Paleontology 101
Damien Clazmer
Paleontology is the study of prehistoric life and fossils by scientists. Paleontology is a major science that attempts to explain the mysteries of the past and why the world is the way it is now. In recent years the interest in paleontology has sky rocketed with more and more fossils being excavated, stumbled upon or even dredged from the earth every day and new organisms being described from said fossils. Hundreds of new genus have already have been erected this year alone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_in_paleontology I have noticed the average person has little knowledge of the mechanics of how today’s flora and fauna came into being. I can’t blame them, Paleontology is not too popular among people and is commonly mistaken for Archeology the study of ancient people and artifacts but my aim is to change it or at least help people understand it a little more. Having pain staking studied and restudied everything paleozoological for over ten years now I will try my hardest to give the viewers of this blog the most up to date information on prehistoric animals as I possibly can. Granted there are good site already out there but they usually scratch the surface; I would touch upon all prehistoric topics habitat, climate, flora and fauna especially exceptionally esoteric topics and subjects that even a well versed paleo-enthusiast would have no standing on as well as new information on old names. Our understanding of prehistoric life has come a long way and is coming together very well and I’m quite willing to share and answer questions about any subjects relating to prehistoric life. Of course studying prehistoric life would requires some knowledge of modern biology as all modern life of course evolved from prehistoric ancestors; even if you do not understand biology easy to fallow. http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/sauropodomorpha/titanosauria.html#Titanosauria
The image on the previous page is a cladogram or in laymen’s
terms a family tree it is a way to visual show the relationships between
families. Skeletals will also be available; skeletals are what the way the
bones were articulated in the life of the animal so basically a skeletal is
what you would get if you took an x-ray of a live prehistoric animal, not
having bones means invertebrates cannot have skeletals. Fossil formation
information will be readily available on this site; A fossil formations is were
fossils are commonly found weather the animals died in a single deadly natural
event such as being stranded on land an anoxic event or the fallout from an ash
could or the slow buildup of animals possibly from centuries of animals being
deposited in a river eddy, or a natural trap such as a mud, tar or a cave that
traps and kills many creatures over time.
I get my sources straight from the Hipparion’s mouth per say I have
three professional contacts that I can get information from and many up to date
sights to that back up my facts; Of course I will have pictures whenever they
are available. My life is dedicated to
this research and I hope to give you all the info you need. Comments and
critics are appreciated.
