A problematic fossil brings paleontology to the classroom and the world

From: Journal of Geoscience Education | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

A problematic fossil discovered in 1998 by an amateur collector in central New York proved to be a valuable tool for teaching paleontology to people of diverse age and background. Highlighting its problematic status and including the public in the search for additional specimens as well as an investigation of affinities, allowed us to engage students and non-students alike in the most basic process of paleontology- reconstructing an organism from fossil remains.

Use of a web site, http://www.geo.cornell.edu/ glasssponge.html, which displayed the mystery fossil and invited comparison ...

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