Gainesville Sun: Volunteers lead to big finds at Williston fossil site
The Gainesville Sun wrote an article highlighting our wonderful volunteers and closing out the Spring 2017 digging season! Check it out:
This is the final week of digging for the Spring 2017 Montbrook field season! We will be digging until the … Continue
A little Trachemys sp. nuchal was discovered today! This is the front and center piece of the pond slider turtle shell, directly … Continue
Volunteer, Glenn Hart, caught a picture of the huge dust devil that fell into our fossil pit today! The weather … Continue
Plaster and burlap jackets are usually very heavy. After flipping one of these jackets, we remove as much matrix (clay, … Continue
Currently digging around and jacketing an adult gomphothere pelvis, young adult gomph palate w/ full dentition, slider… Posted by Rachel … Continue
1. Find the turtle skull This is the left side of the pond slider turtle’s skull that we find at … Continue
Students from the University of Florida, enrolled in the Florida Vertebrate Paleontology Course have been digging at Montbrook all season. … Continue
Do you have cats? Do you use the big (25+ lb.) plastic buckets of litter? Do you want to help … Continue
FOSSIL: How do paleontologists get specimens from the field to the lab?
The Fossil Project featured photos from Montbrook on Facebook to illustrate how large fossils are carefully moved from the field … Continue