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Working in Paleontology: An Introduction to the Collections

Article

These New Fossil Discoveries Show Why Evolution is the Coolest

Article

A Fresh Science Makeover for SUE

Exhibit Halls

Gallery

McDonald’s Fossil Preparation Lab

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Grainger Hall of Gems

Gallery

Meteorites

Related Projects

Mazon Creek Fossil Invertebrates

Mazon Creek flora

Photo Archives - Geology Collection

People

Paul Mayer

Olivier Rieppel

Lance Grande

Arjan Mann

Press Releases

Events & Announcements

Biggest dinosaur ever discovered coming to The Field Museum in 2018, thanks to gift from Kenneth C. Griffin

Science

Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age

Science

Blue crystals in meteorites show that our Sun went through the “terrible twos”

Science

One small grain of Moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies

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Geology

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Gantz Family Collections Center Policies

Collections

Glacialisaurus

Máximo the Titanosaur

Cryolophosaurus

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