The Museum has offered WIPS members a behind the scenes tour. Group(s) of 10 to 15 members will be guided by an Earth Sciences curator. Tours will last about 60 to 90 minutes. After the tour members are encouraged to view the rest of the Museum on their own. Accompanied children, age 10-17 are allowed. […]
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 […]
Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology Dates: Two-day class, Sunday, February 22, 2-6 pm and Saturday, February 28, noon-4 pm Instructors: Dennis Gertenbach and Shellie Luallin Location: Secular Hub Community Center in Denver Age: Adults and high school students Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for high school students. (One charge covers one or both classes) Most of […]
Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology Dates: Two-day class, Sunday, February 22, 2-6 pm and Saturday, February 28, noon-4 pm Instructors: Dennis Gertenbach and Shellie Luallin Location: Secular Hub Community Center in Denver Age: Adults and high school students Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for high school students. (One charge covers one or both classes) Most of […]
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 […]
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. Members 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! • Enjoy […]
