Kris Howe had been preparing fossils as a hobby for 25 years when he was approached by a friend who needed help preparing fossils for his clients. Out of that conversation, Global Paleo Services was born in August of 2021.
Since then, Kris has prepared many fossil specimens, some have gone on the be donated to museums. Global Paleo Services is growing fast and a new fossil preparator is currently in training. Contact us at info@globalplaoeservices.com for more information.
The Oldest Fossil Bird in North America
In 2007, while fossil collecting at a site known to produce Late Cretaceous dinosaur, crocodile, and turtle fossils, Kris made the discovery of a lifetime. Eroding out of the soft mudstone were fragile bones like nothing he had seen before. Kris contacted the Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas Museum of Natural History at the time) in Dallas, TX. Paleontologists at the museum immediately recognized them as bird bones. They began to research the specimen and in 2010 they announced the discovery of Flexomornis howei, the oldest definitive fossil bird in North America.
