The specimen will eventually be housed in the Kentucky Museum of Natural History. The wing showed traces of original color patterns. Sheltoweeptera redbirdi, the new genus and species , will be part of the Kentucky Museum of Natural History collection. The trackway was found on a sandstone block in McCreary County, Ky. by Mr. Roy Hines. The specimen is currently at the Geological Sciences Department at the University of Kentucky.
Access is best on the Indiana side of the river.
Two scientists from the University of Kentucky examined mammal fossils originally from Big Bone Lick, Ky., but now held at the University of Nebraska. The fossils were collected on Commonwealth of Kentucky property in the 1960's. Original correspondence between Kentucky and Nebraska officials stated that part of the collection would be returned to Kentucky after studies had been completed. Kentucky is now seeking return of the specimens so that they can be placed in a museum in Kentucky. Specimens collected by them now reside in the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de France, the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, and at Monticello, Jefferson's home.