This summer’s exceptionally high rainfall raised local water tables at the Montbrook site and submerged the fossil-producing layers! This is … Continue
Look at this specimen! The lower jaw of a small Montbrook alligator collected by volunteer Sharon Lord in May is … Continue
Our discovery of the week is this amazing tiny (finger for scale) 5-6 million year old symphyseal tooth of an … Continue
The molar discovered by Tammy Marks is free (and perfect)! This tooth will be used to describe the species, determine … Continue
Dig volunteer Marcia Rentschler found an arm bone (ulna) from a large raccoon this week! It is very close in … Continue
This spring we excavated at Montbrook from March 1 to 28. One hundred fifteen volunteers worked a total of 1,415 … Continue
All of the digging effort at Montbrook has officially turned into a scientific publication!! The heron is named Taphophoyx … Continue
The specimen (UF 427430) is the skull of Alligator mississippiensis collected from Montbrook on April 25th, 2016, by Russell Brown, Dawn … Continue