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

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

Montbrook timelaps screen Jan17

Gainesville Magazine Story

Rachel Damiani of Gainesville.com wrote a story about Montbrook. “Amateur and professional paleontologists work side by side to uncover thousands of … 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

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