Hsiao started digging and restoring fossils and later set up his own fossil restoration company Shishang (石尚) in 1997, turning his interest into a business. Thanks to this friend, Hsiao became aware of the fossil preparator profession - the main career option available to fossil lovers - which he had not known existed before. While in Germany, a friend involved in fossil digging and restoration took him to Holzmaden, a place known for its 180-million-year-old shales that contain rich fossil resources. Fossil workshop in New Taipei's Shulin District. The latest fossilized triceratops skull, one that has a preserved mummified facial skin specimen intact, Hsiao Yu-fu acquired from Montana earlier this year is displayed in the Mr. "Actually, I just wanted to go pick up some stones, because I knew there were some trade fairs in Europe where people exchange fossils and stones," he recalled. Interested in natural science and fossils in his teens, Hsiao set off to Germany to learn more about the field at the age of 21, without having any expectation that it could lead to a career. Having stepped into the field by accident, he became Taiwan's first fossil preparator and set the standard for the profession in the country, and he still aspires to build a museum where he can tell the story of evolution through the fossils he has restored. His unwavering passion for fossils has taken him through big discoveries and major disappointments, including getting kicked out of his own fossil restoration and exhibition company. Fossil, operates an air scribe in his New Taipei workshop to restore a newly acquired triceratops fossil that was unearthed in Montana early 2023.
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