fossil digs
Ancient bone searches
Fossil digs are excavation sites where paleontologists unearth preserved remains of ancient organisms from rock or sediment.
The term refers both to the physical locations and to the organized expeditions that work them: The museum sponsors fossil digs in Montana each summer.
Amateur enthusiasts can sometimes join supervised digs as volunteers or paying participants.
- excavationAct of unearthing
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
sediment · brush · trowel · rock hammer · specimen · quarry · prehistoric · ancient · tar pit · La Brea · unearthed · discovery · rock · layer · expedition · test pit · museum · plaster
- dinosaur topics
- paleontologydinosaurs, paleontology, dinosaur bones, mammoth, dinosaur
- fossil sitesexcavation, quarry, Burgess Shale, excavation sites, Morrison Formation
- scientific researchresearch, experiment, study, lab experiments, field studies
- dinosaursdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, raptors, Spinosaurus
- museum exhibitsscience exhibit, dinosaur skeleton, interactive exhibit, art displays, space exhibit
fossil digsmuseum displays
Artifacts arranged for viewing
museum exhibitions · museum exhibits · natural history museums · display cases · gallery exhibitions
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