Return to Thomas Farm

Today we prepared Thomas Farm for our fossil dig. This 18-million-year-old sink hole deposit is very rich in early Miocene vertebrates. Tomorrow we start digging with volunteers!

volunteers next to site covered in blue tarps and leaves

Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch

volunteer standing next to large pile of sand bags

Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch

Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch

volunteers in a like passing heavy bags up stairs

Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch

volunteer kneeling on the ground holding a fossil up to the camera

Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch

volunteers laying on ground holding a fossil and smiling at the camera

Florida Museum photo by Jonathan Bloch

About Thomas Farm

Thomas Farm is one of the most important vertebrate fossil sites in Florida. Fossils were discovered here in 1931 and the land was later deeded to the University of Florida. Researchers, students and volunteers have been working this site for decades and the Museum is home to many of the fossils identified from this site. New species continue to be found and described from Thomas Farm on a regular basis. Read more about Thomas Farm