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December 2009 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 NEWSLETTER DATE Volume 19, Number 11 December 2009 'Twas a week before Dave's Party, and all through the fort, the terror birds were munching Prez Sez on cinnamon three-toed-horse. Coming Events (Off to a strong start!) Season's Greetings, Paleo-Pals! Our whale ears and horse teeth MEETINGS all purchased with care SATURDAY I hope that we can all look back on in hopes of a trade for Gavialsuchus or Cave Bear! 2009 as a year of fun, friends, at the Orlando Science Center While I'm Googling “kerchief” fellowship, and of course, fossils. and it's relation to “cap,” It's December, and as is there's a wintery glow December 19, 2009 customary, I'm writing this about my desktop coprolite.(It rhymes.) See page 2 for details newsletter in a knitted woolen sweater with a picture of a big As we hunters all gather January 16, 2010 and listen with caution, 3:00pm Meeting blocky Oreodont on the front. It'd 'Cause you've gotta bid quick be charming if it wasn't 74º in the in the Thousands at auction! shade. The holidays are about all February 20, 2010 about tradition, and I'd like to start With the children all bundled 2:00pm Kids Blast asleep in their beds, a new one this year, if I may. I've 3:00pm Meeting while visions of Mastodons had a chance to look back on a parade through their heads. number of events that have made For more info... this year particularly special for me, When from outside I heard, www.floridafossilhunter.com and I'd like to share them with you, like the smash of a vase, in the easiest and least thought- I thought maybe the Science Center had broken another case! provoking way possible. So now, I present, tongue firmly in cheek: I rushed to the window, “The Loosely Thrown Together, looked downward, and then Table of Contents I saw Paul calling out, Legally Distinct, Untitled Holiday Fragments ……………...…..………. 2 Rhyming “Marge just pushed me again!” Project” Oh the river adventures Piece on the Peace ……………….. 2 you're sure to uncover: Kids FossilBlast ……………………. 2 Stop me if you've heard this one.... A 200-lb tusk makes a great stocking stuffer A Crowd of Crocs ………………….. 3 Jimmy Waldron Keep going, keep trying Big Freeze Came Fast ……………. 3 President That's always my motto! Earth Claw …………………………. 4 Florida Fossil Hunters (Though try as I might, I can't win FossiLotto!) Tiny Dinosaur Species Discovered ……………………….… 5 There's my holiday poem now let's make this clear: Discovery Of The Oldest European DECEMBER If you're not really smiling Marsupial In Southwest France ….. 6 this was Bonnie's idea. ♥ Membership Application ………….. 7 CLUB PARTY And now, Fossil Hunters, this comes to an end. Calendar ……………………………. 8 See page 2 for details. (And I hope that tomorrow we'll all still be friends!) In a fun new tradition, and if I may be blunt: Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good hunt! Florida Fossil Hunters News Volume 19, Number 11 - December 2009 Page 2 Fragments Time to renew your Florida Fossil Hunters Piece on the Peace The water level is still down within 2010 Membership. "diggable" depth ....even for us short folks. The rain event predicted for early It's That Time December may cause a temporary rise It's time to renew your membership. The cost is still only but it will fall back. $17 for a household. This is a good time of the year to go Please use one of the forms...either online or in the hunting. It's not too hot, the water levels are good, and it newsletter...so we can make sure we have your correct hasn't been cold enough to make the water uncomfortable. address and/or email. Hope all of you get to take advantage of these conditions Thank you to all of you who have signed up to get your and get to enjoy the thrill of the hunt. news online. This has saved the club a good amount of money and has helped keep our operating costs down. Vulcan Mine Field Trip Once again, the folks at Vulcan will be letting us hunt for It's Time to Party fossils on Saturday, December 12th. Meet at the circle Be ready to make merry! The annual club Christmas drive near Hwy. 98 by 8:30 am to sign releases, etc. before bash at Dave's house will be on Saturday, December being escorted in. They usually escort groups out at noon 19th from 5 pm to 9 pm. Come join us and bring a dish and sometimes let those who wish stay till 2 pm. (filled with yummies of course) for all to share. There will be all of Dave's fascinating fossils and treasures to look This is generally a surface fossil hunting experience. Kids at as well as his fort. are allowed and they have great fun finding echinoids and crystals and rocks...and where else are they encouraged to Directions: Take I-4 to the Hwy. 434 exit. Go west on 434 climb piles of dirt! to Markham Woods Rd. Turn right on Markham Woods. Turn right at the traffic light onto E.E. Williamson. Then Bring a change of shoes and clothes in case you get turn right at the first road...Ferne Dr. Dave's house is the muddy. You will also need a bucket or container for collect- one near the end on the left side, 600 Ferne Dr., Long- ing, garden spade or rock hammer to pry out stubborn fos- wood, 32779 sils, water and snacks to keep you going, and a hat and sunscreen to protect you. Peace River Losing Water A five-year federal study found that the Peace River is Directions: Take Hwy. 50 west through Brooksville. Take losing an average of 11 million gallons of water each day Hwy. 98 north approx. 10 miles and Vulcan Mine will be on to sinkholes. This is about 8% of the flow as measured at your left. The street address is: 1313 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Bartow. Brooksville. The upper Peace River has even gone dry seven of the As always: you must be a member of the last ten years. This loss is occurring along a two mile long club to join us at Vulcan stretch south of Bartow . To sign up or to get more info, call Shelley Zimmerman at We certainly hope that the rest of the Peace continues to 407/891-1260. have water enough to float our canoes. Tampa Bay Fossilfest For the entire article, go to www.usgs.gov/newsroom/ Mark your 2010 calendars. It will take place on March 20th article.asp?ID=2319 and 21st. More details in the coming months. This info was submitted by Kim Jackson. Hobbits....the story continues Using statistical analysis on skeletal remains of a well- preserved female specimen, researchers at the Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York have con- firmed that Home floresiensis is a genuine ancient human There will be no kids' program for December...we're all go- species and not a genetically flawed version of modern ing to party instead. The next Fossil Blast will be on Satur- humans. day, February 20th at 2 pm. The subject of our study will For the entire article go to: www.sciencedaily.com/ be Proboscians, aka elephants. releases/2009/11/091110101034.htm Florida Fossil Hunters News Volume 19, Number 11 - December 2009 Page 3 A Crowd of Crocs Paul Sereno with the University of Chicago has continued to find new fossils in the Africa that inhabited the southern land mass known as Gondwana some 100 million years ago. The crocs and their nicknames: BoarCroc: A new species, Kaprosuchus sa- haricus, was a 20 ft. long upright meat eater with an armored snout for ramming and 3 sets of dagger-shaped fangs for slicing. RatCroc: A new species, Araripesuchus rat- toides, was a 3 ft. long, upright plant and grub eater, with a pair of buckteeth in its lower jaw used to dig for food. Paleontologist Paul Sereno with his Saharan discoveries -- PancakeCroc: A new species, Laganosuchus thaumastos, was 20 ft long, squat fish eater with a SuperCroc, BoarCroc (upper right), PancakeCroc (lower right), 3 ft. pancake-flat head with spike-shaped teeth on RatCroc, DogCroc and DuckCroc. The fossil crocs were slender jaws. unearthed in a series of expeditions to the Sahara beginning DuckCroc: Anatosuchus minor was a 3 ft. long, in 2000, supported by the National Geographic Society. upright fish, frog & grub eater with a broad over- (Credit: Photo by Mike Hettwer, courtesy National Geographic) hanging snout and Pinocchio-like nose. DogCroc: Araipesuchus wegeneri, was a 3 ft. long upright plant and grub eater with a soft, dog-like For more info and pictures check out the Novem- nose pointing forward and was likely an agile gal- ber, 2009, issue of National Geographic and the full loper and a capable swimmer. article at www.sciencedaily.com/ Big Freeze Came Fast Around 12,800 years ago the northern hemisphere was But now William Pat- hit by a mini ice-age, known by scientists as the terson and his col- Younger Dryas which lasted around 1300 years. Geo- leagues at the Uni- logical evidence shows that the Big Freeze was brought versity of Saskatche- about by a sudden influx of freshwater, when the glacial wan using mud cores Lake Agassiz in North America burst its banks and from an ancient lake poured into the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
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