October Monthly Membership Meeting

 Fossil Windfall

at Antarctica’s Edge

Presented by 

Anton Oleinek

A small island off the coast of Antarctic Peninsula, free of a permanent ice cap and devoid of vegetation.  A 100% geologic exposure of the late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary marine fossiliferous sedimentary rocks.  The interval of geologic time spans from the Latest Cretaceous to earliest Oligocene.  Rocks are loosely consolidated and contain a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate fossils.  Fossils are nearly perfectly preserved in most cases.  Study of these fossils presents an interesting picture of the life on the “southern icy continent” before it became truly icebound.

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WHERE: inside the STEM Bldg

4800 Dreher Trail N

(across from the museum)

ROCK HOUND CHALLENGE

for OCTOBER

will be your best

Self-Collected Florida Fossil

GEM or SPECIMEN

The prize for the winner will be

TBD

TBD!