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FOSSIL Project Archive

FOSSIL Project Newsletters and Blogs

Twenty-three (23) newsletters were distributed by email to members and interested parties between February 2014 and Fall 2019. In 2025, the original newsletters were converted to static blog posts, presented below. Taken together, this body of information provides the best history of the FOSSIL project during its active phase.

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Greg Schumacher and Bill Heimbrock

Amateur Spotlight: William P. Heimbrock

Jul 1, 2016

Editor’s note: This month, we highlight William Heimbrock, a board member of the Dry Dredgers organization based in Cincinnati. Tell … Continue

Amateur paleontologist Chris Pirrone and Bobby with a small Pliocene baleen whale skull in a plaster jacket, Santa Cruz, CA

Featured Professional: Robert W. Boessenecker

Jul 1, 2016

Editor’s Note: Our featured professional this issue is Robert (Bobby) Boessenecker, a paleontologist at the College of Charleston in Charleston, … Continue

Cindy Lockner explaining how a T. rex skull cast is put together at the Women in Paleontology event 2016

FOSSIL Project Updates Summer 2016

Jul 1, 2016

Updates On May 7, FOSSIL sent six women from UF/FLMNH (Dr. Cristina Robins, Sarah Allen, Eleanor Gardner, Dawn Mitchell, Rachel … Continue

Rowan Fossil Park logo

Education: Rowan University Purchases Former Quarry to Preserve Valuable Dig Site for Research and Education

Mar 1, 2016

Whenever I ask paleontologists—pros or amateurs—the key to getting children and youth interested in the science, the answer is always … Continue

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Club Corner: North Coast Fossil Club

Mar 1, 2016

In July of 1982, Dr. Shya Chitaley, a Paleobotanist at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, founded “The Fossil Society.” … Continue

myFOSSIL logo, an orange graphic design image of a shell

Let’s Do It: myFossil Mini Video Tutorial Series for Best Practices in Paleontology

Mar 1, 2016

“I would like to image my fossil but there are still some parts covered in mud, how should I clean … Continue

Touring George Hubbell’s Museum © Jeff Gage

Report on PaleoBlitz Spring 2016

Mar 1, 2016

Participants with a range of expertise and experience were selected to participate in our inaugural PaleoBlitz held March 18 – … Continue

Lena Cole

Featured Paleoartist Lena Cole

Mar 1, 2016

Editor’s Note: Our artist this issue is a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth Science at The Ohio State … Continue

Modern Parinari from Panama

Research: Plant Fossil from Panama Provides Insight into Evolutionary History of Coco-Plums

Mar 1, 2016

The ongoing expansion of the Panama Canal provides an exceptional opportunity to collect fossils in the tropics where abundant vegetation … Continue

Cystaster stellatus on brachiopod shell, exhibiting the straight, robust ambulacra and star-like shape characteristic of the genus. Covington, Kentucky. Jack Kallmeyer collection.

Featured Fossil: Edrioasteroids of Cincinnati

Mar 1, 2016

In the spring of 2002, attendees of Cincinnati’s annual gem, mineral, and fossil show, GeoFair, cast their ballots to elect … Continue

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