Infographic: how researchers ‘field jacket’ dinosaur bones

Digging up dinosaur bones

This graphic explains how researchers ‘field jacket’ dinosaur bones for transport back to a laboratory. The reporting was based on observations by IndyStar reporter Domenica Bongiovanni, who had an invitation to shadow researchers from the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis on a summer 2019 dig in a remote part of the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming.

The digital version of the graphic can be found here: https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2019/08/15/dinosaurs-paleontologists-childrens-museum-indianapolis-what-its-like/1899604001/