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Paleontology Facilities

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    Laboratory and field equipment for the preparation of vertebrate and invertebrate macrofossils, including rock drills, saws, a compressor, and pneumatic tools.
  • A microfossil preparation laboratory.
  • See Paleontology information.

 

paleontology preparation

Paleontology reparator Andrew Grebneff prepares a skull of a new species of fossil dolphin from the Otekaike Limestone of the Waitaki Valley region. The specimen is of Late Oligocene age, about 24 million years.