Collecting Fossils with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History

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Quarrying is a type of excavation where the amount of bones at a site is extensive and requires multiple plaster jackets in order to remove.

Peterson Quarry, Jurassic
Morrison Formation
Scale=1m

Usually quarries can be worked for many years or even decades before they stop producing fossils.