Fossil Road Show 2025

This event is included with museum admission or MMNSF Membership.

Pack up your fossils and hit the road! 

Bring your fossil discoveries to get expert opinions about their ages and identities from our team of scientists. 

In addition to the Museum's fossil collection, there will be displays from collectors and exhibitors, hands-on activities, "fossil digs", and a scavenger hunt. So, go through your "rock boxes" and challenge our staff with your prehistoric oddities. 

Hog Heaven food truck and Fantastic Face Paint will also be here (not included with admission).

11:30 am: KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Chase Egli

Title: "BITE CLUB: Identifying Fossil Shark Teeth Like a Pro"

Egli will discuss properly identifying shark teeth based on their morphology (form) and explain variability within a single jaw of a shark. It will be specific to Mississippi and Alabama shark teeth. 

About Our Speaker: Chase Egli is a Master's Student at the University of Alabama, where he got his Bachelor's of Science in Geology. While his thesis work pertains to geologic mapping, sedimentology, and structural geology, his independent research focuses on palaeoichthyology. More specifically, he studies fossil shark morphology, taxonomy, and phylogeny. Egli has worked with the Mammoth Cave research team to help publish on the Paleozoic shark teeth found within the cave and has also published his own work on Paleozoic sharks in Alabama. Egli plans to apply for PhD programs that better align with his body of work.