Professor sues William Paterson University after priceless, rare fossils were dumped in a landfill
An environmental science professor and paleontologist has spent his career collecting Devonian Age marine invertebrate ...
380-million-year-old fossils dumped in landfill after college didn't pay UPS bill, suit says
A professor filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey university claiming the school's negligence led to 380-million-year-old ...
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Paleontologist says NJ school lost his 380M-year-old fossils, and now they're in a landfill
In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, paleontologist Martin Becker accuses William Paterson University in Wayne of ...
N.J. college lost fossils dating back 380 million years, professor says in suit
The irreplaceable fossils got intercepted in transit and ended up in a landfill in Tennessee, according to the lawsuit.
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Supernovae Blamed For 2 Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions, The Devonian And Ordovician
Two of Earth’s five confirmed mass extinction events could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions stripping the ...
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Devonian Period
The Devonian, part of the Paleozoic era, is otherwise known as the Age of Fishes, as it spawned a remarkable variety of fish. The most formidable of them were the armored placoderms, a group that ...
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377-Million-Year-Old Fossils Unearthed—A Prehistoric Secret Hidden in the English Riviera
Melanie Border, Geopark Coordinator, emphasized, “Our Devonian age rocks have only provided evidence of a marine environment until now. This opens a new chapter of changing environments and ...
Professor blames North Jersey university for fossils ending up in landfill
A collection of millions-of-years-old fossils ended up in the landfill due to a North Jersey university's failure to pay for ...