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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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Figure 1. Ichthyornis dispar specimen prior to CT-scanning. Photo credit: Laura Wilson

Featured Fossil: Ichthyornis dispar

Sep 1, 2018

Before his first day of college in the summer of 2014, incoming Fort Hays State University (FHSU) freshman Kris Super … Continue

Image includes several types of corals, many types of crinoid stems, and fossils and rock geodes.

Club Corner: The Knoxville Gem & Mineral Society

Sep 1, 2018

I wish to introduce The Knoxville Gem & Mineral society (KGMS). We are a family oriented, nonprofit (501c3), educational and … Continue

Steve in the eld with his magnifying visor

Amateur Spotlight: Steve Vanlandingham

Sep 1, 2018

Editor’s note: This issue, FOSSIL Project postdoc Jen Bauer interviews Steve Vanlandingham. Steve is a volunteer in the invertebrate paleontology … Continue

Emily Lindsey

Featured Professional: Emily Lindsey

Sep 1, 2018

Editor’s note: This issue we feature Emily Lindsey, Assistant Curator and Excavation Site Director at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los … Continue

Presenting to Sharks and Minnows campers at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Photo courtesy of Victor Perez.

FOSSIL Project Spends a Day at Camp – Three to be Exact…

Jul 1, 2018

Summer is a time for fun and relaxation, except when you’re a grad student! It is a time to catch … Continue

MAPS members and MacKenzie collecting in Rockford, Iowa

YouTube “50 States of Fossils” Update

Jul 1, 2018

My PhD research focuses on plants from a particular formation that is found only in Oregon. Thus, in order to … Continue

The team at Belgrade

FOSSIL Project Updates Summer 2018

Jul 1, 2018

FOSSIL Team Changes In April, FOSSIL Co-Principal Investigator Betty Dunckel retired from her role as Director of the Center for … Continue

A tooth from a Megalodon ancestor found by Eric, a member of the Special Friends of the Aurora Fossil Museum

Citizen Science at Belgrade

Jul 1, 2018

I don’t often complete surveys, but when completion means the chance to participate in a citizen science dig with The … Continue

Jack Kallmeyer

News from the Paleontological Society

Jul 1, 2018

Jack Kallmeyer receives the Strimple Award Each year the PS presents the Strimple Award to recognize outstanding achievement in paleontology … Continue

Welded mammoth sculpture. Photo courtesy of Lonny Smart

Education: The Wenas Mammoth Foundation’s Educational Program

Jul 1, 2018

In 2005, while constructing a road on a hillside overlooking the Wenas Valley, north of Selah, in Central Washington State, … Continue

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