When fossils are in a curation ready state, either after the preparatory lab, they head to one of several curation stations in the main part of the lab. Fossils are identified by collections personnel, accessioned into Specify Software, then given labels and additional care before being integrated into the collection holdings. Take a look at common curatorial elements below!
Many different archival elements used to organize collection material.
Identified material waiting to be cataloged.
The cataloging station, where material is logged into a Specify Database.
Even more identified and prepared material waiting for a cataloger!