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Mass extinction findings: Casting fossil in Zambia

Three men create mold around fossiil sticking out of rock.
Ken Angielczyk of the Field Museum of Natural History and Roger Smith of the Iziko South African Museum cast a large skull of a Late Permian dicynodont, assisted by Sébastien Steyer from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, during field work in Zambia.

Credit: Christian Sidor/U of Washington

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