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Acid Dissolution of Fossil Dinosaur Eggs
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
Acid dissolution is a technique of removing a fossil from the surrounding rock matrix in which it is encased by dissolving that matrix with acid.…
TechnologypaleontologyPaleontological excavationsVertebrates, FossilEggs, Fossil
James William Kitching (1922-2003)
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Mar 31, 2015
James William Kitching collected and studied fossils of dinosaurs and early humans in the twentieth century. He worked at the Bernard Price Institute…
Kitching, James W. (James William), 1922-2003Dinosaurs--EggsAnimals, FossilMassospondyluspaleontology
Study of Fossilized Massospondylus Dinosaur Embryos from South Africa (1978-2012)
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Mar 31, 2015
In 1978, James Kitching discovered two dinosaur embryos in a road-cut talus at Roodraai (Red Bend) in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South…
ContextDinosaursDinosaurs--EggsMassospondylus carinatusMassospondylus
Dinosaur Egg Parataxonomy
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Mar 23, 2015
Dinosaur egg parataxonomy is a classification system that organizes dinosaur eggs by descriptive features such as shape, size, and shell thickness.…
DinosaursDinosaurs--EggsPaleobiologyFossilsEmbryos
Oviraptor philoceratops Dinosaurs
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Feb 11, 2015
Oviraptor philoceratops was a small bird-like dinosaur that lived about seventy-five million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period. In 1923,…
OviraptorDinosaurs--EggsNatural history museumsPaleobiologyEvolutionary paleobiology
Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960)
By: Madison Paige
| Published: Jan 22, 2015
Roy Chapman Andrews traveled the world studying fossils, from mammals to dinosaurs, during the first half of the twentieth century. Andrews worked…
WhalesWhales, FossilDinosaursNatural history museumsDinosaurs--Eggs