Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve

06/17/2026

Please share your great fossil finds from Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve

These horn corals, brachipods, and pyrite worm trail fossils were found by .beyer.5

06/17/2026

Thank you:

Jessica Laton
Alasdair Gilfillan
Malcolm Thornley
PaleoJoe
Tom Hegna
Gerry Kloc
Dan Krisher
Paul Chinnici
Corey Hensen
William Ho**er
James Boyle
Bob Carr
Mike Meacher
Richie Helms
Dan Cooper
Cole Cooper
Phivos Brodsgaard
John Spina
James Hanna
Dr. Sarah Sheffield
Randy Blood
Elizabeth Altier
Brennen Sexton
Julie Ranger Hugick

06/16/2026

Shakespeare in Delaware Park

For more information, please visit: 2026 Tour Locations:
https://shakespeareindelawarepark.org/-tour-locations/

06/16/2026

Join us this Saturday June 20, 2026 at 9 PM Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve

Buffalo Astronomical Association (BAA)

https://penndixie.org/2026/06/01/stargazing-in-hamburg/

06/14/2026

Ready to find something amazing? Dig With The Experts continues tomorrow!

We had an absolutely fantastic time at Dig With The Experts today! Look at all the hard work (and fun!) that happened. The energy was incredible, and so many incredible discoveries were made!

If you missed out today, don't worry! We're doing it all again tomorrow, Sunday starting at 9:00 AM.

Join us and let our experts guide you to your own prehistoric treasures! Whether you're a seasoned collector or a first-time digger, it's an experience you won't forget.

06/12/2026

Thank you WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo and Kevin O'Neill for visiting Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve this morning!

'Penn Dixie Dig With The Experts' is returning this weekend.

06/11/2026

Embark on a fossil-finding adventure 380 Million Years in the making at Penn Dixie's Dig With the Experts this coming Weekend (June 13 and 14)! This is our premier event of the season, and it's your chance to join an expert-led excavation. We've got massive new piles of fossil-rich rock waiting for you. Get the chance to work alongside paleontologists and uncover your own piece of history. Check out the fossils in the photo to see what we'll be looking for!
Learn more: https://penndixie.org/dig-with-the-experts/

06/07/2026

Speaking of Bryozoan, today, we had a guest find a rare fossil in the Tichenor Limestone called Sulcoretipora Incisurata. Sulcoretipora Incisurata is a species of fenestrate, stenolaemate bryozoan that lived during the Middle Devonian period, roughly 380 to 390 million years ago.

Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution

06/06/2026

Come hunt for bryozoan fossils at Penn Dixie!

Bryozoans are tiny, filter-feeding colonial invertebrates that thrive in the world's oceans today, yet for decades their origins presented a puzzling gap in the fossil record. While nearly every other major animal group made its first appearance during the Cambrian explosion roughly 530 million year...