Tag: Illinois
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ESCONI Field Trip: Saturday, April 21st, 2018 to Vulcan Manteno Quarry
There will be an ESCONI Field Trip to the Vulcan Manteno Quarry on Saturday April 21, 2018 from 9 AM to 11:30 AM. The quarry is located at 6141 Highway 50, Manteno Illinois. The rules are shown below: Email Dave Carlson at fossil54@att.net to reserve a spot. You should be able to find this quarry…
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PBS Eons: The Tully Monster & Other Problematic Creatures
This episode of PBS Eons is about our very own state fossil… the Tully Monster! It’s about 6 months old and mentions some of the recent research. It even explains some some phylogeny around the whole mystery of where Tullymonstrum belongs in the tree of life.
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Three Rivers Library Minooka Branch Hosting an Exhibition of Locally Found Pleistocene Mammal Fossils
The Three Rivers Library Minooka Branch is currently hosting an exhibition of Pleistocene mammal fossils found by a local farmer, John Bamford. in rural Minooka. The bones, found in 1901, were rescued from deterioration and oblivion by George Langford Sr. in 1912. The bones eventually were acquired by The Field Museum. The most famous of…
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‘Tully monster’ mystery is far from solved, group argues
Phys.org has a story about our friend the Tullymonster. Recall that last year there was quite a bit of discussion about the classification of the Illinois State Fossil. Two independent groups of scientist published paper last Spring, one claiming that it was a vertebrate and one even claimed it to be a primitive lamprey. Now…
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Free Lecture: Prehistoric Dogs in Illinois, May 22nd 2016 at the Evanston Public Library
Free Lecture – Chicago Archaeology Society Sunday, May 22, 2016, 3:30 pm The Archaeology of Man's Best Friend: Recent Studies of Prehistoric Dogs in Illinois Dr. Steven Kuehn Evanston Public Library 1703 Orrington Evanston, Illinois
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Illinois CO2 Storage
Via Platts: The FutureGen Alliance says it has successfully completed drilling the “characterization well” at the FutureGen 2.0 carbon dioxide storage site in Morgan County, Illinois. According to a statement released by the government-backed carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) group, preliminary data indicates the geology of the Mt. Simon formation near Jacksonville, Illinois, “is suitable…
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ESCONI Meetings This Friday and Saturday – Learn about Field Museum Meteorites & Split Geodes
Friday, January 8 – General Meeting. 8:00 p.m. Jim Holstein, of the Department of Geology at the Field Museum will be speaking on “The Field Museum’s Meteorite Collection.” Learn about meteorites, what they are, the different types, how they’re identified, and what we can learn from them. College of Dupage Building K, Room #131. Saturday, January…
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Event at Elgin Public Museum: Catherine Bird, “Digging Up The Past”
“Digging Up the Past”, Catherine Bird, PhD, RPA, an archaeologist affiliated with Midwest Archaeological Research Services will speak on “Long’s 1823 Expedition through Elgin, an 1840 General Land Office Plat, and a Late Prehistoric Site in Sleepy Hollow” Her talk at the Elgin Public Museum will focus on the local natural history and archaeology right…
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Illinois Fossil Fan Site
A hobbyist has packed in quite a bit of information and links about Illinois fossil hunting.
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Researcher uncovers oldest amber ever recorded: The Mystery of Illinois Amber
Via NYTimes: Hat tip: Mark White
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General Meeting: Friday, Oct. 9, Jack MacRae on Archaeology of Illinois
8:00 pm, COD, Rm K 131, Speaker, Jack MacRae, who has been interpreting the natural and cultural history of the Chicago region for nearly 30 years. He is currently a naturalist and raptor handler at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center. He will speak the archaeological history of Illinois, which is as rich as any region in…
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Identification References
Larson Quarry Fossil Identification and Illinois Geode Collecting Links Dave Carlson’s Larson Quarry Fossil documentIllinois Geode Collecting from the ISGS.
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Paleontology Meeting – Saturday, 5/16, 7:30 – The Search for Dinosaurs in Illinois
Paleontology Meeting, Dave Carlson: “The Search for Dinosaurs in Illinois” 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Building K – Rm 131. Photo: Aurora, IL Police Dinosaur, as taken by geognerd.
