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1 The Other 97% Making the most of the underwhelming fossils in museums
Holotype: Isitinterestingtous notjet Mark Carnall Oxford University Museum of Natural History Image collage sources for images. Acanthodes: J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., LL.D. Outlines of Zoology(New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1916), Monoplacophoran: Paul Bunje, UCMP. Monoplacophoran anatomy by Ivy Livingstone, © BIODIDA Trochocystites: and rudists: Schumann & Steuber 1997; Kleine Senckenbergreihe 24:

2 Image: Homo floresiensis by Atelier Elisabeth Daynes at Sangiran Museum and the Early Man Site. (Kinez Riza)

3 Article: http://sciencemadeeasy. kinja

4 Source: http://shropshire. gov

5 Geology for Society 2014. The Geological Society http://www. geolsoc

6 IS IT A DINOSAUR?

7 THE OTHER 97% 9 LDUCZ-V904 Ischnacanthus gracilis. Image courtesy of UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology

8 Inspiring nobody since the 19th C
John Cummings (Own work) CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Image by the author Image by the author

9 The Natural History Museum ‘Sea’ collection. Google Cultural Institute

10 UNDERWHELMING FOSSIL FISH OF THE MONTH
all I’m asking you to do is look at it, observe it, take some time to ponder upon it and perhaps tell a friend about it. Together we’ll increase the global fossil fishteracy one fossil fish at a time. Specimen history Preservation Scientific research In society All images from courtesy UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology

11 UNDERWHELMING FOSSIL FISH OF THE MONTH
All images from courtesy UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology

12 UNDERWHELMING FOSSIL FISH OF THE MONTH
Underwhelming fossil fish: The LIVE show

13 Fishtory: The Untold Story of the Stockholm School*
* This never happened By RKO Radio Pictures, still photographer Alexander Kahle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

14 https://www. theguardian

15 Impact? Comments from: and and

16 Image by B.W.Hawkins credit: Crystal Place Dinosaurs
Image by the author Joseph Graham, William Newman, John Stacy/United States Geological Survey

17 Creativity By en:User:Ballista CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Image courtesy UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology

18 History of the XXXX in ### YYYY.
Google Arts and Culture Natural History Museum

19 Clockwise from above: Cortichaeris gouldi RBINS Belgium
Clockwise from above: Cortichaeris gouldi RBINS Belgium. Diictodon, “Concestor” and Shrewdinger Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Images by the author.

20 Image by the author


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