Sampling Ancient Plant Spores & Pollen - Antarctica Video Report 8

While looking for plant fossils, paleontologists Pete Makovicky and Nate Smith become the first people to set foot on Golden Cap Peak. Their colleague, Eva Koppelhus, explains how palynomorphs (ancient plant spores and pollen) can help date dinosaur bones and reveal the ancient environment of Antarctica.

This is the eighth in a series of video reports documenting the team's daily life and fieldwork during their expedition to Antarctica. Feel free to post any questions you might have by March 8th, and Pete and Nate will answer the top five FAQs in their written dispatches. To receive these dispatches via email, sign-up today at http://enews.fieldmuseum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Expedition_Pete_Makovicky

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Science & Technology

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• Antarctica
• golden cap
• hanson formation
• falla formation
• plant fossils
• palynomorphs
• spores
• pollen
• eva koppelhus
• university of alberta
• peter makovicky
• nate smith
• fossils
• dinosaurs
• paleontology
• field museum
• scientific
• expedition
• natural history

[BGSoccerMagic]

Finding spores!!! Interesting. What is the chance that those spores if not viable, can at least be good enough for extraction of DNA material that they contain?