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Remote sensing of lichens with drones for detecting dinosaur bones.
Brian J Pickles, Caleb M Brown, Sean Herridge-Berry, Cameron R Martin, Melissa Dergousoff, Teri Gilmar, Phil R Bell, Derek R Peddle
Published: 202510.1016/j.cub.2025.09.036
Abstract
Advances in palaeontology and evolutionary biology are often linked to the discovery of new fossils, yet these discoveries are typically serendipitous1. Here, we report that lichens can serve as biological indicators of vertebrate fossils in western…
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