Fossil Hunting In Antarctica

[Oxytropidoceras]

UW grad student shares the secrets of ancient Antarctica

by Tom Corrigan, Issaquah Press, March 20, 2012

http://www.issaquahp...ent-antarctica/

Rare find, Giant ammonite from Antarctica donated

to Denver science museum, The Antarctic Sun

http://antarcticsun....ler.cfm?id=2492

http://www.nsf.gov/a...dNumber=0739432

Dawn of an age, Early Triassic fossils provide clues

to the rise of mammals, dinosaurs, The Antarctic Sun

http://antarcticsun....ler.cfm?id=2404

http://antarcticsun....ler.cfm?id=2405

http://www.nsf.gov/a...dNumber=0838762

Turning over an old leaf, Paleobotanists reconstruct

Triassic with fossilized plant material, The Antarctic Sun

http://antarcticsun....ler.cfm?id=2412

http://www.nsf.gov/a...dNumber=0943935

Other articles at http://antarcticsun....ler.cfm?id=2398

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited March 20, 2012 by Oxytropidoceras

[Scylla]

Wow, thanks for posting these!

[Auspex]

"Early Triassic Fossils" is a phrase I cannot resist, so I went straight to one of those articles: well written and terribly interesting!

Thanks for posting these links!

[Tarheel59]

Very good articles, yes thanks for posting. Imagine that cold of an environment and trying to collect fossils. Then the equipment used jackhammers and rocksaws. Jeff/Tarheel