Fossils

Sentinel Source - Tue April 19, 2022

Crews Cause 'Minor' Damage On Dinosaur Tracks at Site

About 112 million years ago, the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Utah was a muddy, drying lake, where ankylosaurs and theropods roamed and left footprints that have been preserved ever since. But in January, a construction crew working to replace a boardwalk for viewing the dinosaur fossils left marks of their own, damaging some of the specimens and even repeatedly driving over one of them, according to an assessment recently released by the Bureau of Land Management, which staffed the crew....

Volvo Construction Equipment - Tue May 18, 2021

Volvo CE Takes Big Step Towards Carbon Neutral Future With Hydrogen Fuel Cell Test Lab

Volvo Group has opened the first dedicated fuel cell test lab, marking a significant advancement in the manufacturer's ambition to be fossil-free by 2040. As part of the company's commitment to the Science-Based Targets initiative — a necessary measure to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement — and the group's long-term ambition to be 100 percent fossil-free by 2040, this pioneering investment will offer Volvo Group unique conditions to test and develop hydrogen fuel cell technology solutions in heavy construction machines and other applications....

Emily Buenzle - Tue January 02, 2018

Construction Crews Unearth Ancient Discovery

Crews at a Chinese construction site on Christmas Day uncovered 30 dinosaur eggs. Construction was halted at the site of a new middle school in the city of Ganzhou after the workers found the 130 million-year-old eggs while clearing rock with explosions, BGR reported....

The Associated Press - Mon December 11, 2017

Subway Paleontology: LA Construction Unearths Fossil Trove

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east of downtown....

Megan Wild - Thu November 09, 2017

Unusual Site Discoveries: What Should Your Team Do?

You know construction work can sometimes be messy and unpredictable, but you do it anyway and you enjoy it. During your time on-site, you and your team will have most likely seen some things very few people are otherwise exposed to....

Emily Buenzle - Thu August 31, 2017

Construction Workers Find Fossils on Colorado Job Site

Construction workers uncovered triceratops bones and a skull on the site of the new Fire and Police Substation in Thorton, CO Aug. 25. According to Joe Sertich, curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, construction crews typically don't dig deep enough to hit the area's original rock layers....

Mon July 24, 2017

Los Angeles Construction Project Unearths Mammoth Fossils

A subway construction project in Los Angeles is unearthing the prehistoric side of Southern California. Workers excavating the tunnels discovered fossils of ancient mammals that roamed the area about 11,000 years ago....