(BERNARD PRICE INSTITUTE FOR PALAEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2007) McCrae, Ceri; Potze, Stephany
In this age of microtechnology, now more than ever
before, detail is indispensable. In the past, the damage to
fossils during retrieval, preparation and storage was an
accepted downfall of the scientific process. With the
increasing use of advanced techniques, which rely on
high-resolution applications such as scanning electron
microscopes and microtomography, there is a definite
need to improve on the actual fossil extraction methods
currently used. The aim of this work is to achieve an ideal
method of extraction where the fossil is retrieved in its
entirety without adding or taking away any evidence
whatsoever.