Fossil
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time period, from 250 to 300 million
years ago.
To organize the catalog, the fossils
needed to be sorted. They range in size
from microscopic, single-celled or
ganisms to the cephalopods, which
look like snail shells, some nearly 2
feet in diameter.
“When I started here 25 years ago,”
Pabian said, “I started some basic un
wrapping of specimens when I did the
‘Record in Rock’ book. So many of
these are so small that several hundred
can be stored in a box.”
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We are trying to
resurrects database
that's been tost for 30
years or so.
— Pabian
paleontologist
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“Record in Rock” is a handbook on
Nebraska’s invertebrate fossils.
Pabian is being assisted by Huaibao
Liu, who is working on his doctorate
in micropaleontology.
“After I unwrap (a fossil), if it’s a
good one, I mark it,” Liu said. “Some
of them are very good, particularly the
crinoids.”
Crinoids are related to starfish and
sea urchins and are recognized by
their five-sided structure.
“Some things that have no labels
are of no use to this collection,” Liu
said. “Some aren’t good enough, and
some have no labels.”
He pointed to photographs of some
fossils that looked like small nails all
pointing the same way, indicating a
direction of water flow. The informa
tion about water flow is relevant, but
the photos are useless to researchers.
“We cannot figure out where it
came from,” Liu said. “When you
collect the fossil in the field, you have
to make short notes.”
Ideally, those notes include where
the fossil was found, the type and
thickness of the rock layer, other types
of fossils found in the area and how
many fossils were collected of each
type.
“That can tell you what kind ol
environment the fossils came from,”
Liu said. “Was it sea; was it land? And
what kind of sea; was it shallow or
deeper ocean? Rocks such as lime
stone indicate there was sea.
“Some collectors were only inter
ested in the fossils, so we don’t have
data on the rocks,” he said.
Primary sorting determines what
will remain in the collection. Unla
beled fossils in good condition could
go to Morrill Hall, Pabian said.
“They may go to the Encounter
Center at the museum for little kids to
dig out of the sand so they can get their
junior paleontologist badge,” he said.
After deciding what to keep, Pabian
and Liu will sort the fossils by location
and type.
“My intent is to get it on a database.
Then we will be able to draw up any
information we want,” he said.
The data could be called up by
location,rocklayer or fossil type. Some
of the information could be put on
maps. Geologists worldwide will be
able to use the data to analyze rock
layers by their fossil content.
Paleoecologists, who study ancient
ecology, could use the data to deter
mine what ancient environments were
like, to understand changes in the en
vironment and to predict the stability
of animal species, Pabian said.
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They (untabled
fossils in good
condition) may go to
the Encounter Center
at the museum for
little kids to dig out
of the sand so they
can get theirjunior
paleontologist badge.
— Pabian
paleontologist
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The collection also contains holo
type specimens — those used to de
scribe a newly discovered species.
Pabian has discovered at least 250
holotypes so far.
“A lot of what we have is first-hand
information,” Pabian said.
Pabian is trying to get the collec
tion organized to the point where an
other organization will provide fund
ing to house the fossils.
‘‘For a small investment of time
and money, we could catalog irre
placeable data.”
Victims
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proceeding, they may not be aware of
it,” Cauble said.
She said the amendment would help
guarantee that victims would receive
notice about such proceedings and
any changes in them.
Cauble, a member of the Nebraska
Coalition for Victims of Crime’s board
of directors, said she and NCVC mem
bers had been meeting with state sen
ators and Attorney General Don
Stenberg in recent weeks to gain sup
port for LR 29CA.
But Cauble said her first concern
was whether or not the bill would
make it to the floor of the Legislature.
Loeffler said three things could
happen to the proposed amendment
— the committee could vote to ad
vance it, kill it, or someone on the
floor of legislature could request that
it be advanced.
Bypassing the committee would
require 25 votes, Loeffler said.
Robak
Continued from Page 1
expanding the Health Profession In
centives Act.
More state funds will be available
to pay tuition and student loans for
nurse practitioners, mental health prac
titioners and primary-care physicians
who will practice in rural areas, she
said.
Other areas of the 10-point plan
include:
• Cutting down on bureaucracy
and administrative costs by making
insurance companies use a standard
ized claims form.
• Making immunizations for chil
dren under age 5 cheaper and more
accessible.
• Reforming small-group insur
ance plans.
Robak also outlined Clinton’s
health care proposal, which she said
many feared would be “bureaucracy
heavy and not cost-effective.”
Robak said she hoped any national
reforms would give states enough flex
ibility to effectively meet their own
needs.
Greenspace
Continued from Page 1
prove.
“Each year there are changes in the
parking,” he said, “and there is always
a serious effort to improve it.”
Dasenbrock said all issues, includ
ing parking, should be taken into con
sideration before the project begins.
“The timing of the project has to be
sensitive to the other needs on cam
pus,” he said. “We need to know all
there is to know before we go ahead.”
Mike Cacak, a UNL parking ad
ministrator and transportation manag
er, said there was a concern that cam
pus would not be as safe with the
elimination of the parking spaces.
Students and faculty who are or
campus after dark may be forced tc
park in more distant lots, Cacak said
But there is a proposal that calls foi
the lot farthest north of the studeni
union to be open to students with
permits every day sometime after A
p.m.
The proposal will go to the chan
cellor in about one month, he said.
Police Report
Beginning midnight Monday
4:40 p.m. — Composite stolen, 626 N.
16th St., $450 loss.
9:42 p.m. — Phone calls, Sandoz Res
idence Hall.
Beginning midnight Tuesday
11:52 a.m. — Trash can fire, Oldfather
Hall.
2:02 p.m.—City of Lincoln, accident, no
injuries, $200 damage.
3:26 p.m. — Injury/sickness, Nebraska
Union,
8:24 p.m. — Injury/sickness, Natural
Resources, person transported to St.
Elizabeth Hospital.
8:56 p.m. — Injury/sickness, Sheldon
Art Gallery.
6:18 a.m. — Stolen cash, Schramm
Residence Hail, $100 loss.
Beginning midnight Wednesday
10:16 a.m. — Clock stolen, Brace Lab,
$25 loss.
1:58 p.m. — Fire alarm/sprinkler head
broken off, 401 N. Ninth St., damage
unknown.
4:20 p.m. — Fire alarm, pipe break,
Coliseum.
4:45 p.m. — Injury/sickness, Business
Services, person transported to Lincoln
General Hospital.
5:20 p.m. — Security alarm, accidental
trip, East Union.
9:30 p.m. — Vandalism/criminal mis
chief, damage to interior window, Me
morial Stadium, $10 damage.
9:42 p.m. — Vandalism/criminal mis
chief, car door damaged, Lot 18A at 15th
and U streets, $100 damage.
2:19 a.m. — Narcotics, Abel Residence
Hall, two arrests.
Victim Services Center moves
The Victim Services Center is be
ing relocated to room 128 in the 501
Building, said Lisa Cauble, coordina
tor of victim services.
Cauble said her office, formerly
located in 407 Administration, was a
temporary location. Her new office
will be open Monday, she said.
Cauble said the center provided a
support system for crime victims.
“I do anything from answering
questions to walking (crime victims)
through the criminal justice system,”
Cauble said. Victim services is basi
cally a “support system through the
whole criminal justice process,” she
said.
Cauble advises victims of their
options to report crimes, refers them
to counseling services and helps them
fill out paperwork for protection or
ders.
The crime victims’ confidentiality
is protected at the center, she said.
Anyone who calls to report crimes,
including hate crimes or sexual as
sault, can remain annonymous, Cauble
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