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GurtYo wrote:Hey Guys! Can anyone recommend some good websites for Fossils? Right now, I am using Wikipedia and Encyclopedia, and they seem pretty good, but they don't have some of the genuses (is that the right plural?).

There's a bunch of good resources at the bottom of the wiki page.

(The right plural is genera.)

Most search engines will get you good results for the fossils on the list as well, and being able to find reliable sources is a good life skill anyway

Thank You! The wiki page really helped!

Whats the most efficient way to do really fast stations(talking about 1-3 minute stations, 15-20 stations in total). I did not do to well in the with my partner in regionals because of the extremely fast stations with many questions

Nba2302 wrote:Whats the most efficient way to do really fast stations(talking about 1-3 minute stations, 15-20 stations in total). I did not do to well in the with my partner in regionals because of the extremely fast stations with many questions

For my team, I did all of the identifying and the finding of all the information of the binder. I was the one who made the binder, so it was made to be easy for me to flip through. My partner was the writer, I just told him what to write and it worked out well. If you're a fast writer and a fast binder flipper, then you could be writing and finding the information (I did it in another event with 20 stations, 3 minutes each and it worked pretty well).

Nba2302 wrote:Whats the most efficient way to do really fast stations(talking about 1-3 minute stations, 15-20 stations in total). I did not do to well in the with my partner in regionals because of the extremely fast stations with many questions

Here's a few different tips: A. know ID well enough to not use the binder for it B. have a well organized binder (and be extremely familiar with your binder) C. memorize the most common questions (like crinoid morphology) D. have one person write and one person really know the binder E. write at the same time as your partner. This gets kinda chaotic but if both of you are well-prepared as in neither of you need the binder for most questions then it beats D.

AWildMudkip wrote:

Nba2302 wrote:Whats the most efficient way to do really fast stations(talking about 1-3 minute stations, 15-20 stations in total). I did not do to well in the with my partner in regionals because of the extremely fast stations with many questions

Here's a few different tips: A. know ID well enough to not use the binder for it B. have a well organized binder (and be extremely familiar with your binder) C. memorize the most common questions (like crinoid morphology) D. have one person write and one person really know the binder E. write at the same time as your partner. This gets kinda chaotic but if both of you are well-prepared as in neither of you need the binder for most questions then it beats D.

Using the searcher-writer method is what really works for me and my partner. This is because my partner is the one who primarily compiled the binder, so she can go through things quicker. But if both you and your partner are familiar with the binder, I would recommend ID together, and then answer the questions at the same time. For example, if there are 10 questions in a station (the first one being ID), do the first one together. Then, your partner could start at number 2 and you could start at number 10, working towards the center. If you are quick enough to have extra time, switch places, checking the others answers. These two methods are what I find the best, but being able to ID without your binder is key!

what the percentage of general questions and id questions generally in most tests?

Nba2302 wrote:what the percentage of general questions and id questions generally in most tests?

Mostly id questions and questions about specimens. Maybe 2 out of 20 stations are general.

http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl is this website trustable for taxonomy of the fossils in the list, or should I use wikipedia? I sometimes see that the class or family is different from wikipedia's. So either wikipedia is wrong or this website

Nba2302 wrote:http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl is this website trustable for taxonomy of the fossils in the list, or should I use wikipedia? I sometimes see that the class or family is different from wikipedia's. So either wikipedia is wrong or this website

Or they're both working under different sources in the endless taxonomy wars. That is most likely.

Unome wrote:

Nba2302 wrote:http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl is this website trustable for taxonomy of the fossils in the list, or should I use wikipedia? I sometimes see that the class or family is different from wikipedia's. So either wikipedia is wrong or this website

Or they're both working under different sources in the endless taxonomy wars. That is most likely.

Just use what the fossils list gives you and note any controversies