Mazon Monday #287: Braceville Fall 2025 Report

This is Mazon Monday post #287. What’s your favorite Mazon Creek fossil? Tell us at email:esconi.info@gmail.com.

The Braceville Fall 2025 Field Trip was held on the weekend of September 6th and 7th, 2025. We had perfect weather… sunny with temperatures in the mid-70s. There was nearly 100% attendance. It was two days of fun in the sun! We had fossil pours on each day with contributions from Andrew Young, Chris Berg, Jeff Allen, Marty Houdek, Ralph Jewell, and Rich Holm. Thanks guys!

Starting the day right!

The hill seems smaller.

On Sunday, we had some special visitors as some professional paleontologists from the UK stopped by with Bruce and Rene’ Lauer. The visitors were David and Alison Ward (Natural History Museum, London), Chris Duffin (Natural History Museum, London), and Charlie Underwood (Birkbeck College, University of London).