{"id":280,"date":"2026-08-08T03:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:07:15","slug":"xeno-fossil-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/xeno-fossil-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Xeno Fossil Lab: Alien Paleontology Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position:relative;left:50%;width:min(1800px,calc(100vw - 40px))!important;max-width:none!important;margin-left:0!important;transform:translateX(-50%);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#eaf6ed;background:#082f31;border:1px solid #4fc7bb;box-shadow:0 20px 60px rgba(2,25,27,.35);overflow:hidden;\">\n<section style=\"position:relative;padding:clamp(34px,6vw,82px);background:radial-gradient(circle at 82% 20%,rgba(182,227,107,.2),transparent 26%),radial-gradient(circle at 16% 78%,rgba(97,213,200,.18),transparent 28%),linear-gradient(135deg,#092f31,#0d4b4b 58%,#123638);overflow:hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;inset:18px;border:1px dashed rgba(97,213,200,.35);pointer-events:none;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;font:700 12px monospace;letter-spacing:.2em;color:#b6e36b;\">ALIEN FIELD MISSION \/\/ EARTH PALEO-RECONNAISSANCE<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"max-width:950px;margin:0;font:700 clamp(48px,8vw,105px)\/.88 Georgia,serif;letter-spacing:-.055em;color:#f6eedb;\">Recover the species <span style=\"color:#ef765d;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;\">Earth forgot.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"max-width:760px;margin:30px 0 32px;font:20px\/1.55 Georgia,serif;color:#cfe6df;\">You are an alien field scientist sent to determine what once lived on Earth. Excavate realistic fossils, reconstruct fractured specimens, read geological evidence, and assemble an unlabeled skeleton before the archive judges your hypothesis.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/xeno-fossil-lab-v3\/game\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:17px 25px;background:#ef765d;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;font:800 12px monospace;letter-spacing:.12em;border:1px solid #ffad99;box-shadow:5px 5px 0 #071f20;\">OPEN FULL-SCREEN MISSION \u2197<\/a><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<section style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(210px,1fr));gap:1px;background:#426e69;border-top:1px solid #426e69;border-bottom:1px solid #426e69;\">\n<div style=\"padding:26px;background:#f5edd9;color:#102a2b;\"><b style=\"display:block;color:#0d7771;font:10px monospace;letter-spacing:.14em;\">01 \/\/ EXCAVATE<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 7px;font:26px Georgia,serif;\">Recover the evidence<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.5;\">Choose safe brushes or faster rock picks while protecting fossil integrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:26px;background:#f5edd9;color:#102a2b;\"><b style=\"display:block;color:#0d7771;font:10px monospace;letter-spacing:.14em;\">02 \/\/ REASSEMBLE<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 7px;font:26px Georgia,serif;\">Read every fracture<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.5;\">Align unlabeled fragments, scan seam continuity, and stabilize them with consolidant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:26px;background:#f5edd9;color:#102a2b;\"><b style=\"display:block;color:#0d7771;font:10px monospace;letter-spacing:.14em;\">03 \/\/ INFER<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 7px;font:26px Georgia,serif;\">Think like a paleontologist<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.5;\">Use sediment, teeth, limb proportions, and formation age to identify the animal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:26px;background:#f5edd9;color:#102a2b;\"><b style=\"display:block;color:#0d7771;font:10px monospace;letter-spacing:.14em;\">04 \/\/ SCORE<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin:12px 0 7px;font:26px Georgia,serif;\">Reach 80% confidence<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.5;\">Placement, rotation, field care, and alien hypotheses combine into the final score.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"padding:24px;background:#071f20;\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:18px;align-items:center;flex-wrap:wrap;margin:0 0 14px;\">\n<div><b style=\"font:11px monospace;letter-spacing:.15em;color:#b6e36b;\">MISSION CONSOLE<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:7px 0 0;color:#9bc7c0;\">Play directly below. For the largest excavation field, use the full-screen launch above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:10px 14px;border:1px solid #61d5c8;color:#61d5c8;font:700 10px monospace;letter-spacing:.1em;\">MOUSE \u2022 TOUCH \u2022 KEYBOARD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <iframe src=\"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/xeno-fossil-lab-v3\/game\/index.html\" title=\"Xeno Fossil Lab dinosaur reconstruction game\" loading=\"eager\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:clamp(720px,90vh,980px);border:1px solid #61d5c8;background:#f2ead6;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n  <\/section>\n<section style=\"padding:clamp(28px,5vw,60px);background:#f5edd9;color:#102a2b;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font:700 10px monospace;letter-spacing:.16em;color:#ef765d;\">FOUR EXPEDITIONS \/\/ INCREASING COMPLEXITY<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 28px;font:42px\/1 Georgia,serif;\">Choose your fossil formation<\/h2>\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(210px,1fr));gap:12px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:20px;border:1px solid #b9ad91;background:#fff9e9;\"><b>Tyrannosaurus rex<\/b><small style=\"display:block;margin-top:8px;font:10px monospace;color:#60706c;\">LATE CRETACEOUS \/\/ FIELD TEST<\/small><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:20px;border:1px solid #b9ad91;background:#fff9e9;\"><b>Spinosaurus<\/b><small style=\"display:block;margin-top:8px;font:10px monospace;color:#60706c;\">CENOMANIAN \/\/ EXPERT<\/small><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:20px;border:1px solid #b9ad91;background:#fff9e9;\"><b>Dilophosaurus<\/b><small style=\"display:block;margin-top:8px;font:10px monospace;color:#60706c;\">EARLY JURASSIC \/\/ EXPERT<\/small><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:20px;border:1px solid #b9ad91;background:#fff9e9;\"><b>Pterodactylus<\/b><small style=\"display:block;margin-top:8px;font:10px monospace;color:#60706c;\">LATE JURASSIC \/\/ MASTER<\/small><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:30px 0 0;padding-top:22px;border-top:1px solid #c9bea5;font:17px\/1.6 Georgia,serif;\"><strong>What makes it educational:<\/strong> the fossils have no labels and no correctness glow. Players must compare contours, proportions, articulation, and geological context\u2014then commit to a reconstruction and hypothesis.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALIEN FIELD MISSION \/\/ EARTH PALEO-RECONNAISSANCE Recover the species Earth forgot. You are an alien field scientist sent to determine what once lived on Earth. Excavate realistic fossils, reconstruct fractured specimens, read geological evidence, and assemble an unlabeled skeleton before the archive judges your hypothesis. OPEN FULL-SCREEN MISSION \u2197 01 \/\/ EXCAVATE Recover the evidence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280\/revisions\/290"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modularmath.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}