100 Years @FloridaMuseum
You’re Invited! What: Our Vertebrate Paleontology department is taking over the temporary exhibit in the ‘Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 … Continue
200 Fossils Away From 10,000
We are only 200 fossils away from cataloging 10,000 Montbrook specimens. We have a whole lot more to process, but … Continue
Online Specimen Database
Okay, so this is kind of exciting. Our public (Florida Museum Vertebrate Paleontology) online database has been updated with Montbrook … Continue
Skunk Addition
As Bob Tarnuzzer was sorting through and glueing Montbrook specimens, he found an intriguing distal humerus (the part of the … Continue
Fossil Project Newsletter Summer 2017
Check out the Montbrook Otter as featured in the Fossil Projects Summer 2017 Newsletter! This specimen was prepared and written … Continue
Life After Death
The Gomphothere (elephant-like proboscidean): Rynchotherium edense Dentary, right and left with m3 and left lower tusk – also known as, … Continue
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
Look what came out of the screen wash! On January 28th, Victoria Arico discovered this fused carnivore toe while digging … Continue
Faunal List Additions
Now that digging is over for the season, we have been making great progress towards processing the fossil finds. Through … Continue
Thank You!
A huge thank you to our amazing Montbrook volunteers! We absolutely could not have had such a successful digging season … Continue