Tag: calendar
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ESCONI Events for February 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Feb 8th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM (starts at 7:00 PM) at College of DuPage Room TEC ED 1038A – Topic: “Ground Water Movement” Specifics of this meeting are available from Scott Galloway, 630-670-2591, gallowayscottf@gmail.com. The meeting will be in person at…
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ESCONI January 2025 Paleontology Study Group Meeting – January 18, 2025 via Zoom – “The ‘Arctic Fauna’”
The January 2025 Paleontology Study Group Meeting will be held on January 18, 2025 via Zoom. Our presenter is John Catalani and his topic is “The ‘Arctic Fauna’”. The name refers to where the fossil assemblage was first discovered – Greenland and Baffin Island, although they are now known from many localities including the Stewartville Bed…
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ESCONI Events for January 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Jan 4th ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – 7:30 PM – Topic: “Kentucky Agate” by Matt Bentley, a geologist for the State of Kentucky Zoom link Fri, Jan 10th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Early Jurassic Extinction Events in…
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ESCONI Events for December 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Dec 7th ESCONI Holiday Party – 12:00 noon Warren’s Ale House, 51 Town Square, Wheaton, IL Fri, Dec 13th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Dinosaur Dinner: How Geochemistry Can Show Us the Diets of Extinct Animals” by Liam…
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ESCONI Events for November 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Nov 2nd ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – Cancelled! Fri, Nov 8th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “From Muldraugh to Museum: The unexpected journey of Amphoracrinus tenax“ by Gretel Monreal Zoom link Sat, Nov 9th ESCONI Junior Meeting –…
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ESCONI October 2024 General Meeting – October 11th, 2024 – “Hoyo Negro: A Spectacular Natural Trap on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula”
The ESCONI October 2024 General Meeting will be held on October 11th, 2024 at 8:00 via Zoom. The topic of the meeting is “Hoyo Negro: A Spectacular Natural Trap on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula”. It will be presented by Jim Chatters, who has studied human history here in the Americas for many years. Here is an…
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ESCONI October 2024 Mineralogy Study Group Meeting – October 5th, 2024 – “Geodes from Around the World”
Just a reminder of our new Mineralogy Study Group’s first meeting later this week! Please join us for a great presentation about geodes! All are welcome – bring family and friends! They do not have to be ESCONI members to attend meetings. MINERALOGY STUDY GROUP MEETING Saturday, October 5, 2024 – 7:30 PM College of DuPage Technical Education…
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ESCONI Events for October 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Oct 5th ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – 7:30 PM at College of DuPage Room TEC 1038B – Topic “Geodes from Around the World” by Dave Carlson More details soon! Fri, Oct 11th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Hoyo…
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ESCONI September 2024 Paleontology Study Group Meeting – September 21st, 2024 – “Show and Tell”
Day/Date: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 Time: 7:30PM Location: In-person at College of DuPage: Technical Education Center (TEC) Building – Room 1038B Map. Presented by: John Catalani Bring your fossil specimens that you have collected over the summer season this year, or some other time, to the in-person meeting. These fossils could have been collected on ESCONI Field…
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ESCONI Events for September 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Sep 7th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils Details can be found here. Sat, Sep 8th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils Details can be found here. Fri, Sep 13th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00…
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ESCONI Events July/August 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, August 10th ESCONI Field Trip to Hamilton, IL for Railroad Creek Geodes Details can be found here. ESCONI General Meeting – no meeting ESCONI Junior Meeting – no meeting ESCONI Paleontology Study Group – no meeting. See you in September…
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ESCONI June 2024 General Meeting – June 14th, 2024 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “A North American fossil primate called Ekgmowechashala”
The June 2024 General Meeting will be held on June 14th, 2024 via Zoom. The presentation is by Kathleen Rust of the University of Kansas. She will be speaking about Ekgmowechashala, a primate known only from the late early Oligocene of western North America. I am planning on presenting findings from my most recent publication…
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ESCONI Events June 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, June 1st ESCONI Field Trip to Napolean, IN for Ordovician and Silurian Fossils Details can be found here. Fri, June 14th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “A fossil primate called Ekgmowechashala” by Kathleen Rust, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas…
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ESCONI May 2024 General Meeting – Friday, May 10th, 2024 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Evolution of Development”
The ESCONI General Meeting for May 2024 will be held on May 10th, 2024 at 8:00 PM vis Zoom. The topic is “Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Evolution of Development” by Matteo Fabbri of the Field Museum. The details are below. Matteo Fabbri is an Evolutionary Biologist. Here’s his page. I had the privilege to be…
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ESCONI Events May 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 4th ESCONI Field Trip Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils – Full! Details can be found here. Sun, May 5th ESCONI Field Trip Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils – Full! Details can be found here. Fri, May 10th ESCONI General Meeting…
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ESCONI April 2024 Paleontology Meeting – Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at 7:30 PM Zoom – “Terror Birds”
The April 2024 will be held on April 20th, 2024 at 7:30 via Zoom. The presentation will be given by John Catalani. Abstract We begin with an explanation of the “Terror Birds” and their position in Geologic Time. The two major groups of these large cursorial birds are the Phorusrhacidae and the Gastornithidae. The first…
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ESCONI April 2024 General Meeting – Friday, April 12th, 2024 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Ice age mammals from the frozen North”
The ESCONI General Meeting for April 2024 will be held on Friday, April 12th, 2024 at 8:00 PM zia Zoom. The topic of the presentation is “Ice age mammals from the frozen North“. It will be given by Yukon Paleontologist Grant Zazula. Ever since the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, Yukon miners in search of…
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ESCONI Events April 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Apr 12th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Ice age mammals from the frozen North” by Yukon Paleontologist Grant Zazula Zoom link Sat, Apr 13th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at College of DuPage – Topic: Mazon Creek fauna (animals) Specifics…
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ESCONI Events February 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Feb 9th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Photographing Rock Art in Illinois and Missouri: A visual journey into the sacred, the unknown, andthe creation of the universe” by Mike Chervinko, author of Prehistoric and Natural Wonders ofSouthern Illinois Zoom link Sat,…
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ESCONI January 2024 Paleontology Study Group Meeting – Saturday, January 20th, 2024 at 7:30 PM via Zoom – “Publishing a New Fossil Find: Our Journey in Cyclocystoids (Echinodermata)”
The January 2024 Paleontology Study Group Meeting will be held on January 20th, 2024 at 7:30 PM via Zoom. The presenters are ESCONI member Asa Kaplan and Terry Frank of Missouri Fossil Hunter. They will be speaking about their experiences publishing a new fossil find. The new find was a cyclocystoid (Echinodermata). Cyclocystoid are odd…
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ESCONI January 2024 Junior Meeting – CANCELED
DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, COLLEGE OF DUPAGE IS CLOSED TODAY; THEREFORE, THE JUNIORS MEETING FOR TONIGHT, JANUARY 13, IS CANCELLED. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 10, 2024. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.
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ESCONI January 2024 General Meeting – Friday, January 12th, 2024 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “The Age of Fishes”
The January 2024 General Meeting will be held on Friday, January 12th, 2024 at 8:00 PM. It will be presented by Matt Friedman, Professor/Director Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Topic: ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “The Ages of Fishes” Time: Jan 12, 2024 08:00 PM Central…
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ESCONI Events January 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Jan 12th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “The Age of Fishes” by Matt Friedman, Professor/Director Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Zoom link Sat, Jan 13th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at College of…
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ESCONI December 2023 General Meeting – Friday, December 8th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Ancient Forest Pests: Plant-Insect Interactions in the Fossil Record”
The December 8, 2023 General Meeting presentation will be held via Zoom: Michael Donovan, Collections Manager, Paleobotany at the Field Museum will present “Ancient Forest Pests: Plant-Insect Interactions in the Fossil Record”. Description: Plants and insects are the most diverse multicellular organisms on Earth, and their abundant interactions are fundamental components of ecosystems on land.…
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Reminder: ESCONI Holiday Party December 2nd, 2023, 12:00 PM at Warren’s Ale House in Wheaton, IL
Do you have a better (uglier!?!) Holiday sweater? If you think you do, come out and show it off! The ESCONI Holiday Party for 2023 is planned for December 2 at Warren’s Ale House, 51 Town Square Wheaton, IL. That’s the same place as last year. We will be ordering off the menu. They have…
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ESCONI Events December 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Dec 2nd ESCONI Holiday Lunch 12:00 PM – Warren’s Ale House in Wheaton, IL See Details Fri, Dec 8th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Ancient Forest Pests: Plant-Insect Interactions in the Fossil Record” by Michael Donovan, Collections Manager, Paleobotany, Field Museum…
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ESCONI Holiday Party December 2nd, 2023, 12:00 PM at Warren’s Ale House in Wheaton, IL
Do you have a better (uglier!?!) Holiday sweater? If you think you do, come out and show it off! The ESCONI Holiday Party for 2023 is planned for December 2 at Warren’s Ale House, 51 Town Square Wheaton, IL. That’s the same place as last year. We will be ordering off the menu. They have…
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Reminder: ESCONI November 2023 General Meeting – Friday, November 10th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska”
The November 2023 General Meeting will feature Jaelyn Eberle, the Interim Director, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the University of Colorado. She will present “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska”. Jaelyn’s research focuses on the study of mammalian faunas during past intervals of climate…
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ESCONI Events November 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Nov 10th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska” by Jaelyn Eberle, Director, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the University of Colorado Zoom link Sat, Nov…
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ESCONI October 2023 General Meeting – Friday, October 13th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Microfossils to Mosasaurs: A Journey Through the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository”
The speaker at the ESCONI October 2023 General Meeting is Tiffany Adrain, who works as the Paleontology Repository Collections Manager at the University of Iowa. The topic of her presentation is “Microfossils to Mosasaurs: A Journey Through the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository”. The meeting will be held on Friday, October 13th, 2023 at 08:00…
