The crew moving a very heavy plaster and burlap jacket containing the mandible of a gomphothere. Florida Museum photo by Carol Sewell.

Spring 2018 Season Summary

208 volunteers, 51 students for course credit, 14 teachers for professional development, and 38 Florida Museum staff devoted a grand … Continue

Mako shark tooth. Florida Museum photo by Rachel Narducci

Mako Shark

We have a new faunal list addition to our cartilaginous fishes! It’s a mako shark (Isurus sp.) tooth discovered by Jonathan Bloch … Continue

Site at beginning of Fall 2017 field season. Florida Museum photo by Margaret Messineo.

Fall 2017 Season Summary

From October 5th to December 18th, Montbrook has seen 177 volunteers digging 5 days per week, for a grand total of … Continue

Upper premolar of a baby gomphothere.

10,000 Specimens!

We have officially passed the 10,000 mark for cataloged Montbrook specimens! Check out the ‘Online Specimen Database‘ blog post for … Continue

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

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