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Fossil Preparation

Fossil Preparation is a specialized subdiscipline of vertebrate paleontology that comprises the controlled processes of exposing, stabilizing, conserving, and, when necessary, replicating fossil vertebrate remains and their enclosing matrix so as to maximize information recovery while ensuring their long-term preservation for research and exhibition.

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Handbook of Paleontological Techniques

W. A. Berggren, Bernhard Kummel, David M. Raup · Micropaleontology · 1966 · 479 citations

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Preparation of fossil bone for histological examination

Anusuya Chinsamy, Michael A. Raath · University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Institutional Repository on DSpace (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) · 1992 · 299 citations · Full text

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Freshly excavated fossil bones are best for amplification of ancient DNA

Mélanie Pruvost, Reinhard Schwarz, Virginia Correia et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 209 citations · Full text

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Defining the morphological quality of fossil footprints. Problems and principles of preservation in tetrapod ichnology with examples from the Palaeozoic to the present

Lorenzo Marchetti, Matteo Belvedere, Sebastian Voigt et al. · Earth-Science Reviews · 2019 · 199 citations · Full text

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Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod dinosaur from Italy

Cristiano Dal Sasso, Marco Signore · Nature · 1998 · 156 citations

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Authors

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  1. LX
    Lida Xing

    China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

    2 publications · 240 citations

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  2. AE
    A. E. Rixon

    University of Salford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 208 citations

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  3. JO
    James O. Farlow

    Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne, United States

    2 publications · 213 citations

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  4. CD
    Caitlin Donahue Wylie

    University of Virginia, United States

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  5. YZ
    Yuguang Zhang

    Chinese Academy of Forestry, China

    2 publications · 60 citations

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Institutions

229

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    515 citations

  2. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    569 citations

  3. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    148 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    297 citations

  5. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    148 citations

  6. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    257 citations

  7. British Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    270 citations

  8. École Pratique des Hautes Études

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    85 citations

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  1. Journal of Paleontology

    9 publications · 276 citations

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  2. Curator The Museum Journal

    9 publications · 306 citations

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  3. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society

    6 publications · 144 citations

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  4. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 5 publications · 185 citations

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  5. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    5 publications · 100 citations

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