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SUMMARY:January 5\, 2026 - Jim Kirkland - Keeping Up With The “Raptors”: The Evolution Of Armor In Polacanthine Ankylosaurs Across The J/K Boundary
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jim Kirkland earned a BS in Geology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology\, an MS in Geology from Northern Arizona University\, and a PhD in Geoscience from the University of Colorado. For the past 27 years\, he has been the Utah State Paleontologist\, permitting and promoting Utah’s paleontological resourcesfor the public good. After telling people he would be a paleontologist at age five\, has spent more than 50 years excavating fossils across thesouthwest US and Mexico\, authoring and coauthoring more than 100 papers on Mesozoic environments\, biostratigraphy\, paleobiogeography\, and paleoecology; naming 24 new dinosaur species (including the giant “raptor\,” Utahraptor\, and the best understood polacanthine ankylosaur\, Gastonia)\, other tetrapods\, many fossil mollusks and fossil fish. He has shown that Grand County\, Utah\, preserves the most complete Lower Cretaceous terrestrial sequence in the world.\n\nPlease see Jim’s lecture at a meeting for the Utah Friends of Paleontology  J-K Boundary Mass Extinction\nChrista Sadler’s new book covering Dr. Kirkland’s life’s work on the Cedar Mt dinosaur faunas “Dinosaur Frontier.” https://this-earth.com/dinosaur-frontier/
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/january-5-2026/
LOCATION:Clements Community Center\, 1580 Yarrow Street\, Lakewood\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Denver Museum of Nature & Science
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRegular WIPS field trip fees apply\, but there are no admission fees to the Museum. Enter at staff-volunteer entrance\, about 100 feet east (left) of main entrance and say you are here for WIPS tour. A greeter will direct you to our group. The Museum opens at 9:00\, so there is little point in arriving early. If you are running later than 9:15\, call trip leader Dan Winester at 303-709-4585 or curator James Hagadorn at 413-348-1176. \nThere is space to store jackets etc. and time to use the restroom. \nRegistration ends on January 2nd.
URL:https://westernpaleo.org/event/denver-museum-of-nature-science/
LOCATION:DMNS\, 2001 Colorado Blvd.\, Denver\, CO\, 80205\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Winester":MAILTO:deadfishrman@gmail.com
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