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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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George H. Junne, Jr.

Amateur Spotlight: George H. Junne, Jr.

Sep 1, 2015

This issue we interview 2013 Strimple Award Winner Dr. George H. Junne, Jr. Dr. Junne is Professor of Africana Studies … Continue

Jaw in situ

Featured Fossil: Mesohippus Mandible

Sep 1, 2015

During the morning hours of Thursday, August 13, 2015, a 6th and 7th grade science teacher at the Academy of the Holy … Continue

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Club Corner: Dallas Paleontological Society

Sep 1, 2015

The Dallas Paleontological Society (aka Dallas Paleo or DPS) was founded in 1984 for “the purpose of promoting interest in … Continue

Anthony Martin next to a Cretaceous-age (75-million-year-old) fossil soil with many insect trace fossils in central Montana. Photo courtesy of Ruth Schowalter.

Featured Paleontologist: Anthony “Tony” Martin

Sep 1, 2015

Anthony (Tony) J. Martin is based in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University. He did his undergraduate work at … Continue

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The Paleontological Society Would Like to Hear From You

Sep 1, 2015

These are rich, but unsettling times for paleontologists. From a societal and scientific perspective, paleontology has never been more vital … Continue

Array of teaching materials from trunks

Education: Geo2Go at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Jun 1, 2015

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History (UIMNH) started their “Discovery Trunk” series in 2010 as a way to … Continue

Some of the more interesting finds from the Belgrade Mine: an astragalus (possibly from a peccary), a crocodyliform tooth, a pathologic sand tiger shark tooth, a large sand tiger shark tooth, another large sand tiger shark tooth, and a mako shark tooth (from right to left). Photo courtesy of Victor Perez.

Fossils from Lee Creek Mine and Calvert Cliffs

Jun 1, 2015

Ten Teeth Ten teeth…just ten teeth…this is all after a long day of field work in the marine sediments of … Continue

The myFOSSIL logo, an orange graphic design image of a shell

A “Jurassic Journey” for Cub Scouts in Arkansas

Jun 1, 2015

“Jurassic Journey” – so reads the aptly themed title of the 2015 Quapaw Area Boy Scout Council’s Mohawk District Cub … Continue

Plate 102 from Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura (1883-85) by Friedrich August von Quenstedt.

Fossils and Paleontology in Southern Germany

Jun 1, 2015

In June, I traveled for a week to southern Germany, which is a region famous for fossils and a long … Continue

Erin Fitzgerald painting a model

Featured Paleoartist Erin Fitzgerald

Jun 1, 2015

For the second article in our series on paleo art, we focus on Erin Fitzgerald, a Chicago-based paleo artist. Erin’s … Continue

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