Tiny Fossils, Big Discoveries
For immediate release ‐ August 08, 2024
Citizen Science, Paleontology
Contact: Jon Pishney, 919.244.7913. Images available upon request
Cretaceous Creatures is a public science project that seeks to inspire, educate and collaborate with 8th-grade science students across the state and beyond as they do real science with real fossils. The fossils students are finding are tiny, but their discoveries are big!
From 2022-2024, 14,000+ middle school students in North Carolina identified more than 4,000+ microfossils from sediment near where the Dueling Dinosaurs were discovered in Montana. Students are identifying approximately 50 different types of ancient, and even extinct, critters from turtles, lizards and fish to early mammals that lived alongside the Dueling Dinosaurs.
In Fall 2024, Cretaceous Creatures will expand its reach to engage students across the country. Then in Fall 2025, our microfossils will travel abroad to engage students and teachers internationally. Find out how you can get involved.
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