Fossil Fever

Digging for Permian Animals    HMNS Paleo Dig Crew Dr. Robert T. Bakker, Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, David Temple, Myria Perez, Shana Steinhardt, Johnny Castillo         Click for video   Tuffy Dig Site   Fish Scales What could this be?  Maybe skin or amphibian skull? Amphibian Skull or Skin? Dr. Bakker and dimetrodon spine A perfect shed tooth - cool Ooooh....  So this is what you use a compass for! Johnny Castillo Prospecting for Gold? Almost! Prospecting for coprolites! Paleo Bond for all your Paleo needs! Occipital ? Willie Site !! A large dimetrodon.   Multiple sites including Tuffy where many Xenacanth spines have been found. Xenacanth Spines The cows anxiously waiting to be fed before the storm comes in.

  Mary Anning Club at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's GEMS (Girls Exploring Math and Science) Day.  Myself to the left and to the right, the associate curator of paleontology and my mentor, David Temple  My booth, modeled after Mary Anning (A famous Paleontologist from the 1800's), encouraged girls to become excited and interested in earth science.           Sharing to younger Girl Scouts the excitement of Earth Science