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Fossil hunter raiders--- how to discover fossil?
2009-01-01
(Fossil website/writer: Zuo Shanling/ editor: so quiet) At the beginning, human beings fall across fossil when plough or open up a mountain, so they just happen to contact with fossil. As paleobiology researchers and fossil fans, we know the usage and value of them. For we love to contact with nature, we are conscious to find fossil. How to discover fossil?
I.Before we start, we should first read geology maps or relevant books, or collect relevant information with fossil or producing area of fossil through website to see where the fossil you want would like to appear. We would get twice the result with half the effort through asking friends for the familiar fossil sites.
II.We can depend on the local people wherever we go to collect fossils and we would better chat with them because they are the first discoverer of the fossil so that the clue they afford is the most important.
III.If we want to find the fossil outcrop, the roadman will help us to produce a large number of geology section and outcrop.
IV.We must pay special attention to the bluff and gulch.
V.When we are search for amniotes fossils, we should pay special attention to a large number of stratum layer changes, especially those domed piles, because it is easy to find fossils in these places.
VI.We should pay special attention to tuberculosis while searching for fossils outside.
VII.Cave is the warehouse of mammal fossils.
Fossil fans, go outside to search for fossils yourselves. This is a perfect activity which combines hobby and nature closely. Farewell to mediocrity, give yourself a chance for relax and enjoy the nature, your hobby and the life!
