The Division of
Vertebrate Paleontology’s Preparation Laboratory is the place where all
fossil bones come to be “prepared” — that is, where the stony matrix in which
the bones are embedded is removed — to make the information hidden within
available for scientific research or for public display.
The Lab is always busily engaged in ongoing research by scientists at the Yale Peabody
Museum, in working with
vertebrate paleontology students from Yale’s Department of
Geology and Geophysics, and in making molds and casts of our fossils
to share with researchers in other museums. We are also involved in the
Division’s fieldwork.
Fossil Preparation Projects:
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