The Paleo Lab is a unique working laboratory where visitors are encouraged to interact with and ask questions of a paleontologist or lab intern while seeing first-hand how fossils are properly prepared, catalogued, and studied. Several “touch specimens,” real fossils that may be handled by visitors, are available.
Paleo Lab paleontologists provide identifications of personal fossil finds by appointment. Identifications are for educational purposes only. We do not provide authentications or appraisals for monetary (market) value or for legal purposes. Please send appointment requests via email to Pamela R. Owen at p.owen@austin.utexas.edu.
The Paleo Lab is staffed by TNSC's Paleontology Educators Dr. Pamela R. Owen and Laura Naski.
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