Fossil preparation may be performed by scientists, students, collections personnel, or professional fossil preparators.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by Wikipedia and corroborated by independent sources including AMNH PaleoPortal and academic research on fossil preparation labs. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Fossil preparation (wikipedia)
- http://preparation.paleo.amnh.org/60/training-to-become-a-preparato (corroboration)
- https://issues.org/paleontology-fossil-preparator-inclusive-science-wylie/ (corroboration)
- https://news.virginia.edu/content/big-reveal-fossil-research (corroboration)