fossil hunting
Ancient remains excavation
Fossil hunting is the activity of searching for and collecting fossils—the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms embedded in rock.
It ranges from casual beachcombing to systematic scientific excavation.
We spent the afternoon fossil hunting along the cliffs.
Also called fossilizing.
- rockhoundingRecreational mineral seeking
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- ammonitesExtinct coiled-shell cephalopods
- sedimentary rockLayered geological formation
excavation · magnifying glass · sieves · stratigraphy · beachcombing · Burgess Shale · erosion · chisel · limestone · cliffs · coprolite · shale · pickaxe · trilobites · lucky find · petrified · deep time · dig
- British geologychalk, flint, limestone, shale, sandstone
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- scientific progressinventions, scientific expeditions, natural history, geology, botany
- paleontologydinosaurs, paleontology, dinosaur bones, dinosaur fossils, fossils
- Science Historyscientific revolution, natural philosophy, scientific method, scientific journals, Royal Society
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
fossil huntingwildlife watching
Observing animals in nature
birdwatching · botanizing · nature photography · fishing · hunting
fossil huntingwildlife watching
Observing animals in nature
birdwatching · bug hunting · nature photography · whale watching · safari