Fossil Preservation And Taphonomy
(Lab Manual Exercise 8 - Supplemental Internet Exercises)




Links updated 2-6-2004

How does paleontology differ from anthropology and archaeology?

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/FAQ/faq.html#Archaeology

What are the practical uses of paleontology?

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/FAQ/faq.html#Practical

Name and distinguish between three subdisciplines of paleontology.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/paleowhat.html

How is it thought that amber preserves “inclusions,” those entrapped plants and animals that make it so valuable?

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/amber/

Where are the world’s largest amber deposits, and how was most of the amber collected from this area prior to the mid-twentieth century?

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/amber/varieties.html

What preservational features of Nebraska’s Niobrara River Valley fossil site make it similar to Pompeii?

http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/vertpaleo/ashfall.html

Using the interactive map, determine the age structure (all juveniles, all adults, mixed) of the animals uncovered in this exhibit

http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/vertpaleo/Ashfall/ashmap.html

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