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Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence in Paleontology [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Fluorescence using ultraviolet (UV) light has seen increased use as a tool in paleontology over the last decade. Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) is a next generation technique that is emerging as a way to fluoresce paleontological specimens that ...
Thomas G Kaye, Amanda R Falk, Xing Xu
exaly   +3 more sources

Photon-Counting Detector CT Scan of Dinosaur Fossils: Initial Experience [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Imaging
Beyond clinical areas, photon-counting detector (PCD) CT is innovatively applied to study paleontological specimens. This study presents a preliminary investigation into the application of PCD-CT for imaging large dinosaur fossils, comparing it with ...
Tasuku Wakabayashi   +12 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Discovery of rare lecture notes from 1866 provides exceptional insights into the conceptualization and visualization of paleontology by Ernst Haeckel [PDF]

open access: yesVertebrate Zoology, 2022
Here we report on a recently discovered student script of a lecture on paleontology given by Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919). The script dates to the summer semester of 1866, comprises 63 pages, and provides an overview of fossil invertebrate and mainly fossil
Ingmar Werneburg   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Improving the relevance of paleontology to climate change policy

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023
Paleontology has provided invaluable basic knowledge on the history of life on Earth. The discipline can also provide substantial knowledge to societal challenges such as climate change.
W. Kiessling, Jansen A. Smith, N. Raja
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Rising of Paleontology in China: A Century-Long Road

open access: yesBiology, 2022
In this paper, the history of paleontology in China from 1920 to 2020 is divided into three major stages, i.e., 1920–1949, 1949–1978, and 1979–2020. As one of the first scientific disciplines to have earned international fame in China, the development of
Zhonghe Zhou
doaj   +1 more source

Our past creates our present: a brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology

open access: yesPaleobiology, 2021
. As practitioners of a historical science, paleontologists and geoscientists are well versed in the idea that the ability to understand and to anticipate the future relies upon our collective knowledge of the past.
Pedro M. Monarrez   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Plea for a New Synthesis: From Twentieth-Century Paleobiology to Twenty-First-Century Paleontology and Back Again

open access: yesBiology, 2022
In this paper, I will briefly discuss the elements of novelty and continuity between twentieth-century paleobiology and twenty-first-century paleontology.
Marco Tamborini
doaj   +1 more source

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