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#DYK we use lasers to vaporize small amounts of enamel from fossil teeth (like this troodontid #dinosaur), allowing the released gases to be analyzed for their chemical composition?
This can reveal info about the diet, habitat, and physiology of extinct animals.
#FossilFriday
As I tele-work this morning, my #mondaythoughts are of our Northern BC #fieldwork camp up in the Spatsizi Plateau. What a great place for #SelfIsolation!
In honour of @kchibs defending his PhD today, here's the unusual aquatic mammal Desmostylus and Ounalashkastylus for #MammalMonday (the latter taxon named by @kchibs et al in 2016)