Resources
Learn about paleontology
Fossil collection to imaging A great from, and narrated, by Roger Burkhalter at Sam Noble Museum. “The video goes from collecting, to preparation, to blackening and whitening of the fossil, then photography using image stacking”
Fossil Roulette A fun way to learn about some of the fossils in our collections
Palaeocast: A lively series of podcasts covering topics from Precambrian cyanobacteria to Quaternary marsupial evolution
Pancakes and Geology: If you need a refresher try this video with Kirk Johnson (now Director of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History) and Ray Troll (of Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway fame)
The Paleobiology Database: Try the new Navigator page and explore global occurrences through deep time. Confused about the new PBDB set-up-this explains the changes
The Paleontology Portal: The fossil prep page, while geared to vertebrates, provides some excellent guidelines for any fossil preparation
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Always a useful resource
Learn about conserving specimens
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) has many publications helpful for conservation and archiving of specimens, with links to many other resources.