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SUMMARY:February 2026 - Paul Sereno - Paleontolgist & Professor\, Univ. of Chicago | Spinosaur Adventure in the Sahara & Amazon
DESCRIPTION:Paul Sereno\, Professor and National Geographic Explorer\, works in his Fossil Lab at the University of Chicago\, resurrecting creatures long extinct. His field exploits began in the foothills of the Andes in Argentina\, where Sereno discovered the earliest dinosaurs. Other expeditions have explored the Sahara and Gobi Deserts\, India’s Thar Desert and remote valleys in Tibet. A menagerie of spectacular crocodiles and dinosaurs have been unveiled\, including giant 50-foot long predators\, digging raptors\, head-butting dwarfs\, and a 40-foot-long SuperCroc. His latest discovery is a human graveyard in the Sahara predating the Egyptian pyramids. Featured in many National Geographic magazine stories and NOVA documentaries\, Sereno was named Teacher of the Year by the Chicago Tribune\, given the University Medal for Excellence by Columbia University. His efforts to foster up-and-coming scientists among urban youth earned the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science\, Mathematics\, and Engineering Mentoring from President Obama in the White House.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/february-2-2026-paul-sereno-professor-department-of-organismal-biology-anatomy-and-committee-on-evolutionary-biology/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260222T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260222T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T203515Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology (1 of 2)
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology \nDates:  Two-day class\, Sunday\, February 22\, 2-6 pm and Saturday\, February 28\, noon-4 pm \nInstructors:  Dennis Gertenbach and Shellie Luallin \nLocation:  Secular Hub Community Center in Denver \nAge:  Adults and high school students \nCost:  $10 for adults\, $5 for high school students. (One charge covers one or both classes) \nMost of the fossils we collect on WIPS trips are invertebrates – animals without backbones.  Understanding when invertebrates lived during different times in Earth’s past and the environment in which they lived\, along with being able to identify different invertebrate fossils\, helps enrich our experiences on field trips. \nThis two-day class is designed for beginners and intermediate fossil lovers\, each of the major invertebrate phyla will be covered\, with lots of fossils to study.  In addition to the information discussed during the two classes\, participants will receive an electronic handout with the covered materials. You can attend one or both classes and only pay once. \nDennis Gertenbach and Shellie Luallin are long-time WIPS members who have led multiple field trips over the years.  Because of their extensive knowledge of invertebrates\, they are active paleo volunteers for the Mines Museum of Earth Science and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/introduction-to-invertebrate-paleontology/
LOCATION:Secular Hub\, 254 N. Knox Ct.\, Denver\, CO\, 80219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260228T160000
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T203807Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology (2 of 2)
DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology \nDates:  Two-day class\, Sunday\, February 22\, 2-6 pm and Saturday\, February 28\, noon-4 pm \nInstructors:  Dennis Gertenbach and Shellie Luallin \nLocation:  Secular Hub Community Center in Denver \nAge:  Adults and high school students \nCost:  $10 for adults\, $5 for high school students. (One charge covers one or both classes) \nMost of the fossils we collect on WIPS trips are invertebrates – animals without backbones.  Understanding when invertebrates lived during different times in Earth’s past and the environment in which they lived\, along with being able to identify different invertebrate fossils\, helps enrich our experiences on field trips. \nThis two-day class is designed for beginners and intermediate fossil lovers\, each of the major invertebrate phyla will be covered\, with lots of fossils to study.  In addition to the information discussed during the two classes\, participants will receive an electronic handout with the covered materials. You can attend one or both classes and only pay once. \nDennis Gertenbach and Shellie Luallin are long-time WIPS members who have led multiple field trips over the years.  Because of their extensive knowledge of invertebrates\, they are active paleo volunteers for the Mines Museum of Earth Science and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/introduction-to-invertebrate-paleontology-2-of-2/
LOCATION:Secular Hub\, 254 N. Knox Ct.\, Denver\, CO\, 80219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260302T210000
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SUMMARY:March 2026 - Heather F. Smith - Ph.D.\, FAAA\, Professor of Anatomy - A revised turtle assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation\, NM with evolutionary and paleobiostratigraphic implications
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The middle Campanian Menefee Formation (Fm.) of the San Juan Basin of New Mexico is a relatively understudied terrestrial deposit in southern Laramidia preceding the fossil-rich upper Campanian Fruitland and Kirtland formations that have been studied for more than a century. Previous collection efforts have revealed a diverse dinosaurian and crocodyliform fauna in the Menefee Fm.\, including ankylosaurian\, tyrannosaurid\, hadrosaurid\, ceratopsian\, and neosuchian taxa. Nearly a decade has passed since the last description of the Menefee turtle fauna\, and we present new material that provides insight into turtle evolution during the Campanian in the Colorado Plateau\, with implications for Late Cretaceous turtle paleobiostratigraphy in Laramidia. In particular\, we extend the stratigraphic ranges of the baenids Neurankylus baueri and Scabremys ornatabackwards from younger San Juan Basin strata\, along with the nanhsiungchelyid Basilemys. Additional material increases Menefee representation of the relict helochelydrid Naomichelys\, and the regionally prevalent derived baenids Denazinemys and Thescelus. Additionally\, we report new pan-trionychian specimens\, which provide insight into the persistence of Adocus and multiple trionychid and plastomenid species through the remainder of the Campanian in the San Juan Basin. A cluster analysis of turtle diversity across early-middle Campanian sites in Laramidia shows distributions consistent with latitudinal provinciality in some groups. For instance\, derived baenids were restricted to latitudes south of southern Utah\, along with marine taxa (bothremydids and protostegids) and pan-kinosternoids. Basin-scale endemism is also suggested by some baenid and trionychid distributions. Otherwise\, the turtle fauna of the Menefee most closely resembles those of the similarly-aged Wahweap Fm. in southern Utah\, and the Aguja Fm. in the Big Bend area of Texas and Mexico to a lesser extent. The Menefee turtle assemblage is consistent with reconstructed paleoenvironments characteristic of the western shoreline of the Western Interior Seaway. Recurrent cyclothems in these settings shaped the development of fluviodeltaic deposits that preserved distal components of large channels with surrounding floodplains and swamps\, along with evidence of freshwater\, brackish\, and possibly shallow marine influence. This research was funded by a grant from WIPS. \nBio: Dr. Heather Smith is a Professor of Anatomy at Midwestern University\, the Editor-in-Chief of The Anatomical Record journal\, and a Fellow of the American Association for Anatomy. She earned a B.A. in Anthropology (Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College\, 2001)\, M.A. in Biological Anthropology (Stony Brook University\, 2003)\, a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology (Arizona State University\, 2008)\, and completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine\, Phoenix (2009). She is an evolutionary biologist\, comparative anatomist\, and paleontologist. Her research combines both living species and the fossil record\, with a special interest in ancient turtles\, to reveal how bones and body structures evolved through millions of years. In particular\, she investigates how cranial and shell morphology evolved across extinct and living turtle species using 3-D geometric morphometrics and other tools to trace phylogeny\, adaptation\, and developmental change. \nDr. Smith has been conducting paleontological fieldwork and research since 2012\, primarily focusing on North American Late Cretaceous and Paleogene turtles\, and has been involved in the descriptions of 4 new species of fossil turtle. Since 2024\, she has been a founding co-director of the Menefee Paleontological Project\, coordinating paleo fieldwork in the Campanian Menefee Formation of New Mexico.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/march-2025-heather-f-smith-ph-d-faaa-professor-of-anatomy/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260406T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260406T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T110621Z
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SUMMARY:April 2026 – Spring ice cream social and 'meet and greet' (in-person only)
DESCRIPTION:WIPS’ April meeting will be a Spring ice cream social and ‘meet and greet’ in-person event. There will be no Zoom presence or speaker this month. \nMembers and guests are invited to join us in person at Front Range Community College (Westminster campus). There will be refreshments\, fossils\, field trip news and fun! \n• Enjoy an ice cream sundae while you socialize.\n• Learn about WIPS-supported research and committee activities.\n• Hear about summer field trips and see fossils from those places.\n• Meet one of the instructors for WIPS’ upcoming Petrified Wood Workshop and see petrified wood specimens.\n• Show ‘n tell of member fossils\n• Door prizes and giveaways galore \nLook forward to meeting you there! For questions\, contact programs@westernpaleo.org
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/april-2026/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260502T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260503T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
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SUMMARY:Petrified Wood Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Dates:  Two-day class.  Saturday\, May 2\, is classroom instruction from 9 am to 3 pm.  Sunday\, May 3\, is a field session to collect and study petrified wood\, starting at 1 pm. \nInstructors:  Sam Alllen and Mike Viney \nLocation:  Mines Museum of Earth Science on Saturday\, private ranch outside Elizabeth on Sunday \nNumber of Participants: 20 \nAge:  Adults and high school students \nCost:  $10 for adults\, $5 for high school students \nSam Allen and Mike Viney will be conducting a two-day Petrified Wood Workshop for WIPS members.  The workshop will be hands-on and will include fossil wood taphonomy\, general taxonomy identification\, best practices for collecting and lab methods. \nBoth Sam and Mike are long-time petrified wood collectors and researchers.  They currently are involved in the research and writing of several technical journal articles on petrified wood species found in the Eden Valley of Wyoming.  They are also founding Board Members of the nonprofit Friends of Fossil Forests. \nIf you have questions about the class\, please contact Sam Allen at samuelgallen@gmail.com. \nNote:  You must attend the classroom session on Saturday to attend the field trip on Sunday.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/petrified-wood-workshop/
LOCATION:Mines Museum of Earth Science\, 1310 Maple St\, Golden\, CO\, 80401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260504T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260504T210000
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CREATED:20251118T095356Z
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SUMMARY:May 2026 - Patrick O’Connor\, PhD  |  Director\, Earth & Space Sciences\, Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology\, Denver Museum of Nature & Science  |  Avian Dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous of Madagascar and Antarctica: A Tale of Two Birds and Two Sub-Continents
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Patrick (Pat) O’Connor is a vertebrate paleontologist who integrates data from the fossil record with our understanding of form-function relationships in modern animals to explore eco-functional implications of morphological novelty in different groups of backboned animals (e.g.\, non-avian dinosaurs\, birds\, crocodiles). He completed a degree in biological anthropology at Michigan State University\, followed by a PhD in anatomical sciences at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Following his PhD\, Pat took a tenure-track position (Neuroscience and Anatomy) at the Ohio University College of Medicine\, where he advanced to the rank of full professor and presidential research scholar while simultaneously serving several administrative roles in both research and curriculum. He took on the role of Director of Earth and Space Sciences at DMNS in January 2024. \nPat’s field research projects span from Colorado and Utah to Madagascar\, eastern and northern Africa\, and Antarctica\, united by the common theme of characterizing the impact of large-scale environmental change on biotas during the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene. Along with students and colleagues from around the globe\, Pat and his collaborators regularly describe species new to science\, including several exciting and oftentimes bizarre non-avian dinosaurs\, birds\, crocodiles\, and mammals.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/march-2-2026-patrick-oconnor-director-earth-space-sciences-senior-curator-of-vertebrate-paleontology-denver-museum-of-nature-and-science/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
CREATED:20260227T164216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T225502Z
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SUMMARY:WIPS Contingent to the Tate Museum Conference
DESCRIPTION:Dates: May 29th – 31st – One day of speakers and two days of field trips. Saturday evening includes a dinner and Keynote Speaker Kirk Johnson. \nTheme: Twilight of the Dinosaurs: Terrestrial Life in the Cretaceous \nLeader:  Dennis Gertenbach \nLocation: Tate Museum\, 125 College Drive\, Casper\, WY 82601. \nLodging: The Ramkota Hotel in Casper is the host hotel. The Keynote Dinner will be held there. They also have a shuttle available to bring folks to the Casper College campus\, as long as there is no airport shuttle at that time. The number is 307-266-6000. \nField Trip(s): Still being finalized. One will include the Lance Formation area in eastern Wyoming. We will visit sites that have been worked on by Tate Museum crews for years. This is less of a collecting trip\, but rather a show and tell. There will be time for prospecting. On our field trips we usually allow personal collecting and/or collecting for your institution\, but the Tate Museum and the landowner would have first rights of refusal for any fairly complete or unusual specimens found. \nCost:  Participants are responsible for the conference cost\, lodging\, food\, and transportation to Casper and back. The cost for the conference has not been announced\, but those who sign up for the WIPS contingent will be notified about the cost and how to register for the conference. Note: There is no WIPS field trip fee for signing up to join the ‘WIPS contingent’ to the Conference. \nEvery year the Tate Museum in Casper\, Wyoming\, holds a three-day conference\, with one day of talks and two days of field trips. The topic for this year’s 30th Annual Conference will be Twilight of the Dinosaurs: Terrestrial Life in the Cretaceous. Kirk Johnson is the keynote speaker and Saturday’s talks will feature speakers from around the country. \nOnce again the WIPS Education Subcommittee is organizing a WIPS contingent to the Conference. We will meet up for breakfasts and dinners\, and enjoy each other’s company over the weekend. Participants can arrange for carpooling to Casper among themselves. \nParticipants are responsible for the conference cost\, lodging\, food\, and transportation to Casper and back. The cost for the conference has not been announced\, but those who sign up for the WIPS contingent will be notified about the cost and how to register for the conference. The Ramkota Hotel in Casper is the host hotel for the Conference\, and there are blocks of rooms reserved at the hotel for the pre-tax price of $89 per night. \nQuestions? Contact Dennis Gertenbach at gertenbach1@gmail.com. Come for an enjoyable weekend of Cretaceous terrestrial life.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/wips-contingent-to-the-tate-museum-conference/
LOCATION:Tate Museum\, Casper College\, 125 College Drive\, Casper\, 82601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260623
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
CREATED:20260324T222441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T162318Z
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SUMMARY:Delta\, Utah
DESCRIPTION:Dates:  Saturday\, June 20 – Monday\, June 22. \nLeader:  Dennis Gertenbach \nLocation:  Delta\, UT – U-Dig Quarry\, Fossil Mountain\, Conger Spring \nOver three days\, participants will be collecting fossils covering 150 million years of Earth’s history. \n \nOn Saturday\, we will head to the U-dig Quarry to collect trilobites and other Middle Cambrian fossils from the Wheeler Shale\, which dates to 500-513 million years ago. This is a pay quarry\, with the following rates for a half day: \nAdults (ages 17+): $70\nChildren (ages 7-16): $42\nYoungsters (ages 6 and younger): FREE with an adult\nMilitary (bring ID): $59.50\nUtah Resident (bring ID): $59.50 \nOn Sunday\, we jump 50 million years to collect Early to Middle Ordovician fossils from the Pogonip Group\, 458 to 485 million years ago\, at Fossil Mountain. This site has a wide variety of fossils that evolved during the Ordovician Radiation\, including brachiopods\, bryozoans\, gastropods\, ostracods\, nautiloids\, and even a trilobite species. \nOn our last day\, we jump another 100 million years to the Late Mississippian Chainman Formation at Conger Spring. These fossils date to 330 to 350 million years\, and include brachiopods\, horn and tabulate coral\, gastropods\, bivalves\, and crinoids. \nIn addition to the fee for the U-dig Quarry\, participants are responsible for their own transportation\, lodging (motel or camping)\, and food. \nFor more information about the trip\, please contact Dennis Gertenbach at gertenbach1@gmail.com.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/deckers-utah/
LOCATION:Delta\, Utah\, Delta\, UT\, 84624\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260719
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
CREATED:20260324T225619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T022459Z
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SUMMARY:Trout Creek
DESCRIPTION:Dates:  Saturday\, July 18th \nLeader:  Dennis Gertenbach \nLocation:  Trout Creek\, CO – Collecting on local\, state\, or federal public land between Deckers and Woodland Park \nOn this trip\, we will be collecting is in the Manitou Formation from two sites. During the Ordovician (439 to 500 million years ago)\, Colorado was covered with an ocean. Fossils from that time include trilobites (mostly molts)\, brachiopods\, cystoids\, and other marine animals. \nBoth sites we plan to visit are old quarries. We will look for fossils that remain in the loose rock. \nThe first site is a half-mile uphill hike from where we will park. This site has brachiopods and cystoids. (Cystoids were ancient animals that were related to crinoids and other five-sided echinoderms.) \nThe quarry at the second site is about 1/2 mile up a rough road. If we have enough high-clearance vehicles\, we can all ride to the quarry. If not\, there will be a moderate hike with a 500-foot elevation gain. (At least we’ll be hiking our specimens downhill\, rather than uphill.) This site has trilobites (mostly separate pygidiums and cephalons) and several species of brachiopods. \nThe field trip leader has a permit from the Forest Service to provide information about the fossils we collect. Please show any interesting fossils you find to him. \nIf you have questions about the trip\, please contact Dennis Gertenbach at gertenbach1@gmail.com.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/trout-creek/
LOCATION:Trout Creek\, CO\, Trout Creek\, CO\, 80135\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Gertenbach - Leader":MAILTO:gertenbach1@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260908T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
CREATED:20251123T193723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T195117Z
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SUMMARY:Sept. 2026 - Gale Bishop\, PhD\, Emeritus Professor of Geology  |  The Search for Fossilized Cretaceous Sea Turtle Nests and the Edges of the Continents; Western Interior of the USA and Proto-Adriatic Tethys of Croatia
DESCRIPTION:Emeritus Professor of Geology\, Georgia Southern University\, Research Associate; American Museum of Natural History (NY\, NY) National Geographic Society Explorer (1976 – Present)
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/september-8-2026-ph-d-emeritus-professor-of-geology-georgia-southern-university-research-associate-american-museum-of-natural-history-ny-ny-national-geographic-society-explorer/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261005T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
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SUMMARY:October\, 2026 - Annual Meeting and SHOW 'n TELL
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/october-5-2026-annual-meeting-and-show-n-tell/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261102T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261102T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251123T204241Z
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SUMMARY:November\, 2026 - David W. Krause\, PhD Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology of The Denver Museum of Nature and Science
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/november-2026-david-krause-emeritus-chief-curator-of-the-denver-museum-of-nature-and-science/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T153623
CREATED:20251123T200750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T032405Z
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SUMMARY:December 2026 - Annual Auction
DESCRIPTION:Menu\n											 \n\n\nPaleoZone Auction Bid Sheets\nNote for Printing Auction Excel Files\nAuction Bid Sheet for Selling Rocks or Fossils: XLSX\nAuction Bid Sheet for Selling Rocks or Fossils: PDF\nAuction Bid Sheet for Selling Publications: XLSX\nAuction Bid Sheet for Selling Publications: PDF\n\n\nEveryone is invited to our annual holiday auction and potluck! Bid on numerous items of paleontological– and geological– interest\, including books\, fossils\, fossil replicas\, minerals\, art\, and much more. Enjoy potluck refreshments. (Bring a dish to share if you’dlike!) The verbal auction later in the afternoon will feature bigger ticket items. Proceeds benefit WIPS grants and scholarships for research and education in paleontology. \nThis year\, payments can be made online using a QR code displayed at the auction.• 1 p.m. – Doors open for setup• 2 p.m. – Refreshments being• 2:30-5:30 p.m. – Silent auction with verbal auctioncirca 3:30 p.m. for special items• 5:30 pm. – Cleanup and checkout• 6:30 p.m. – Doors close
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/december-2026-annual-auction/
LOCATION:Front Range Community College\, 3645 West 112th Avenue\, Westminster\, CO\, 80031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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