Collecting Fossils with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History

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Research Fieldwork Prep Lab Display Glossary Credits

Flipping the jacket is the most critical point of jacketing. Without a strong jacket and a good flip all the fossils inside the jacket could be destroyed.

Pre-Flip

Post-Flip

Near Tucumcari, NM
Late Triassic
Flipping usually requires as many people as possible using a variety of tools including crow bars, picks, shovels, and their bare hands.