Dorelle Ackerman with the mako shark tooth she discovered on Sunday, April 8th. Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch.

New Mako Shark

We recently posted about the discovery of a  tooth adding to the diversity of our Montbrook faunal list. Just yesterday (Sunday, … Continue

Ryan Dye with otter jaw discovery. Florida Museum photo by Dawn Dye.

Otter Jaw

This past Wednesday, April 4th, Montbrook volunteer, Ryan Dye, uncovered an otter jaw! We were able to pedestal around the … Continue

Mako shark tooth. Florida Museum photo by Rachel Narducci

Mako Shark

We have a new faunal list addition to our cartilaginous fishes! It’s a mako shark (Isurus sp.) tooth discovered by Jonathan Bloch … Continue

Upper premolar of a baby gomphothere.

10,000 Specimens!

We have officially passed the 10,000 mark for cataloged Montbrook specimens! Check out the ‘Online Specimen Database‘ blog post for … Continue

Comparing two bones, modern and fossil

Skunk Addition

As Bob Tarnuzzer was sorting through and glueing Montbrook specimens, he found an intriguing distal humerus (the part of the … Continue

Gomphothere left dentary

Life After Death

The Gomphothere (elephant-like proboscidean): Rynchotherium edense Dentary, right and left with m3 and left lower tusk – also known as, … Continue

Fused carnivore toe. Florida Museum photo by Rachel Narducci.

Fused Carnivore Toe

Look what came out of the screen wash! On January 28th, Victoria Arico discovered this fused carnivore toe while digging … Continue

Tapirus polkensis lunar fossil

Faunal List Additions

Now that digging is over for the season, we have been making great progress towards processing the fossil finds. Through … Continue