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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
1 year, 3 months ago1 year, 3 months ago“Giant Rockfall”
Here is a rockfall from 2021 that is a part of my Rockfall Dynamics study site that reveals numerous storm events along with the fossilized creatures that are associated with them. I have been studying and documenting these rockfalls now for several decades and have identified a number of causal factors and numerous patterns and…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 4 months ago
1 year, 4 months ago1 year, 4 months ago“PALEO PUPS; THE OUTCROP DOGS”Pups and Paleo have a long long history together! Having a good dog or two along on a paleo dig makes the whole experience come alive, so to speak, and sets the tone for a wonderful time for all. Pups in paleo go back into antiquity from Mary Anning in the 18th century to Mary Leakey in the 19th. Anning, one of the…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months ago“Rock Removal is About to Get a Lot Easier!”When a fossil is found in the rock, paleontologists don’t actually just dig the fossil itself out of the rock but they remove it along with a block of the surrounding rock, called matrix, to later be prepared further in the lab. Like this 4 million year old ?Macoma sp. clam you see here, the matrix needs…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 5 months ago
1 year, 5 months ago1 year, 5 months ago“A Good Week for Business, and More”I am pleased to announce that “Pacific Paleontology”, our new paleontological mitigation venture, has been chosen to receive a $5000.00 U.S. Small Business Administration Dream Fund Grant! The grant will be used to buy essential equipment that is needed to effectively preserve and archive fossil discove…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months agoOlivella’s graveyard at Pandora’s Cave!Here is Olivella’s Graveyard (now referred to the genus Callianax) at Pandora’s Cave, New Brighton State Beach; the first shell bed unconformably overlying the finer sandstone layer immediately below it. One can see here bivalves such as Leukoma and Macoma, a naticid, perhaps Natica clausa, and the…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months ago“Final Extraction, How-To with Frenamya”The *last* stage of fossil preparation typically ends with extracting it from the block of rock that it was removed with, shown here with a 4-5 million year old clam. #Paleontologist, #paleontology, #pacificpaleontology, @pacificpaleontology, #beachfossils, #SantaCruz, #santacruzcounty, #fossil, #fos…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months ago“An Example of Remarkably Well-Preserved fossils” Sometimes creatures are preserved astonishingly well that it boggles the mind! From Dinosaur skin impressions, to frozen mammoths and glass insect fossils, the world of fossil preservation is incredibly bewildering! And such was the case with the whole, unfilled, baby Arc Clams, Anadara trilin…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson posted an update 1 year, 8 months ago
1 year, 8 months ago1 year, 8 months agoLooking into the eye of the next big storm? …Capitola winter storm waves, 1-13-2019; Engaging others, whether it be students in their classrooms or the public, in scientific dialogue over global-scale natural science topics is one of the great unspoken duties, in my mind, of scientists and educators. And nowhere is that at once easier and more d…[Read more]
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Wayne Thompson and Sean Moran are now friends 3 years, 9 months ago
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Wayne Thompson posted an update in the group iDigFossils 5 years, 5 months ago
5 years, 5 months ago5 years, 5 months agoThis, just in…
Dog with 3D-printed skull gives hope to human patients
CBS NewsA team from Cornell used a 3D printer to create a replacement skull made out of titanium Read the full story
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Wayne Thompson posted a new activity comment 5 years, 6 months ago
5 years, 6 months ago5 years, 6 months agoI just sent home, on paper and virtually, the parent opt-out forms. Hopefully, none come back. I will administer the student assent forms incrementally in small groups as they move through the scanning station over time. And, of course, they will do the pre-survey prior as well.
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Wayne Thompson posted an update in the group iDigFossils 5 years, 6 months ago
5 years, 6 months ago5 years, 6 months agoHello Team;
from Monterey Bay, CA;
I have a poor relationship with deadlines. That’s why its 11:30 on the 15th and I’m just now taking care of this. Apologies out. I finished uploading my lesson plan on 3D-ifying the Caminalcule Evolution Lab to the Middle School folder here. I’ll be completing the Pre-survey, opt-out, and student ass…[Read more]
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No worries, Wayne, we understand.
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I just sent home, on paper and virtually, the parent opt-out forms. Hopefully, none come back. I will administer the student assent forms incrementally in small groups as they move through the scanning station over time. And, of course, they will do the pre-survey prior as well.
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Wayne Thompson posted a new activity comment 5 years, 6 months ago
5 years, 6 months ago5 years, 6 months agoCan’t wait to look at this more Erin!
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Wayne Thompson and Claudia Grant are now friends 5 years, 7 months ago
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Wayne Thompson posted a new activity comment 5 years, 9 months ago
5 years, 9 months ago5 years, 9 months agoChristine; I didn’t have time to do a vid of my own; can I use yours with my students?
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Absolutely! Just let me know your email and I can send it over.
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Wayne Thompson posted a new activity comment 5 years, 9 months ago
5 years, 9 months ago5 years, 9 months agoAwesome collection Joe!
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Wayne Thompson posted a new activity comment 5 years, 9 months ago
5 years, 9 months ago5 years, 9 months agoAwesome time!!
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Wayne Thompson and Pasha Antonenko are now friends 5 years, 9 months ago
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