Tag: Dixon
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Video for ESCONI May 2026 Paleontology Study Group Meeting – “An Ordovician Konzentrat Lagerstätte: The Dixon Mifflin Residuum Fauna”
The program then concentrates on the Mifflin Member of the Platteville Formation and the exceptional preservation of the Dixon Lagerstätte. To appreciate the remarkable preservation of the Dixon material a standard fauna is needed for comparison. Fortunately, a Mifflin dolostone super-site is (was) located only 10 miles southeast of Dixon: the Lee Center Quarry. The…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #26: Field Trip to Dixon, IL 05-24-1959
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #26. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are some pictures from a field trip to Dixon, IL on May 24th, 1958. Field trips in the past were much more of…
