PALEOZOIC
This major landmass formed during the Carboniferous and persisted until the Triassic.
What is Pangea?
This fossil site is arguably the most famous in all of Pennsylvania, notable for the presence of early tetrapod and large lobe-finned fish fossils
What is Red Hill?
This extraterrestrial object is now widely accepted as the cause of the extinction for the non-avian dinosaurs.
What is an asteroid?
This genus of dinosaur was validated in October, sparking the internet trend #BackInHell.
What is Nanotyrannus?
This modern docuseries released a season based on the fauna of the Pleistocene at the end of 2025.
What is Prehistoric Planet?
This group of arthropods was extremely abundant and highly diverse up until their extinction at the end of the Paleozoic.
What are Trilobites?
Exposed outcrops in Pennsylvania often represent shallow marine units that are Silurian and Devonian in age. These hard-shelled, sedentary organisms are quite abundant in these outcrops.
What are brachiopods?
This was the first named dinosaur species.
What is Megalosaurus?
This early vertebrate was recently found to have four camera-style eyes, unlike any of its modern ancestors.
What is Haikouichthys?
This popular Cenozoic creature features in its very own movie series and has an occult following that believes that it never went extinct.
What is Megalodon?
This period of the Paleozoic is known for its abnormally large land arthropods such as Arthropleura and Meganeura.
What is the Carboniferous?
This was the most recent location for a fossil hunt.
What is the Montour Fossil Pit?
Barnum Brown discovered this dinosaur in 1902.
What is T. rex?
What is Spinosaurus?
This animal is thought to have been the largest land mammal of all time.
What is Paraceratherium?
This docuseries features the famous Red Hill fauna, among other Paleozoic creatures.
What is Walking with Monsters?
This animal is the state fossil of Pennsylvania (genus).
What is Eldredgeops? (formerly Phacops)
This group of large marine reptiles rapidly diversified from squamate ancestors and dominated as apex predators in the Late Cretaceous.
What are mosasaurs?
This recently described theropod was discovered with a crocodile femur still in its jaws.
What is Joaqinraptor?
A permafrost mummy representing this species was found in late 2024 and represents one of the only known life appearances of Machairodonts, which have no living relatives.
What is Homotherium?
This Permian lepospodyl is famous for its peculiarly shaped cephalofoil, often being compared to a boomerang in popular culture.
What is Diplocaulus?
This man is the sole proprietor and collector for the Red Hill Field Station/Museum.
This group of large predatory archosaurs were the apex predators of the Triassic, and are often mistaken for theropod dinosaurs.
What are Rauisuchians? (Postosuchus is an acceptable answer)
This recently described marine reptile from the Jurassic Coast is fantastically preserved, with its skull being preserved in three dimensions (a rarity in this group).
What is Xiphodracon?
Evidence has recently emerged that this enigmatic group of Mesozoic animals may have survived into the Paleocene, albeit briefly.
What are ammonites?