FOSSIL Project Newsletters

Volume 6, Issue 3, Fall 2019| FOSSIL Project Newsletter Fall 2019

• FOSSIL Project Updates by Sadie Mills
• 11th North American Paleontological Convention: Perspectives from the Community
  • Ian D. Browne, post-doctoral fellow
  • Jennifer Broo, educator
  • Gloria Carr, amateur
  • Eleanor Gardner, former FOSSIL Project Coordinator
  • Kyle Hartshorn, amateur
  • Bill Heim, amateur
  • Bill Heimbrock, amateur
  • Jack Kallmeyer, amateur
  • Jayson Kowinsky, educator, amateur
  • Adriane Lam, graduate student
  • Cindy Lockner, amateur
  • Lisa Lundgren, former FOSSIL Project graduate student
  • Isaac Magallanes, graduate student
  • Linda McCall, amateur
  • Victor Perez, graduate student
  • Jeanette Pirlo, graduate student
  • Denise Porcello, educator
  • Sarah Sheffield, university faculty
  • MacKenzie Smith, graduate student
  • Matthew Speights, amateur
  • Michael Ziegler, graduate student
• Social Paleontology and FOSSIL’s Contributions to Research on Learning by Kent Crippen, Lisa Lundgren & Richard Bex
• myFOSSIL eMuseum and Curation Team by Jennifer Bauer
• Reflections on the FOSSIL Project and Future Directions by Bruce MacFadden

 

Volume 6, Issue 2, Summer 2019| FOSSIL Project Newsletter Summer 2019

• Featured Professional: Gabriel-Philip Santos
• Amateur Spotlight: Lee Cone
• Club Corner: Kentucky Paleontological Society by Dan Phelps
• Featured Fossil: New Heron described from the Montbrook Fossil Site in Levy County, Florida by Rachel E. Narducci
• Research: The Arlington Archosaur Site: A Model of Citizen-Science in Paleontology by Chris Noto
• Education: myFOSSIL in Undergraduate Education by Kyle Bostick
• Paleoart: ZHAO Chuang
• Digital Resources in Paleontology Professional Development Workshop at NAPC by Jen Bauer and Molly Phillips
• Field Camp: Reflections of a Geology Student by Samantha Ocon
• My Time as a Paleontologist: A Science Communicator by Mary Jane Hughes
• 2019 Southeastern Geological Society Overview
• FOSSIL Project Updates Summer 2019
• Upcoming Events

Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2019| FOSSIL Project Newsletter Spring 2019

• Featured Professional: Steven Manchester
• Amateur Spotlight: Linda McCall
• Featured Fossil: Dedicated Volunteer Discovers New Shark Species While Microsorting Through Matrix of SUE the T. rex by Peter Makovicky
  
• Research: Megalodon Evolution Along the Calvert Cliffs of Maryland by Victor Perez
• Education: Thinking Outside the (Specimen) Box by Jess Miller-Camp
• Education: The Paleo Primer Series: Bringing Local Prehistory to the Public by Becky Barnes
• Paleoart: Raven Amos
• Valentine’s Day Challenge by Jennifer Bauer & Mary Jane Hughes
• Fossil Project Updates by Jennifer Bauer & Sadie Mills
• Upcoming Events

Volume 5, Issue 4, Winter 2018|FOSSIL Project Newsletter Winter 2018

• Featured Professional: Adriane Lam
• Amateur Spotlight: Jack Kallmeyer with introduction by Dave Meyer
• Club Corner: Club Paleontolóligco Boliviano “FosilBol” by Giovanni Rios
• Featured Fossil: Eocene Egg by Sean Moran
• Research: Contrasting Ecosystem Impacts of Biotic Invasions in the Type Cincinnatian Series by Jen Bauer
• Education: Pedagogy and Technology in the Modern Paleontology Classroom by Jennifer Bauer & Jeanette Pirlo
• Paleoart: Greer Stothers
• FOSSIL Project Updates Winter 2018 by Jen Bauer & Sadie Mills
• Upcoming Events

Volume 5, Issue 3, Fall 2018 |FOSSIL Project Newsletter Fall 2018

• Featured Professional: Emily Lindsey
• Amateur Spotlight: Steve Vanlandingham
• Club Corner: The Knoxville Gem & Mineral Society by David Liles
• Featured Fossil: Ichthyornis dispar by Christina Byrd
• Research: Evolution of Metazoan Disparity by Bradley Deline
• Education: 3D Foraminifera by Jennifer Bauer, Maggie Limbeck, & Audrey Parker
• Paleoart: Franz Anthony
• FOSSIL Project Updates Fall 2018 by Sadie Mills
• Upcoming Events

Volume 5, Issue 2, Summer 2018 | FOSSIL Project Newsletter Summer 2018

• Featured Professional: David Bohaska
• Amateur Spotlight: Nathan Newell
• Club Corner: Dinosaur Research Institute by Guy McLaughlin
• Featured Fossil: Triceratops vs Tyrannosaurus by Alex Hastings
• Research: Calaveras Dam Construction: Salvage Paleontology by Cristina Robins
• Education: The Wenas Mammoth Foundation’s Educational Program by Bronwyn Mayo
• Citizen Science at Belgrade by Hunter Thurmond
• Tiffany Adrain receives Friend of Darwin Award from NCSE
• myFOSSIL Mobile App Update by Sadie Mills
• 50 States of Fossils YouTube Series Update by MacKenzie Smith
• News from the Paleontological Society: Jack Kallmeyer Receives Strimple Award by Bruce MacFadden
• FOSSIL Project Spends a Day at Camp…Three to be Exact by Jeanette Pirlo
• FOSSIL Project Updates Summer 2018 by Sadie Mills
• Upcoming Events

Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring 2018| FOSSIL Project Newsletter Spring 2018

• Featured Professional: Alycia Stigall
• Amateur Spotlight: John Catalani
• Club Corner: Alberta Palaeontological Society by Mona Marsovsky and Georgia Hoffman
• Featured Fossil: Candelarhynchus padillai or How a 10-year old boy discovered a 90-million old fish at a Colombian monastery by Oksana Vernygora & Javier Luque
• Research: The Late Pleistocene and Holocene Bison of the Colorado Plateau: Are Bison Native to the Grand Canyon Area? by Jeff M. Martin, Rachel A. Short, & Jim I. Mead 
• Education: Faunal Interchanges, High School Students, and the Paleobiology Database by Andy Farke
• Introducing the Whiteside Museum of Natural History by Christopher J. Flis
• Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute Celebrates Its First Year by Jason P. Schein
• Research: What Makes a Social Media Message Engaging to Community Members? by Lisa Lundgren
• Fossil Project Updates by Sadie Mills
• Upcoming Events

Volume 4, Issue 4, Winter 2017| FOSSIL Project Newsletter Winter 2017

• Featured Professional: Talia Karim
• Amateur Spotlight: Bonnie Cronin by Cindy Lockner, Bonnie Cronin, & Eleanor Gardner
• Club Corner: Getting to Know the North America Research Group by MacKenzie Smith, Bruce Thiel, & David Ellingson
• Featured Fossil: Hardouinia mortonis Urchins
• Research: The Tibetan Plateau: The biodiversity hotspot during the Paleogene by Tao Su
• Introducing “Daring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology”
• A Dinosaur for California – Part II by Karol McQueary
• News from the Paleontological Society, Winter 2017 by Bruce MacFadden
• Shark Tooth Forensics and Diversity in Science by Sadie Mills
• FOSSIL Project Updates by Sadie Mills
• FOSSIL Project at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting by Sadie Mills
• Upcoming Events

Volume 4, Issue 3, Fall 2017|FOSSIL Project Newsletter Fall 2017

• Featured Professional: George Phillips
• Amateur Spotlight: Ross Fargher by Mary Droser, Ross Fargher, & Jim Gehling
• Club Corner: Gainesville Youth Fossil Club by Maggie Paxon
• Featured Fossil: Rare Extinct Land Mammal from Belgrade, North Caroline by Bruce MacFadden
• Research: Introducing Paleobotany Graduate Student MacKenzie Smith
• Education: FOSSILs4Teachers! by Danielle Brennan
• Survey of Bears Ears National Monument by M. Allison Stegner
• Digitizing Dinosaur Footprints by Danielle Ward
• Jurassic Walks and Talks by Nathan Ong
• FOSSIL Project Updates by Bruce MacFadden & Sadie Mill
• Upcoming Events

Volume 4, Issue 2, Summer 2017|FOSSIL Project Newsletter Summer 2017

• Featured Professional: Amy C. Henrici
• Amateur Spotlight: George Martin
• Club Corner: Northwest Paleontological Association by Paul Kester
• WIPS 10th Founders Symposium: Journey to the Jurassic: Exploring the Morrison Formation by Susan Passmore
• News from the Paleontological Society by Bruce MacFadden
• Research: Recent Studies of the Vertebrate Paleontology of Orange County, California by James F. Parham
• Education: Scorpy, the Giant Sea Scorpion’s Iowa Adventure! by Tiffany Adrain
• Featured Fossil: Montbrook Otter by Alex Lounders with Rachel Narducci
• Park Paleontology Newsletter Returns by Justin Tweet
• Online Fossil Project Seeking Volunteers
• Fossil Reference Books by Joyce Drakeford
• Digital Photography 101: Managing Cameras, Lighting and Workstations for Specimen Imagining by Danielle Brennan
• Review of the Final Webinar in the Women in Paleontology Series: Lisa White by Joyce Drakeford
• FOSSIL Project Updates Summer 2017 by Eleanor E. Gardner
• Upcoming Events

 

Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 2017|FOSSIL Project Newsletter Spring 2017

• Featured Professional: James R. Thomka
• Amateur Spotlight: Malcolm W. Bedell, Jr.
• Club Corner: Paleontological Association of Georgia (a new organization)
• Dealing with a Fossil Estate by Jack Kallmeyer, Rocky Manning & Rodney Wise
• Featured Fossil: Tooth Deformities in Megalodon by Victor Perez
• Research: Horse Teeth Reveal the History of the Youngest California Crocs by Michelle Barboza
• Education: Paleontology in the “Real-World”: Using the Recent Paleontological Literature to Engage High School Students and Encourage STEM-based Learning by Gina Roberti
• Education: South Florida Museum and Paleontology/Toomey Foundation Badlands Trips for Educators by Aaron Bokelmann
• New Characters in a Long History of Bighorn Basin Paleontology by Jason P. Schein
• A Dinosaur for California! by Karol McQueary
• Dallas Paleontological Society Releases New Book–“Guide to Fossil Collecting” via Roger Farish
• FOSSIL Project Updates Spring 2017 by Eleanor Gardner
• Review of Women in Paleontology Webinar Series by Joyce Drakeford
• Upcoming Events

Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2016 |FOSSIL Project Newsletter December 2016 pdf

• FAQ from the Paleontological Society Regarding the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
• Op-Ed: Collecting Invertebrate Fossils on Public Lands-The Paleontological Resources Protection Act (PRPA) by Mike Nelson
• Featured Professional: Sally E. Walker
• Amateur Spotlight: Samuel J. Ciurca, Jr.
• Club Corner: Delaware Valley Paleontological Society by Jason Schein & William J. Shankle
• News from the Paleontological Society by Bruce MacFadden
• Research: Larger Benthic Foraminifera and the Eocene-Oligocene Transition by Laura Cotton
• Foraminifera and the Cushman Foundation by Jere Lipps
• Education: Using myFOSSIL to Teach Students Databasing by Gabriel-Philip Santos
• Florida Museum of Natural History Seeking Volunteers to Collect 5- to 6-million-year-old Fossils by Rachel Narducci & Richard Hulbert
• Featured Fossil: Cookie Cutter Sharks in Florida by Victor Perez
• Fossils-Fact or Myth? by Joyce Drakeford
• Paleoart: Steve Hutchens
• FOSSIL Project Webinars: Field Notes 101, Excavating Fossils, and Basic Fossil Prep by Joyce Drakeford
• FOSSIL Speaker Series: Dr. Sandra Carlson Visits Southern California Paleontological Society by Karol McQueary
• “Fossil News” Magazine Returns: Extinction Isn’t Always Forever! by Wendell Ricketts
• FOSSIL Project Updates Winter 2016 by Eleanor Gardner
• Upcoming Events

Volume 3, Issue 3, September/October 2016 | FOSSIL Project Newsletter September 2016 pdf

• National Fossil Day
• Amateur Spotlight: Lorrie McWhinney & Angela Matthias, Western Interior Paleontological Society
• Club Corner: North Carolina Fossil Club by Linda McCall
• Featured Fossil: Ancient Bison Tooth–Or Not? Introducing the Burn Test by Erin Petersen-Lindberg
• Research: Mosasaurs: Cold or Warm Blooded? by Alberto Perez-Huerta & Celina A. Suarez
• Research: A Brief History–The Discovery and Publication of Pathologically-Pitted Ankylosaur Fossils by Lorrie McWhinney & Angela Matthias
• Education: iDigPaleo: A Collections-Based Resource for Classrooms and Collectors by Susan Butts, Talia Karim, Chris Norris, & Dena Smith
• Paleoart: Jurassic Art Class at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum by Jessica Rockeman & Becky Barnes
• Raising Funds for Your Club or Society by Bruce MacFadden & Eleanor Gardner
• The Paleontological Society Offers New Membership to Amateur/Avocational Paleontologists by Arnie Miller
• FOSSIL Project Updates Fall 2016 by Eleanor Gardner & Bruce MacFadden
• Adventures in Oregon by Victor Perez
• FOSSIL Project Webinar Series by Joyce Drakeford
• Upcoming Events

Volume 3, Issue 2, June/July 2016 | FOSSIL Project Newsletter July 2016 pdf

• Amateur Spotlight: William P. Heimbrock
• Featured Professional: Robert Boessenecker
• Op-Ed: Reflections on the 2016 GSA Southeastern Section Meeting in Columbia, SC by Lee Cone
• Featured Fossil: A New Species of Thalattosaur from the Triassic of North-Central Oregon
• Research: The Mystery of the Tully Monster has Been Solved by Emma R. Locatelli & Sean McMahon
• Education: Go Extinct! Board Game by Ariel Marcy
• Dry Dredgers Report on Cincinnati Mini-Conference on Paleontology, by Jack Kallmeyer (editor)
• New Books by Fossil Club Members
• UK Museum Adding Wing to Honor First Female Paleontologist Mary Anning
• FOSSIL Project Updates Summer 2016
• Newsletter Seeking Submissions
• Upcoming Events & Opportunities

 

Volume 3, Issue 1, March/April 2016 | FOSSIL Newsletter March 2016 pdf

• Featured Professional: Heather Moffat
• Amateur Spotlight: Cindy Lockner
• Club Corner: North Coast Fossil Club by Glen Kuban
• Featured Fossil: Edrioasteroids of Cincinnati by Kyle Hartshorn & Jack Kallmeyer
• Paleo Artist Lena Cole
• Research: Plant Fossil Provides Insight into Evolutionary History of Coco-Plums by Nathan Jud
• Education: Rowan University Purchases Quarry for Research and Education
• FOSSIL Project Updates Spring 2016
• Report on Spring 2016 PaleoBlitz
• Let’s Do It: myFOSSIL Mini-Video Tutorial Series
• Upcoming Events and Opportunities

Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2015 | FOSSIL newsletter December 2015 pdf

• Featured Professional: Dena M. Smith
• Amateur Spotlight: Mark McKinzie
• Club Corner: Rochester Academy of Science Fossil Section by Dan Krisher
• Research: Unlocking the Secrets of Fossil Color by Caitlin Colleary
• Paleoart: Corkboard of Curiosities
• R.O.C.K.S. Videos Now Available
• Digital Atlas of Life Update:Free App for iPhone/iPad
• Featured Fossil: Lake Jacksboro Nautiloids by Sean Moran
• FOSSIL Project Updates
• FOSSIL on Facebook
• FOSSIL Speaker Series: Sandra Carlson Visits FUMMP by Michael Lask
• 2016 Events

Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2015  | Download pdf

• The Paleontological Society Would Like to Hear from You by Arnold Miller
• Featured Professional: Anthony Martin
• Club Corner: Dallas Paleontological Society by Roger Farish, Lee Higgenbotham, & Rocky Manning
• 5th Annual National Fossil Day
• Featured Fossil: Mesohippus Mandible by Rachel Narducci & Megan Higbee Hendrickson
• Amateur Spotlight: George H. Junne, Jr., with commentary by Jon Bloch
• Education: Atlas of Ancient Life
• Research: The “Terror Bird:” Paleobiology of a Fierce Bird
• Paleo Artist Jason Bourque
• Counting Coprolites: A Road to the Record Books by Victor Perez
• Yale Paleontologists Argue for Open Access to Collections
• Zooniverse: Search for Fossils from the Comfort of Home
• Amazing Experience for Conferees at Fort Robinson by Joseph Boyle and Margaret S. Browne
• 3D Printing Workshop for Teachers and Citizen Scientists by Tynessa Morgan-Craft
• Op-Ed: Reflections on Recent FOSSIL Project Events by Lee Cone
• FOSSIL Project Updates by Bruce MacFadden
• FOSSIL Partners with iDigBio by Ronny Leder
• Upcoming Events and Opportunities

 

Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2015 | Download pdf

• Op-Ed: Let’s Create a National Amateur/Avocational Fossil Organization by Linda McCall
• Featured Professional: Julie Meachen by Eleanor Gardner & Julie Meachen
• Club Corner: Southwest Florida Fossil Society by Chuck Ferrara
• Featured Fossil: Fossils of Lee Creek Mine and Calvert Cliffs by Ronny Leder & Victor Perez
• Amateur Spotlight: George W. Powell, Jr. by Eleanor Gardner
• Education: Geo2Go Discovery Trunks at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History by Sarah Horgen
• Research: Paleobiology of Killer Cone Snails by Jonathan Hendricks
• Introducing Eleanor Gardner
• Paleo Artist Erin Fitzgerald by Gabriella Nicholas
• A “Jurassic Journey” for Cub Scouts in Arkansas by George Phillips
• Fossils and Paleontology in Southern Germany by Bruce MacFadden
• FOSSIL Project Updates
• Upcoming Events and Opportunities
• More Events

Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2015 | Download pdf

• Featured Professional: Thomas J. DeVries
• Club Corner: Mid-America Paleontology Society by Thomas Catalani
• Featured Fossil: Scavenged Whale Bone by Cindy Roll and Victor Perez
• Amateur Spotlight: Jayson Kowinsky by Victor Perez
• Education: Digital Fossils in the High School Classroom by Andy Farke, Robert Gay, and Taormina Lepore
• Research: First Steps in Primate Evolution by Stephen G. B. Chester
• Introducing Ronny M. Leder
• An introduction to Paleoart with Florida Museum of Natural History Artist Jeff Huber by Gabriella Nicholas
• The FOSSIL Project Updates, Announcements, and Events by Bruce MacFadden

Volume 1, Issue 4, December 2014 | Download pdf

• Featured Professional: Rebecca Hunt-Foster
• Club Corner: Friends of Stonerose by Michael Sternberg
• Featured Fossil: Megatylopus matthewi
• Recognizing the Contributions of Amateur Paleontologists by Bruce MacFadden
• Amateur Spotlight: David Kohls
• Education: R.O.C.K.S.: Real Opportunities to Connect Kids with Scientists by Randall B. Irmis, Jessica Seppi, Natalie Toth, & Matthew Whittaker
• Research: Megalodon Became Extinct 2.6 Million Years Ago by Catalina Pimiento
• “A T. rex Named Sue” Returns to the Florida Museum of Natural History
• The FOSSIL Project Surpasses 1000 Followers on Facebook by Lisa Lundgren
• FOSSIL Project Updates and Looking Forward to 2015 by Bruce MacFadden

Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2014 | Download pdf

• Featured Professional: Bonnie Jacobs
• Cub Corner: Western Interior Paleontological Society
• Featured Fossil: Miocene Peccary Lower Jaw by Stephen Godfrey
• Celebrate National Fossil Day by Jason Kenworthy & Vincent Santucci
• Amateur Spotlight: Zack Deyo by Louis Stieffel
• Fossils, Field Work, and Discovery at Florissant Fossil Beds by Aaron Currier & Suzanne Galligher
• Research: The Paleopathology of Laminitis in Horses by Lane A. Wallett
• Education: Fossil Horses Go to School by Julie Bokor, Jennifer Broo & Jessica Mahoney
• FOSSIL Project Updates and a View Toward the Future

Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2014 | Download pdf

• Featured Professional: Jorge Velez Juarbe
• Club Corner: Dry Dredgers
• Featured Fossil: Chimaeroid Egg Capsule
• Current Happenings with the FOSSIL Project
• Reflections from NAPC by Lee Cone
• NAPC Report by Louis Stieffel
• Stories of the Past by Jill Madden

Volume 1, Issue 1, February 2014 | Download pdf