Learn more about vertebrate paleontology (fossil bones), invertebrate paleontology (fossil animals lacking bones) and paleobotany (fossil plants) with our Florida Museum scientists.
Our extensive collections focus on the Cenozoic Era (last 65 million years) in Florida, the Southeast US, and some Caribbean region.
Latest Paleontology News at the Florida Museum
Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India
During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near…
New book brings prehistoric mammals to life
After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched…
Bruce MacFadden, curator of vertebrate paleontology, retires after 47 years at the Florida Museum of Natural History
In 1977, Bruce MacFadden accepted a curatorial position with the Florida Museum of Natural History’s vertebrate paleontology collection. Since...
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