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Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life

Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life

While developing the second phase of their Cretaceous Sea Exhibition, The Hastings Museum in Hastings, NE commissioned a life-size model of a Xiphactinus from Gary Staab, a paleo artist based in Kearney, MO. The Xiphactinus was a large predator fish that lived in the Western Interior Sea during the late Cretaceous Period and skeletal remains […]

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Fossil tech

Fossil tech

Artist Christopher Locke makes these cool “fossilized” versions of obsolete techno-artifacts. Shown above is Asportatio acroamatis or the common cassette tape. Christopher explains the paleontology:

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