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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…
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ESCONI Events October 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Oct 13th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Microfossils to Mosasaurs: a Journey Through the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository” by Tiffany Adrain, University of Iowa Paleontology Repository Collections Manager Zoom link Sat, Oct 14th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at…
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Field Museum Fossil ID Day 2023 – September 9th, 2023
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago is holding Fossil ID Day 2023 on Saturday, September 9th, 2023. Found a rock that looks like a dinosaur fossil? Snapped a photo of a bird you don’t recognize? Our scientists will examine your object and give you their best identification during our annual ID Day! Members…
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ESCONI September 2023 General Meeting – Friday, September 8th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Tropical rainforests – A 300-million-year-old history”
The September 2023 General Meeting will be held on Friday, September 8th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom. Our speaker is Fabiany Herrera, who is the Assistant Curator of Paleobotany at the Field Museum. Mazon Monday #178 was about a recent paper by Fabiany. Approximately eighty plant taxa have been recognized from the Mazon Creek…
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ESCONI Events September 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Sep 8th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Tropical rainforests – A 300-million-year-old history” by Fabiany Herrera, the Assistant Curator of Paleobotany at the Field Museum Zoom link Sat, Sep 9th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at College of DuPage –…
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ESCONI June 2023 General Meeting – June 9th, 2023 at 8:00 PM via Zoom – “Using geophysics to capture Earth burps and other processes during flow through karst conduits”
The topic for the ESCONI June 2023 General Meeting is “Using geophysics to capture Earth burps and other processes during flow through karst conduits”. Our speaker is Andrew Luhmann Assistant Professor of Geology in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Wheaton College, in Wheaton, IL. Karst aquifers are important water resources that are susceptible…
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ESCONI Events June 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, June 9th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Using geophysics to capture Earth burps and other processes during flow through karst conduits” by Andrew Luhmann, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Wheaton College Zoom link Sat, June 10th ESCONI Junior Meeting –…
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ESCONI Paleontology Meeting Saturday, May 20th, 2023 at 7:30 PM Hybrid “Echinoderms of the Platteville and Galena Formations”
A starfish (Hudsonaster) from the Ordovician Platteville Limestone, Wisconsin. Photo of YPM IP 538069 by Jessica Utrup (Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History on GBIF.org, CC0 1.0 Universal/public domain dedication). The May 2023 ESCONI Paleontology Study Group Meeting will be held on May 20th, 2023 at 7:30 via Zoom and at the College of DuPage Tech Ed…
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ESCONI May 2023 General Meeting – May 12th, 2023 at 8:00 PM Via Zoom – “About the Falls of the Ohio State Park”
The title of the presentation at the May 2023 General Meeting is “About the Falls of the Ohio State Park”. It will be given by Dr. Alan Goldstein. As a Park Paleontologist and Interpretive naturalist, Dr. Goldstein has worked at the Falls of the Ohio State Park’s Interpretive Center since it opened in January 1994. Additionally,…
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ESCONI Events May 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 6th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils. ***Trip Full*** Details are here. Sun, May 7th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils. ***Trip Full*** Details are here. Fri, May 12th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM –…
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ESCONI Events April 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Apr 8th ESCONI General Meeting 1:00 PM – Topic: “Beasts Before Us; the Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolutions” by Dr. Elsa Panciroli of the National Museum of Scotland. Note: this is an afternoon meeting due to the location of the speaker. …
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ESCONI Events March 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Mar 18th 2023 ESCONI Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show – 10 AM to 5 PM at the DuPage County Fairgrounds Details are here! Sun, Mar 19th 2023 ESCONI Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show – 10 AM to 4 PM at the DuPage County…
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ESCONI Events February 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Feb 10th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Baby Dinosaurs of the Arctic: Discovery and Research of a Dinosaur Nursery North of the Arctic Circle” by Dr. P. Druckenmiller. Zoom link Sat, Feb 11th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 7:00 PM at…
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ESCONI Events January 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Jan 13th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “New evidence for large ornithomimosaurs in the Southeastern US and the biogeography of Cretaceous ostrich–mimic dinosaurs” by Thomas Cullen from Carlton University in Ottawa, Canada Zoom link Sat, Jan 14th ESCONI Junior Meeting…
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ESCONI Events December 2022
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Dec 2nd ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “The early diversification of birds: evidence from the Jehol avifauna” by Dr. Jingmai O’Connor from the Field Museum Zoom link Sat, Dec 10th ESCONI Holiday Lunch – 12:00 PM at Warren’s Ale House…
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ESCONI Events November 2022
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Nov 11th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “A Sea Without Fish, Ordovician Fossils of the Cincinnati Region” by Dr. David Meyer from the University of Cincinnati Zoom link Sat, Nov 12th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 7:00 PM at College of…
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ESCONI Events October 2022
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Mazon Creek Open House October 15, 2022 A free 1-day conference devoted to Mazon Creek and related topics Displays of Mazon Creek fossils Mazon Creek fossil identification Mazon Creek books for sale More details here. Zoom Link Admission is free and lectures will be…
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ESCONI Mazon Creek Open House 2022 is October 15th, 2022
The Mazon Creek Open House is October 15th, 2022 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL. The Mazon Creek Open House is returning for 2022! If you’ve been a Mazon Creek collector (or even just a passing fan), you may have heard of the Mazon Creek Open House. It was…
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ESCONI Events September 2022
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Sept 9th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Paleozoic fishes of the Illinois Basin” by Dr. Ryan Shell Zoom link Sat, Sept 10th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 7:00 PM at College of DuPage – Topic: "Updating our Mazon Creek Collection and…
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ESCONI Events June 2022
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, June 10th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Off-Axis Seamount Investigations at Siqueiros: The OASIS Expedition” by Dr. Patricia Gregg, University of Illinois. This meeting will be held via Zoom. Zoom link Sat, June 11th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 7:00 PM…
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ESCONI Juniors Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Exhibition – May 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Announcing the ESCONI Juniors Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Exhibition All Are Welcome! This is an exhibition show to be held during the regularly scheduled time for the Juniors meeting on Saturday, May 14 from 7:00 to 8:00pm. Setup for the Junior exhibitors is from 6:30 to 7:00pm. Breakdown of exhibits is from 8:00 to 8:30pm. Mark…
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ESCONI Events May 2022
Welcome back! Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 7th ESCONI Field Trip to the Vulcan DeKalb Quarry for Ordovician Fossils See details here. Fri, May 13th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Dinosaurs of Appalachia” by Chase Brownstein, Research Associate at the Stamford (CT) Museum and Nature…
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ESCONI Events April 2022
Welcome back! Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Apr 8th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Devonian plants from the famous Red Hill location” by Dr. Walt Cressler of West Chester University in Pennsylvania. This meeting will be hybrid with both Zoom and in person available at…
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ESCONI Events March 2022
Welcome back! Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Mar 19th ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the DuPage County Fairgrounds (Map) Details here. Show flyer. Sun, Mar 20th ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the…
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ESCONI February 2022 Juniors Study Group Meeting (In-Person at COD) Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM
s Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois Juniors Group Meeting In-Person at College of DuPage Does Your Child Love Fossils? At the next in-person Juniors meeting, ESCONI’s Scott Galloway and the Juniors will be picking at soft slabs of rock and dislodging Sylvania Ohio fossils, and they will be doing this hands-on activity in…
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ESCONI Events February 2022
Welcome back! Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Feb 11th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Before Yellowstone: Native American Archaeology in the First National Park” by Dr. Douglas MacDonald from the University of Montana. Zoom link Sat, Feb 12th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 7:00 PM at…
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ESCONI Warehouse Work Day – Saturday, January 22nd, 2022, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
If you have some time, come join our work day at the warehouse on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 from 9:00 AM -1:00 PM. The warehouse address is 900 Knell in Montgomery, IL. Please meet/enter in the back of the warehouse ONLY. You will see railroad tracks along the back of the warehouse. Drive all the…
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ESCONI Events January 2022
Welcome back! Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Jan 8th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 7:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Rocking on the Computer” Specifics of this meeting are available from Scott Galloway, 630-670-2591, gallowayscottf@gmail.com. Contact Scott to get the Zoom link to attend the virtual meeting and find out…
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ESCONI Events December 2021
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Friday, Dec 3rd ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “The Life and Death of the Herrin Peat Swamp – Whys, Whens, and Hows” by Scott Elrick, Head of the Coal, Bedrock and Industrial Minerals Section of ISGS. Zoom link ESCONI Junior…
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ESCONI Events November 2021
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Friday, Nov 12th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: Yellowstone Volcanology and the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory by Stacy Henderson from Montana State. Zoom link Saturday, Nov 13th ESCONI Junior Meeting 7:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “More on Identifying Rocks and Minerals” Specifics…
