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

Site at beginning of Fall 2017 field season. Florida Museum photo by Margaret Messineo.

Fall 2017 Season Summary

From October 5th to December 18th, Montbrook has seen 177 volunteers digging 5 days per week, for a grand total of … Continue

Gomphothere limb bone in prep.

100 Years @FloridaMuseum

You’re Invited!   What: Our Vertebrate Paleontology department is taking over the temporary exhibit in the ‘Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 … Continue

Database look-up screen shot

Online Specimen Database

Okay, so this is kind of exciting. Our public (Florida Museum Vertebrate Paleontology) online database has been updated with Montbrook … 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

Jacketed fossils waiting to be prepped.

Thank You!

A huge thank you to our amazing Montbrook volunteers! We absolutely could not have had such a successful digging season … Continue

dust devil over Montbrook

Dust Devil

Volunteer, Glenn Hart, caught a picture of the huge dust devil that fell into our fossil pit today! The weather … Continue

Photogrammetry screen shot of fossil at Montbrook.

Photogrammetry

Captured and published by one of our volunteers from Colorado! This is why photogrammetry is an awesome tool. You can capture … Continue