Learn how fossils form through sedimentation and mineralization. Discover types like moulds, casts, and trace fossils in our ...
Paleontologists routinely study fossils using high-magnification and high-resolution backscattered electron (BSE) images acquired via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In BSE imaging, contrast ...
"I'm used to working on fossils that preserve in a different mode called 'permineralization,'" Atkinson said. "This is my first paper on a compression fossil, and it was a little bit nerve-wracking, ...