Montbrook Fossil Dig

May 21, 2021

Our discovery of the week is this amazing tiny (finger for scale) 5-6 million year old symphyseal tooth of an … Continue

May 10, 2021

The molar discovered by Tammy Marks is free (and perfect)! This tooth will be used to describe the species, determine … Continue

May 7, 2021

Dig volunteer Marcia Rentschler found an arm bone (ulna) from a large raccoon this week! It is very close in … Continue

May 29, 2019

May 22, 2019

Apr 11, 2019

This spring we excavated at Montbrook from March 1 to 28. One hundred fifteen volunteers worked a total of 1,415 … Continue

Apr 9, 2019

All of the digging effort at Montbrook has officially turned into a scientific publication!! A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF … Continue

Mar 15, 2019

The specimen (UF 427430) is the skull of Alligator mississippiensis collected from Montbrook on April 25th, 2016, by Russell Brown, Dawn … Continue

Feb 1, 2019

Here we compare two fossil sites similar in age, ancient environment, and fauna to Montbrook: The Gray Fossil Site and … Continue

Dec 12, 2018

This fall we excavated at Montbrook from November 7 to December 9. One hundred ten volunteers worked a total of … Continue

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