Schedule

 

Meeting Dates | Field Trips
Smithsonian Paleontological Training Program

 

Meeting Dates

Meetings are scheduled on a quarterly basis and for Saturdays. Meetings are scheduled to begin promptly at 12:30 PM in the conference room on the top floor of the CMM. All meetings are open to the public - you do not have to be a current CMMFC member to attend a meeting. Members are encouraged to come early to see the new on-goings at the CMM and to bring and set-up their own recent fossil finds. Various related fossil topics, club issues, etc. are discussed at the meetings as well as updates from the Paleo Staff of the CMM are given on recent finds and new additions to the Museum's permanent collection. Whenever possible, these new items will be on display. Beverages and snacks are usually provided and additional "finger food" contributions are always appreciated.  Meetings are usually an hour to an hour and a half in length and are, whenever possible, followed by a free public lecture by a visiting distinguished guest in the auditorium downstairs.

The meeting/event schedule for 2009 is as follows:

December 5, 2009:  Club Meeting and Lecture
Calvert Marine Museum Fossil Club will host a free public lecture that will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Museum's Auditorium. The lecture, to be given by Bill Palmer, is entitled: "Mass graves of the South Dakota Inner Sea."

Lecture Description:
The site in Southwest South Dakota was purchased by the US government in the mid 1960's because of the vast number of fossils found there in rock layers known as the Pierre Shale. Approximately 80 million years ago, there were periodic volcanic eruptions to the west of the Inner Sea that would carpet the sea with ash. Some of these layers were 30' thick and killed everything in the sea and air for hundreds of square miles. Multiple layers are exposed at this Special Interest site with thousands of marine reptiles, pterosaurs (i.e., the extinct flying reptiles), sharks, and fishes eroding out of the formation.

 

 

Field Trips

Please remember to call in for yourself and family members, or for another club member, on the date and time indicated. Current memberships in both the fossil club and the Calvert Marine Museum are needed to go on the trips. Information on directions, lodging, meeting times and meeting places will be provided at the call-in. Unless otherwise stated, all call-in’s are to Kathy at (410) 549-4701

Upcoming CMM Club Meetings and Field Trips

To be announced.

Non-CMMFC Field Trips

VMNH Field Trips

 

 

Smithsonian Paleontological Training Program

OFFERED BY

THE DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Do you ever wonder what it's like to be behind the scenes at the Smithsonian? Here's your chance to find out! The Department of Paleobiology is offering a series of programs on fossils at a nominal fee to help train current and future volunteers. Call 202-357-4030 to reserve a place.

The purpose of the Paleontological Training Program (PTP) is to acquaint interested members of the public with fossils and the history of life, as well as methods of paleontological collecting, conservation, collections management, and the nature of research at the Museum of Natural History. We hope the PTP will also serve to encourage participants to volunteer in areas of research, collections management, or other departmental activities as well as increasing the knowledge of current volunteers.

A fee per student is charged to cover the cost of the term.


Contact: Jennifer Young, young.jennifer@nmnh.si.edu, (202) 357-4030.

Web Information: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/departments/paleo.html/ptp.html

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