How do you find dinosaur fossils?

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In popular culture, paleontologists are often seen brushing sand off of a complete dinosaur skeleton with ease-but is digging for dinosaurs really that easy? Paleontologist Aki Watanabe reveals what really goes on during a fossil finding expedition. Spoiler: real paleontologists need more than a brush in the field!
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@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory 5 жыл бұрын

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@Welther47 5 жыл бұрын

You would think Paleontology is a pretty dead field; it will never lead anywhere, but it's surprising how much we learn about a wide variety of things.

@warmgay4869 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@allosaurustime 2 жыл бұрын

The rock in my area is Austin chalk (in eastern TX), limestone that was laid during the Cretaceous. I was told so via the Internet, but you can also tell because it’s easy to find aquatic fossils if you seek them out (the area was covered in water at the time)

@DecoLimaSB 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@gracyferreguetti9983 3 жыл бұрын

what are the best places to serch for fossils

@kippe1221 2 жыл бұрын

Dang i just found a bone structure inside a rock on the side of a mountain, was about the size of a small finger and broken, there are multiple such rocks with bones, maybe i go back and search a little. The Area is in Germany and i found it about halfway of the "mountain" its maybe just a hill, but the entire area is like those rocks that look like plates on top of plates, the kind you can break easily. I guess i do some research on the Area, because im kinda excited to find something cool.

@FrostyCranmer 6 ай бұрын

I learned one thing about fossil hunting and that’s the dinosaurs didn’t even want to live in New York.

@triciaweis9754 4 жыл бұрын

Found a bone in my back yard. My son thinks it’s a dinosaur bone. Who could I call to ask?

@kingmeatballs8293 4 жыл бұрын

Tricia Weis the museum

@defcon1gaming 3 жыл бұрын

What’s the verdict?

@bogusaws1485 5 жыл бұрын

People sometimes used stones (fossils) in the past to build their castles and stone defensive walls. Are you aware of the cases of discovering interesting organisms in places that have not been found anywhere else?

@Kevin-gc7zl 5 жыл бұрын

Are there any devices that can scan the sedimentary rock and identify structures that could be fossils rather than rock?

@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory 5 жыл бұрын

While some technology for this exists, most paleontologists don't use it because fossils can be the same density as the rock around them, and there is too much room for false negatives caused by other things in the soil (especially since a lot of fossils are small). So far, nothing really beats human eyes!

@poyrazsuzgun1979 2 ай бұрын

One day i was in beach at turkey, and i found an coral fossil which small fishes hide themselves.

@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory 5 жыл бұрын

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@IndriidaeNT Жыл бұрын

The fossil formations I am interested in right now are The Hell Creek Formation, Dinosaur Park Formation, Niobarra Formation and Nemegt Formation because they deposit Tyrannosaur, Dromeosaur, Oviraptorosaur, Ornithomind, Titanosaur, Ceratopisan, Hardosaur, Anklyosaur, pterosaur, Hespronis, ammonite, shark, bony fish, mosasaur and plesiosaur fossils.

@theoneandonlyrealjoker1827 4 жыл бұрын

great vid bro hey i want to ask you soming is there any in new mexico. and can you get money for finding there bones

@ricksurpkey3541 3 жыл бұрын

yes

@giandoe3616 2 жыл бұрын

the Zuni and Navajo (Diné) of New Mexico have observed fossils and fossil tracks in New Mexico for thousands of years!

@terrywesterman4406 2 жыл бұрын

I have been collecting them for years and have some very nice pieces. How can I sell them? And or talk to someone about them

@omkarbansode6305 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you found them? In your backyard? Or are you always looking for them?

@terrywesterman4406 2 жыл бұрын

@@omkarbansode6305 my land. But I have some nice pieces. Where can I sell them

@omkarbansode6305 2 жыл бұрын

@@terrywesterman4406 i searched on google "where can i sell dinosaur fossils i found" it gave me some pretty good results, like ebay,online brokers, online auctions, etc.

@KapybaraKSP 4 жыл бұрын

You'll be a fossil by the time dinosaur fossils have been completely dug up

@bladeoftheruinedking2543 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@KapybaraKSP 3 жыл бұрын

@@bladeoftheruinedking2543 I know yeh

@linuxva 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. At what depth are dinosaur fossils found? Do you know a statistic about deep ?

@CesarRamirez-hb1tt 3 жыл бұрын

It seems from the Video that the Fossils are found close to/ near the Surface. That pretty insane, that we can find Bones of Animals that lived 200 Million years ago, close to the Modern Day Surface. It seems like the guy was saying that’s why the type of Surface is important, some surfaces like sand or dirt can increase in depth over time, while other surfaces like rock near Mountains are newly formed. The Earth has a recirculating cycle of rock. The rock is formed near faults or mountains and are recirculated by turning back into Magma at the earths depths like under the sea.

@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory 5 жыл бұрын

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@paradisevee2369 Жыл бұрын

Is there anyway I can volunteer to help find fossils?

@jamoloza 4 жыл бұрын

How many brachiosaurus skeletons have been found? (from Téa and Cara, 8yo and 5yo)

@daelynn3339 4 жыл бұрын

Hey so um I found something that looks like a fossil that I found at the beach but idk what it is and neither does google? How do I tell what it is.

@dreamixx1243 3 жыл бұрын

ask an expert or go to a museum

@GrimReaper21615 4 жыл бұрын

COOL

@hasnainshah6917 4 жыл бұрын

Where can find fassils

@onlineeducation1461 4 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me where we can find the fossil any place

@LewisJamieson6 3 жыл бұрын

he said it in vid. also u could just look it up

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@thekingchrissyg 5 жыл бұрын

uh bro we're just evolved plasma, k? we are an accident obvi - keep the questions light here

@mushirsk1035 4 жыл бұрын

Can I search it in india ..?

@ayaanali7379 Жыл бұрын

Can i find fossils in rocks rear the river.

@Abdul-gq6is Жыл бұрын

I have found a fossil but I don’t know which Dino it is

@Ejiovdsafjkii 5 жыл бұрын

Question: What defines a species of a dinosaur?

@user-te2em4zf5i 3 жыл бұрын

Usually anatomical/structural differences separate species and similarities amongst genus. Geological localities also play a role as well in defining whether a dinosaur is of a different or undiscovered species.

@ayaanali7379 Жыл бұрын

Are there fossils in every country

@jomolololo4398 5 жыл бұрын

They are dino hotspots all over the world !!!

@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory 5 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed!

@frostbite9275 4 жыл бұрын

Welp I can’t find some

@Kolo_World 3 жыл бұрын

I think any thing from million years ago will not buried near the surface of the earth.

@memeboi6801 3 жыл бұрын

looks like all I need to do is wait a few more years till im the right age because 10 years old is probley to young to be working with those tools

@roboutot4839 4 жыл бұрын

WHERE!!! TELL ME!!!!

@Fe.Cata. 2 жыл бұрын

There are 6 continents, not 7, America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica

@bangaruskitchen22 Жыл бұрын

i cant find a dinosaur fossil

@MysticFNBR 4 жыл бұрын

One hotspot is where I live

@arismouzakis3952 3 жыл бұрын

Where?

@MysticFNBR 3 жыл бұрын

@@arismouzakis3952 Milk River Badlands, Hell Creek Badlands and some other ones in Montana

@albertoverdugo1687 3 жыл бұрын

Hi my name is Albert and I found some fossil bones

@michaelgeyser8719 Жыл бұрын

I want a pet dinosaur

@bh251cc 3 жыл бұрын

Dino

@quantumgravity92 5 жыл бұрын

By digging?!

@AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory 5 жыл бұрын

But where to start digging? 🤔Paleontologists have a system for determining dig sites!

@fishtank1015 3 жыл бұрын

Can a 12 year old child (like me) find a fossil.

@Fe.Cata. 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, in Tasmania

@oldgoatsgarden4897 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can if you have the correct geology. Many have been found by amateurs and children. Depending where you live, you may find sea shell fossils, plant and fish fossils, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaur, etc. Some areas will provide you with access to large mammals. Where I live we have carboniferous sea deposits and pleistocene mammals above them as much of the in-between material was eroded away. Good luck and keep looking down.

@fishtank1015 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldgoatsgarden4897 dang that’s a big time gap. I live in Colorado, so I would really like to go to the Morrison Formation. Ho I did read in a book that said that the fossils there have been subject to uranium substance apparently. Soooooo, idk if that’s safe.

@oldgoatsgarden4897 2 жыл бұрын

@@fishtank1015 in my area much of the newer material was removed by glaciers, to the south east there is some Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous material. When I was in Wyoming and in college I did do some work in the Morrison and others, I got to help excavate several long bones and ribs from different dinosaurs as part of a class, it's was in a bone bed and they were mixture of a couple of different species. You may want to check with a local community college geology department if you are close to one and see if you can volunteer if they are doing a dig, sometimes they will welcome volunteers or offer introductory classes and such for the public as a way to increase interest.

@fishtank1015 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldgoatsgarden4897 dang that’s so cool that you font dig up Dino fossils. I’m in the middle of my 8th grade school year, but during summer break, I might take up your recommendation.