Richmond Marine Fossil Museum Volunteers Program

VOLUNTEERS, DIGS AND WHAT'S NEW?

Volunteer Involvement

Digs for volunteers are being conducted throughout the year. If you wish to take part in a dig, please contact Kronosaurus Korner, state your interest and leave your name and address.

Curator Troy Myers will contact you.

Presently one-day digs are being carried out but there is potential for larger digs as larger discoveries are being made.

Volunteers are also welcome to assist with and undertake preparatory work on fossils and assist with display construction.

Volunteer Successes

Last year alone, volunteers discovered and uncovered 10cm of

Museum Curator Troy Myers with the type of specimens that can be discovered by volunteers in the Museum's Volunteer program.

a partial ichthyosaur skeleton, only the second skull of a cretaceous fish species ever found in the world.

Also uncovered by volunteers was a 4cm long cretaceous fish that was previously unknown to science, a 6cm ichthyodectiform fish and an articulated turtle skeleton.

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Volunteer Registration Form
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I am interested in registering as a Museum Volunteer for the following: One Day Dig Multiple Days Dig Prep Work on Fossils Display Construction
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Volunteer Registration Form