Tag: MazonCreek
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #29: Braidwood Field Trip on September 27th, 1959
As part of the celebration of ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #29. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Here are some photos from a Braidwood Field Trip on September 27th, 1959. This was an annual field trip, which included multiple clubs. Check out…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #28: Mazon Creek Open House Report 2002
Here is the announcement of the 2002 Mazon Creek Project Open House. From the sound of the report that follows, it very surely an interesting event! The Burgess Shale, The Solnhofen, and Mazon Creek mention in one lecture! Wow, you know that had to be good!
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #25: Ode to a Blob
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #25. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Rob Sula wrote this poem back in 2002. Rob as 1st Vice-President from 2008-2014. The poem is about Essexella asherae, the iconic Mazon Creek…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #24: 60 Years of ESCONI by Kathy Dedina
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #24. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! The dedication for the 60th Anniversary was written by Kathy Dedina and appeared in the January 2010 issue of The Earth Science News. She…
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ESCONI Field Trip Report – Braceville Fall 2019
The Fall 2019 trip to Braceville was on September 14th and 15th this year. The weather was great on Saturday, maybe a little hot for digging. On Sunday, the day started out wet, with a steady down pour in early morning, but a few hardy souls went in right from the beginning! It was two…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #18: So, Where’s The Shrimp? By Andy Jansen
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #18. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! We have our Fall Braceville Field Trip coming up next weekend – September 14th and 15th, 2019. Here is an article about Braceville collecting…
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ESCONI Field Trip To Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Concretions – September 14th and 15th, 2019
Braceville Field Trip Rules September 2019 The ESCONI field trips to Braceville for Mazon Creek fossils are set for Sept 14 and 15, 2019 from 8 AM to 2 PM. You can attend either or both days. There is an attendance limit of 50 people each day. Meet at 8 AM at the entrance to…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #14: George Langford
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #14. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Jim Konecny wrote this piece for the June 1994 edition of the ESCONI Earth Science News. This year marked the 55th anniversary of George’s…
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Carlton PhD Student: Filling in the Fossil Record
Carlton University in Ottawa, CA has a press release about the PhD student that has been involved in recently describing two new Mazon Creek vertebrates. Earlier this year, Diabloroter bolti (paper) and Infernovenator steenae (paper) were published. The research has been conducted by Arjan Mann, Jason D Pardo, and Hillary C Maddin of the Department…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #9: Illinois State Fossil – The Tully Monster
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary, here is Flashback Friday post #9. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! The following article appeared in the 50th Anniversary issue of the newsletter. Unfortunately, Francis Tully (yes! an ESCONI member!) didn’t live to see it,…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #6: Field Trip to Pit 11 September 1976
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary. Here is Flashback Friday post #6. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Kathy Dedina had some great pictures from past ESCONI events. Here are a series of pictures from a Pit 11 field trip in September…
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ESCONI Flashback Friday #5: Dinner With Dr. Frederick Schram in August, 2011
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary. Here is Flashback Friday post #4. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Mary Fairchild did an excellent report about her dinner with Dr. Frederick Schram in August, 2011. There is much to enjoy in the report,…
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Infernovenator steenae, a new serpentine recumbirostran from the ‘Mazon Creek’ Lagertätte further clarifies lysorophian origins
The Zoological Journal has another new paper describing a Mazon Creek vertebrate. This one is called Infernovenator steenae. The paper is authored by Arjan Mann, Jason D Pardo, and Hillary C Maddin of the Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, CA. Earlier this year, Mann and Maddin published a description of a…
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Flashback Friday #4: Braceville Trip 05/16/2009
As part of the run up to ESCONI’s 70th Anniversary. Here is Flashback Friday post #4. If you have pictures or stories to contribute, please send them over to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! Sometimes referred to as “Worm Hill”, the Braceville spoil pile dates to at least the 1880s. ESCONI hasn’t been going here since then, but…
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Diabloroter bolti, a short-bodied recumbirostran ‘microsaur’ from the Francis Creek Shale, Mazon Creek, Illinois
The Zoological Journal has a new paper describing a Mazon Creek “Microsaur” Diabloroter bolti. The paper is authored by Arjan Mann and Hillary C Maddin of the Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, CA. The sculpture in the picture was created by David Duck, who has been an ESCONI member. Congrats! The…
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #15, Macroneuropteris (Mazon Creek)
Tomorrow is the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! Here are a few more pictures of live auction material Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri (Mazon Creek)
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #13, Laveineopteris rarinervis (Mazon Creek Fern)
Another preview of material for the live auction at the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show… Laveineopteris rarinervis (Mazon Creek Fern)
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #12, Neuropteris vermicularis (Mazon Creek Fern)
Another preview of material for the live auction at the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show… Neuropteris vermicularis (Mazon Creek Fern)
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #11, Alethopteris serlii (Mazon Creek Fern)
Another preview of material for the live auction at the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show… Alethopteris serlii (Mazon Creek Fern)
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #9, Laveineopteris rarinervis (Mazon Creek Fern)
Another preview of material for the live auction at the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show… Laveineopteris rarinervis from the Mazon Creek biota.
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #7, Alethopteris (Mazon Creek Fern)
Another preview of material for the live auction at the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show… Alethopteris sullivanti from the Mazon Creek biota.
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #6, Crenulopteris (Mazon Creek Fern)
Another preview of material for the live auction at the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show… Crenulopteris acadica from the Mazon Creek biota.
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2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show March 23th and March 24th – Preview #2, Mazon Creek Plant
Another preview of material for the live auction at the 2019 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show. This very nice Crenulopteris subcrenulata will be offered up for auction.
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Reminder: ESCONI General Meeting on October 12th, 2018
The October General Meeting will be held on October 12th, 2018 at the College of Dupage, Room 1038B TEC in the Tech Ed building. The topic is “The Mazon Creek Cnidarian Essexella: The World Turned Upside Down” by Dr. Roy Plotnick from the University of Illinois – Chicago. See you all there!
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ESCONI Field Trip: Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th, 2018 to Braceville for Mazon Creek Fossils
The ESCONI field trips to Braceville for Mazon Creek fossils are set for September 8 and 9, 2018 from 8 AM to 2 PM. You can attend either or both days. There is an attendance limit of 40 people each day. Meet at 8 AM at the entrance to the collecting site on S Berta…
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ESCONI Field Trip: Saturday, May 12th and Sunday, May 13th, 2018 to Braceville for Mazon Creek Fossils
The ESCONI field trips to Braceville for Mazon Creek fossils are set for May 12 and 13, 2018 from 8 AM to 2 PM. You can attend either or both days. Meet at 8 AM at the entrance to the collecting site on S Berta Road, just east of the intersection with Division St (Braceville…
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NYT: Insects Flew Before Anything Else Did. So How Did They Get Their Wings?
The New York Times has an interesting story about the first flyers… insects. The article discusses recent research to discover how insects evolved the ability to fly. Strange to think that all those Mazon Creek flying insects were pretty new to the world of flying! Beetle wings are often hidden. Nestled behind armored shields on…
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Mazon Creek Fossil Blog – American Fossil Hunt
Recently, I ran across an interesting blog called “American Fossil Hunt”. It’s written by Andrew Bach, an ESCONI member. He details his adventures hunting for Mazon Creek concretions in Pit 11, the Braceville spoil pile, and other nearby locales. Additionally, there are posts about trips to Florida and California. His posts include many pictures of…
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Dinner & A Little History: Coal, Shale, and Ironstone: The Geology & Paleontology of Mazon Creek
October Dinner Lecture October Dinner Lecture October Dinner Lecture October Dinner Lecture October Dinner Lecture October Dinner Lecture 33 Years of Powerful Partnerships Exciting events, engaging lectures, and outdoor activities along the I&M Canal! Dinner & A Little History: Coal, Shale, and Ironstone: The Geology & Paleontology of Mazon Creek Join the Canal Corridor Association, Thursday October…
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Field Trip: September 9-10, 2017 Braceville – Mazon Creek Fossils
Collecting Mazon Creek Fossils on private property. Meet at 8:00 A.M. Saturday or Sunday at the BP Amoco in Coal City. No Age Limit. Hard Hats not required. Take I-55 to Exit 236 (Coal City). Take a right onto Highway 113 (Division Street). Go west to Broadway Street and Division in Coal City. We will…
