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Fossil collecting (sometimes, in a non-scientific sense, fossil hunting) is the collection of the fossils for scientific study, hobby, or profit. Fossil collecting, as practiced by amateurs, is the predecessor of modern paleontology and many still collect fossils and study fossils as amateurs.
The private sale of fossils has attracted criticism from paleontologists, as it presents an obstacle to fossils being publicly accessible to research. [2] Most countries where relatively complete dinosaur specimens are commonly found have laws against the export of fossils. The United States allows the sale of specimens collected on private ...
James A. Jensen in preparation lab at BYU with Ultrasaurus foot. James Alvin Jensen (August 2, 1918 – December 14, 1998) was an American paleontologist.His extensive collecting program at Brigham Young University in the Utah–Colorado region which spanned 23 years was comparable in terms of the number of specimens collected to that of Barnum Brown during the early 20th century.
Stanley John Olsen (24 June 1919 – 23 December 2003) was an American vertebrate paleontologist and one of the founding figures of zooarchaeology in the United States. Olsen was also recognized as an historical archaeologist and scholar of United States military insignia, especially buttons of the American Colonial through Civil War periods.
Paleoart is also frequently used as a tool for public outreach and education, including through the production and sale of paleontology-themed toys, books, movies, and other products. [ 24 ] An example of the skeletal reconstructions on which many paleoartists depend: Olorotitan by Andrey Atuchin
David Hosbrook Dunkle (September 9, 1911 – January 3, 1984) was an American paleontologist. Dunkle was curator of vertebrate paleontology for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and later associate curator for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Dunkle's research and published works focused mainly on fish fossils.
James Ian Kirkland (born August 24, 1954) is an American paleontologist and geologist.He has worked with dinosaur remains from the southwest United States of America and Mexico [1] [2] [3] and has been responsible for discovering new and important genera.
Richard Anthony (Tony) Thulborn is a British paleontologist. He is recognized as an expert in dinosaur tracks, and as one of the most productive paleontologists of his time. [1] [2] In 1982, Thulborn debunked the purported plesiosaur embryos discovered by Harry Govier Seeley.