myFOSSIL

Social paleontology community.

Emphasizing citizens as scientists, the myFOSSIL mobile app helps s engage with the practice of paleontology, connect with others who share their interests, and collaborate on fossil field trips, research, and more. s follow groups focused around a topic, event, or location. They then connect with group by sharing photos and updates about their paleontological activities. Group may include any of the nearly 1,000 amateur and professional paleontologists currently in the myfossil.org community. Directly from the field, s can fossil images to the myFOSSIL gallery to compare and discuss their finds and techniques. By adding in details about location, taxonomy, and geology, these fossil images become scientific records accessible to researchers and educators worldwide. Beyond specimens, s can also document and share paleontological methods, events, collecting sites, and more! Designed to facilitate a visually rich form of social learning, the myFOSSIL mobile app allows s to become part of the larger social paleontology community.