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most of the little research on Hawaii's fossils record had already gone out of print. She recommended that would-be amateur fossil hunters in Hawaii consult staff of a local museum for clues on where to hunt due to the rarity of fossils and the lack of easily accessible information on them.
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that lived in the area when sea levels were higher than they are today. Overall the state has seen very little paleontological research within its borders. According to author Marian Murray, prior to the 1974 publication of the second edition to her book
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For Hawaiian rocks as being the wrong age for dinosaur fossil preservation, see Buffalo News (2010); "Discovering Dinosaurs". For Hawaiian rocks as being the wrong type for fossil preservation, see Murray (1974); "Hawaii", page
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fossils have ever been found in Hawaii because the volcanic activity responsible for their creation did not begin until after their
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geology, the islands preserve very few fossils. Most such remains are creatures like relatively recent
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Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All 50 States
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Ressig, Johanna, Dale Springer, Judy Scotchmoor. February 17, 2004. "
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Ressig, Springer, Scotchmoor (2004); "Paleontology and geology".
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research occurring within or conducted by people from the
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Paleontological research in the U.S. state of Hawaii
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Index


state of Hawaii
paleontological
U.S. state
Hawaii
volcanic
Pliocene
age
igneous
corals
molluscs
Kauai
avian
dinosaur
extinction
Quaternary
Kauai
Oahu
Molokai
Lanai
Maui
corals
mollusks
Waianae
Pleistocene
reef
algae
coral
foraminiferans
molluscs

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