Where can I take a fossil I found?

Question

We found this weekend two dino fossils...one is a bone with obvious marrow its huge looks like part of a knee bone...the other is a jaw with three teeth about 3-4 inches long...its obvious its a dino where can we take this or are they worth anything? Im in PA

Answer 1

Definitely agree w/Stiggo...

Independently document as much data as possible from the specimen.  That way, the eventual recipient (researcher, museum, etc.) can be held responsible if they begin making outrageous claims or veering off the course of scientific experimentation (i.e., they won't possess all of the available data).

Answer 2

A jaw fossil with teeth could be very valuable.  If you are sure they are fossils, I am sure a museum would be interested in looking at them.

Answer 3

I'd take them to your local university or museum, the biological or natural science departments. I have to say though, that a bone with marrow in it is probably not fossilized. Unless you meant that the marrow is fossilized too.

Answer 4

PA is a big state, but your best bet would be the nearest university with a paleontology department, or natural history/science museum. Try to document as much as you can as to exactly where you found them, and how you extracted them.