FossilGuy.com: A resource for fossil collectors in and around the mid-Atlantic region. Including virtual tours of fossil sites, and fossil identification.

Welcome to FOSSILGUY.COM

The purpose of this site is:

  • To give general information about fossils, fossil collecting, and collecting sites.
  • To help fellow collectors I.D. their finds.

    Since I live in the mid-Atlantic, this site focuses on fossils mainly collected from the mid-Atlantic states.

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    UPDATES

    December 2009
  • Trip In mid-November, I decided to head down to the bay area to try my chances at fossil hunting. There had been a general lack of fossils during my last few trips, so I was hoping to redeem myself this time.

    • November 2009
  • Trip Back in September, I set up a display for the Nanjemoy Heritage Festival and went fossil hunting along the Potomac. Everything was flooded, nothing was found, but here is the trip report.

  • The Fossil Gallery A new section of this website has just opened.
    Here, you can search through a sample inventory of fossils and learn about each one. Each fossil is linked to images, fossil locations, articles, etc... This is an attempt to put together all of the information on this website.

    Right now there are only 11 genera of sharks, and 1 Arthropod. In the comming months more and more critters will be added.



    • October 2009
  • I took some trips the last couple months but didn't have time to do an update until now. Go to the Trips section to see a couple of them.



    • August 2009
  • Another new link has been added: LowCountry Fossil Excursions This is your one stop source for fossil hunting adventures in South Carolina.

  • New Link Added: Dryptosaurus.com This is a new site about the world's second nearly complete dinosaur skeleton. A predatory dinosaur found in New Jersey.

    • June 2009
  • Trip: I took a trip to Red Hill. This is a devonian site in central PA that contains armored fish, early sharks, and one of the worlds oldest tetrapods. This trip was taken back in April, but I have now just added it to the website.






    • SITE MAP


    The Fossil Gallery
    Here you can browse through a sample inventory of fossils and learn about each one.
    When possible, the specific fossils are linked to additional information, articles, collecting sites, and collecting trips.

    Fossil Collecting and Fossil Sites around the mid-Atlantic
    Take virtual fossil tours to collecting sites!
    This link includes fossils found at specific locations, collecting info, tips, site photos, etc...

    Collecting trips
    Read about our latest fossil collecting trips & see what we found.

    Articles
    Articles on featured collecting sites, such as fossil trips and excavations.

    Topics
    Topics about prehistoric creatures from collecting sites, general paleontology, etc..

    Great Links to useful places

    References



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    Questions, Suggestions, Answers? Email us at:
    Please don't send emails asking for the monetary value of a fossil, for that check out the fossils on Ebay.com, or other commercial web sites.


    All of the fossils we found are identified to the best of our ability. In many cases we used books as well as the help of very knowledgeable people to identify them.
    If you think any fossils are miss-identified, please email us so we can change them.
    On the same note, if you know that info on a collecting area featured here is wrong, or has been closed, please let us know.

    Thank you!
    Also, I would like to thank everyone who has corrected any information and/or helped identify any fossil found on these pages, via email or in person. Thank you very much for making this web site a better place!


    DISCLAIMER / About the Author
    Jayson Kowinsky