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Ben Kligman is a seasonal paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park working May through August at the park. He is a Ph.D. candidate in paleontology in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg Virginia. He and a …
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When you visit Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) you can not only see an amazing landscape, you can also see and learn about some of the scientific processes that are ongoing at the Park. PEFO has two fossil preparation labs where paleontological …
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The Friends of Petrified Forest has initiated a $25,000 campaign to purchase a 3D scanner for the research and educational use of Petrified Forest National Park. A board member of Friends of Petrified Forest has pledged up to $12,500 in matching …
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This is the Artec Space Spider – a handheld scanner that will be used to digitize items at the park in three dimensions (3D). Combined with the park’s 3D printer, scientifically significant fossils and other natural history objects in the Park museum …
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By Gary Grube, Friends of Petrified Forest Board Member English rocker Rod Stewart’s 1971 hit taught us that “every picture tells a story.” Petrified Forest National Park has tens of thousands of pictures on rocks left by indigenous inhabitants of …
Continue Reading about Signatures in Stone: Decoding Some History at Petrified Forest
Announced during last week’s National Fossil Day (More information - https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossilday/index.htm) the discovery of fossil remains of a tiny burrowing reptile – something that looked like a cross between an anteater and a …
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