Below are some articles about using drones to find dinosaur fossils.

Surveyors use drone technology to map dinosaur
footprints in Sunland Park By Jason McNabb, April 26, 2023
[kvia.com]

Earlham geologists use aerial technology, 3D mapping
to discover fossils buried in desert
Earlham College, August 26, 2022
[earlham.edu]

Reinhart, J.A., 2020. Using drone mounted multispectral
cameras to map fossil sites (Masters thesis).
[ttu-ir.tdl.org]
[ttu-ir.tdl.org]

Beelders, T. and Dollman, G., 2021. Virtual Prospecting
in Paleontology Using a Drone-Based Orthomosaic Map:
An Eye Movement Analysis. ISPRS International
Journal of Geo-Information, 10(11), p.753.
[www.researchgate.net]

Automated laser-scanning ‘hunter drone’ seeks out
fossils, minerals and biological targets, Hong Kong University
[www.youtube.com]

Automated laser-scanning 'hunter drone' seeks out
fossils, minerals and biological targets,
The University of Hong Kong
[phys.org]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)