And they get people excited about dinosaurs and that leads to people coming to the museum and there I can go, 'Hey, you're here, let's take a moment to talk about what real
palaeontology is.
In Handbook of Stratigraphy and
Palaeontology in Southwest China (Nanjing Institute of Geology and
Palaeontology, ed.), pp.
My imagination was captured by the 'back of house' offices and labs of the
palaeontology department.
At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of
Palaeontology it is possible to take photographs of the collection for educational purposes without the problem of copyright issues and this could be the case at other museums if they are asked.
Dr Lyall Anderson, curator of invertebrate
palaeontology at the National Museums, said: 'It was obvious to me this was the oldest example of this group of animals that has ever been found.'
As for future projects, he is currently researching a major series on archaeology and
palaeontology. Some well-known international companies have also approached him to use his footage shot on Everest for the 50th anniversary of Hilary's ascent of Everest in 1953.
When he returned to Egypt in 2010, Sallam founded the AaAaAeAcAaAaAeAaAaAaAeAcAaAaAeAa University Vertebrate
Palaeontology Centre (MUVP) to be the first and only centre dedicated for studying vertebrate
palaeontology in the region.
Research fields include
palaeontology, archaeology (Indus civilisation, Islamic period), society and culture in the colonial and post-colonial era, and contemporary studies.
Within the pale yellow walls of the ROM's vertebrate
palaeontology lab, David Evans and his ROM colleagues work on fossils that have been collected from all over the world.
Kley, co-editor of the recent study in the Society of Vertebrate
Palaeontology Memoir, as saying.