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Fossil Vertebrate Collections

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Brazil 2012 Fieldwork Diary Entry 12: Cachaça on the Rocks

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Brazil 2012 Fieldwork Diary Entry 14: The Benefits of Local Knowledge

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Brazil 2012 Fieldwork Diary Entry 13: Skeleton!

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Meet the Chicago Archaeopteryx

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Máximo the Titanosaur

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Jingmai O'Connor

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William Simpson

Akiko Shinya

Ken Angielczyk

Constance Van Beek

Press Releases

Exhibition

Field Museum acquires fossil of Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird

Science

Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat its veggies

Science

UV light and CT scans helped scientists unlock hidden details in a perfectly-preserved fossil Archaeopteryx

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Fossil Vertebrates

Related Topics

Fossil Vertebrates - History

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