When our invertebrate palaeontology team go fossil-hunting, not every fossil from the field comes out fully exposed. In those instances, Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron (Richard M. Ivey Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology) will remove the part of the rock that covers the fossil using an instrument looking like a micro jackhammer. Once the fossils have been unwrapped, cleaned and prepared, they can be used for future research! This video is the final part of the 2025 Burgess Shale (@parks.canada) resear
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When our invertebrate palaeontology team go fossil-hunting, not every fossil from the field comes out fully exposed. In those instances, Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron (Richard M. Ivey Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology) will remove the part of the rock that covers the fossil using an instrument looking like a micro jackhammer. Once the fossils have been unwrapped, cleaned and prepared, they can be used for future research! This video is the final part of the 2025 Burgess Shale (@parks.canada) resear
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