Fossil Collections

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Across
  1. 3. Manufacturer of steel museum cases
  2. 6. Spiriferid, for example
  3. 7. "First appearance datum"
  4. 10. Moss animals
  5. 13. Famous trilobites from Cleveland's Glen
  6. 15. How old are you?
  7. 16. Unique identifier
  8. 17. Sediment just a bit bigger than clay
  9. 18. Name-bearer
  10. 19. Carbonate rock ____stone
  11. 20. You'll forget the name without this
  12. 23. Sediment that preserves fine detail
  13. 24. This confederation of museums houses the National Fossil Collection
  14. 25. Home for specimens
  15. 26. Geological time unit, Devonian, for example
  16. 27. The most impressive fossils go on
Down
  1. 1. Cuddly collection from PRI
  2. 2. A mile-high museum that houses fossils from the western US
  3. 4. Fossil resin famed for trapping the tiny
  4. 5. Electronic home for information about specimens
  5. 8. Add it to the collection
  6. 9. The other side of the fossil
  7. 11. Canada's only museum devoted exclusively to paleontology
  8. 12. Home of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
  9. 14. Disappointing exhibit sign: _____ for research
  10. 19. Place where it's found
  11. 21. "Last appearance datum"
  12. 22. Making decisions about which specimens to include
  13. 28. The other side of the fossil