The fossil record documents the history of life, but the reliability of that record has often been questioned. Spatiotemporal variability in sedimentary rock volume, sampling and research effort ...

Introduction -- Purpose -- Geology of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Ash beds ; Coal seam or zone markers ; Palynology ; Palaeo-magnetostratigraphy -- Types of preservation and methods of study.

A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the fossil record is formed. They investigated how dinosaur and mammal bones are ...

A recent study published in Earth Science Reviews examines how both the shine and excellent preservation of fossils discovered at Germany’s Posidonia Shale is not the result of pyrite (aka fool’s gold ...

The fossilized remains of a mosasaur (an extinct marine reptile) are uncovered at Hell Creek Formation, one of the most valuable fossil beds in the world. More than 100 miles of the proposed Keystone ...