringdon, England. An example of a remanié fossil. If the Deluge had carried the shells for distances of three and four hundred miles from the sea it would have carried them mixed with various other natural objects all heaped up together; but even at such distances from the sea we see the oysters all together and also the shellfish and the cuttlefish and all the other shells which congregate together, found all together dead; and the solitary shells are found apart from one another as we see them every day on the sea-shores. The North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology staff are doing all we can to make the summer digs as safe as possible. To do that, we need your help. Signor–Lipps effect– Sampling bias in the fossil record raising difficulties to characterize extinctionsFossil collecting (sometimes, in a non-scientific sense, fossil hunting) is the collection of fossils for scientific study, hobby, or profit. Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modern paleontology and many still collect fossils and study fossils as amateurs. Professionals and amateurs alike collect fossils for their scientific value. Though the fossil record is incomplete, numerous studies have demonstrated that there is enough information available to give us a good understanding of the pattern of diversification of life on Earth. [9] [10] [11] In addition, the record can predict and fill gaps such as the discovery of Tiktaalik in the arctic of Canada. [12] Fossilization processes In this fun hands-on workshop, pupils work in groups to identify a range of fossils, perform their own fossil dig and work out what their mystery specimens might be through observation and measuring. Benton, M. (2009). "The completeness of the fossil record". Significance. 6 (3): 117–121. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2009.00374.x. S2CID 84441170.

Hug, L.A.; Roger, A.J. (2007). "The Impact of Fossils and Taxon Sampling on Ancient Molecular Dating Analyses". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24 (8): 889–1897. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msm115. PMID 17556757. This kit is recommended for kids ages 8 and up. Some of the scientific concepts in the learning guide may be difficult for younger kids, but they should be fine with a parent's help.

Monge-Nájera, Julián (31 January 2020). "Evaluation of the hypothesis of the Monster of Troy vase as the earliest artistic record of a vertebrate fossil". Uniciencia. 34 (1): 147–151. doi: 10.15359/ru.34-1.9. ISSN 2215-3470. S2CID 208591414. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023 . Retrieved 20 February 2023. Science is really an activity that anyone can be involved in,” said Clint Boyd, senior paleontologist for the North Dakota Geological Survey, and the one who oversees all the public digs in the state. “It doesn’t necessarily take years of study to be of some use in a scientific field. You begin to understand, when you go to a museum and see that finished product, where it came from, and how we go from bones in the ground to bones in the museum and all the steps in between.” a b Martin, M.W.; Grazhdankin, D.V.; Bowring, S.A.; Evans, D.A.D.; Fedonkin, M.A.; Kirschvink, J.L. (5 May 2000). "Age of Neoproterozoic Bilaterian Body and Trace Fossils, White Sea, Russia: Implications for Metazoan Evolution". Science. 288 (5467): 841–5. Bibcode: 2000Sci...288..841M. doi: 10.1126/science.288.5467.841. PMID 10797002. S2CID 1019572. Shute, C. H.; Cleal, C. J. (1986). "Palaeobotany in museums". Geological Curator. 4 (9): 553–559. doi: 10.55468/GC865. S2CID 251638416. Schweitzer MH, Zheng W, Cleland TP, Bern M (January 2013). "Molecular analyses of dinosaur osteocytes support the presence of endogenous molecules". Bone. 52 (1): 414–23. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.010. PMID 23085295.

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