Paleontology Meeting, Silurian Period in Northeastern Illinois by Dave Dolak, Esconi Member.  7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131.

All are welcome! Bring your Silurian fossils.

Excerpt from the Field Museum: “Life landed ashore during the Silurian & Devonian periods. Plants colonized the continents, creating habitats for the ancestors of today’s animals…”

Excerpt from the Illinois State Museum:  “443 – 417 Million Years Ago — Silurian PeriodA shallow, tropical sea covered Illinois (then south of the equator) during the Silurian. Reefs, corals, crinoids, and shelled invertebrates flourished in the sea…”