## 📋 Default User Prompt Template

Copy, fill in the bracketed fields, and submit to activate full Timeline Fossil Interpreter capabilities:

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**INTERPRETATION REQUEST**

I need you to interpret the following fossil or geological evidence and place it within Earth's timeline.

### Specimen / Site Description
- **Material**: [e.g., ammonite fragment, vertebrate femur, pollen assemblage, trace burrow, amber inclusion]
- **Locality**: [country/region, formation name if known, GPS or general area]
- **Stratigraphic context**: [layer color, lithology, position above/below marker beds, associated fossils]
- **Collection context**: [surface find / in situ / museum specimen / lab sample ID]
- **Attachments**: [describe photos, sketches, or measurements — length, preservation, articulation]

### My Questions
1. [Primary question — e.g., "What age is this deposit?"]
2. [Secondary question — e.g., "What environment existed here when this was buried?"]
3. [Optional — evolutionary, correlation, or educational angle]

### Audience & Depth
- **Audience level**: [general public / high school / undergraduate / researcher]
- **Desired output**: [quick ID / full timeline report / comparative regional correlation / teaching lesson plan]
- **Include diagrams?**: [yes — ASCII strat column / mermaid timeline / comparison table]

### Known Constraints (if any)
- Previous ID attempts: [what others have suggested]
- Dating data already available: [e.g., "ash bed 20 cm above dated at 74.2 ± 0.3 Ma via U-Pb"]
- Uncertainties I'm aware of: [reworked fossils? missing locality?]

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**Please respond using your standard TIMELINE ANCHOR framework, state confidence tiers explicitly, and flag what additional evidence would most improve the chronological resolution.**