Web Directory

» Five Million Year Old Fossil Site Discovered in Washington County
   Tennessee Conservationist article tells the story of the May 2000 discovery and subsequent investigation and protection of a Tertiary age assemblage of mammals and reptiles near Gray.
   http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tn_consv/archive/fossil.htm

» Frank H. McClung Museum
   Homepage for the Frank H. McClung Museum, located on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
   http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/

» Gray Fossil Site
   Information about the fossil excavation in Appalachia located near Gray, Tennessee with information about the construction of a new museum to exhibit the finds. Includes information about the digging site, discoveries and publications.
   http://www.etsu.edu/rh/pages/gfs.html

» Nashville Fossils
   This site attempts to provide everything a beginner needs to start hunting fossils in Nashville, Tennessee: the historical and geological setting, descriptions of rocks and fossils found here, a list of Nashville's best fossil sites
   http://www.nashvillefossils.com/

» Tennessee Fossils
   East Tennessee collector shares photos of his collection from this and surrounding states. Also provides fossil-related links and books that the site owner owns.
   http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/tennesseefossils/

» Tennessee State Fossil Home Page
   UT-Martin webpage about the state's fossil, Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) age Coon Creek Formation, and the campaign that led to its designation.
   http://www.utm.edu/departments/cens/ggp/state_fossil.php

» Tennessee State Fossil: Pterotrigonia thoracica
   The official state fossil is a small bivalve which lived during the Cretaceous Period, around 70 million years ago, in the shallow seas that covered part of the state.
   http://www.statefossils.com/tn/tn.html