• February 2026 – Paul Sereno – Paleontolgist & Professor, Univ. of Chicago | Spinosaur Adventure in the Sahara & Amazon

    Front Range Community College 3645 West 112th Avenue, Westminster, CO, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology (1 of 2)

    Secular Hub 254 N. Knox Ct., Denver, CO, United States
    Attendance: 22 / 30

    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 (2 of 2)

    Secular Hub 254 N. Knox Ct., Denver, CO, United States
    Attendance: 22 / 30

    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 […]

  • 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

    Front Range Community College 3645 West 112th Avenue, Westminster, CO, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • April 2026 – Spring ice cream social and ‘meet and greet’ (in-person only)

    Front Range Community College 3645 West 112th Avenue, Westminster, CO, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Petrified Wood Workshop

    Mines Museum of Earth Science 1310 Maple St, Golden, CO, United States
    Attendance: 30 / 30

    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. Instructors:  Sam Alllen and Mike Viney Location:  Mines Museum of Earth Science on Saturday, private ranch outside Elizabeth on Sunday Number of Participants: […]