Abstract
In 2022, Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History (FHSM) began a project to address the long-term preservation of a Late Miocene mammal collection. Many of the fossils from the collection were poorly consolidated, uncurated, and improperly stored, leaving them unstable and prone to significant degradation. To organize our stabilization efforts, we developed a new assessment workflow consisting of two evaluation tools. These tools have helped us categorize the risk factors for specimens, the priority in which they should be addressed, and how to store the fossils long-term. With these newly developed workflows, we are in a better position to coordinate our team and address stabilization in our collections in the future.
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Laura Wilson
Department/Program
Geosciences
Submission Type
in-person poster
Date
4-10-2024
Rights
Copyright the Author(s)
Recommended Citation
Cope, Carson; Landwehr, Alex; Link, Kale; Rivera-Molina, Israel; and Wilson, Laura E.
(2024)
"Assessing Unstable Fossils for Long-Term Storage,"
SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days: Vol. 2024, Article 15.
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2024/iss2024/15