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A H C ROL RT IN O A N The Newsletter of the North Carolina Fossil Club www.ncfossilclub.org F O B U ANUS S SIL CL J 2010 Number 4 2011 Spring Calendar Outgoing President’s Message January As I turn over the responsibilities of President, I’ve been 16 NCFC Meeting - NCMNS, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh. remembering the events of the past two years - the speakers, the 1:30 pm, Level A conference room. Speaker: Linda McCall, digs, the events and the fun. It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to Spectacular Fossil Fauna of the Edwards Formation of Central be part of this. Texas. My thanks to our membership - working with such a group February is nothing but a kick; and my sincere thanks to the Board of Directors, who are the engine that keeps this group going. I’m 5 Schiele Museum Fossil Fair - 1500 East Garrison Blvd., looking forward to watching as our organization evolves. Gastonia. 9:00 - 4:00 Saturday, 1:00 - 4:00 Sunday, General contact: 704-866-6900. Best wishes to all - Mary March 20 NCFC Meeting - NCMNS, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh. Incoming President’s Message 1:30 pm, Level A conference room. First and foremost thanks to Mary Boulton for her exceptional April leadership as president of the NC Fossil Club. Mary’s enthusiasm 23 Norwood Arbor Day and Fossil Fair 9:00 - 4:00 Contact: for the club and dedication has been an inspiration. She has Ruffin Tucker at 704-784-1672 or [email protected]. volunteered at professional digs around the country, done countless outreach to school children, and always with a smile. The last two years we have gone over to the spoils pile after the Our complete Spring calendar will be in Janus 2011#1, in March Aurora Fossil Festival, found several nice fossils, cut up and bemoaned the success of those near us. She is a great friend and will be a tough act to follow. Election of New Officers/Board I began collecting fossils with my family when I was 12 and After the Fall Fossil Fair on November 3 we elected new my mother Thelma Bennett was the driving force. To say she was Officers and Board Members: passionate about fossils is an understatement. School buses would President: Rick Bennett stop at her home on field trips to the Aurora Fossil Museum. Her sisters did not understand why her living room was lined with Vice President: Jonathan Fain bookshelves full of “Thelma’s rocks”. She would take her fossils New Board Members: Katie Graves, Tracey Mayo, Jody to any school class, summer camp or county fair. Fossil Festivals McDaniel, Eric Sadorf, Judy Stiles were mandatory. Additionally, Mike Bruff was appointed Membership So when asked to serve as president I knew the stern look Mom Chairman, replacing Robert Story who died last summer. would have given me if I had declined. Thank you for allowing me the honor of serving as President of this group. I will be calling on the vast experience and expertise Last Issue of 2010 that the members bring. The first year will be a learning curve so This is the last issue of Janus for 2010 so it is time to renew jump in with any needed advice. your membership in the North Carolina Fossil Club. Trish It is looking like a fun year for the NC Fossil Club. Our Kohler, our Treasurer, has asked me to implore you to send the speaker for the January Fossil Club meeting will be Linda correct amount for renewal. If you have ever been a member of McCall. Her topic is “Spectacular Fossil Fauna of the Edwards the NCFC (not simply last year) you can renew your membership Formation of Central Texas. “ Linda is a new member of our club for $15 (Individual) or $20 (Family). If you have never been a but has been actively involved with fossils for 30 years. With member, the fees are $20 (Individual) or $25 (Family). Trish tells a background in geology, she has co-authored several papers me that each year 8 - 12 members add an extra $5 to their dues It on fossils, exhibited and lectured extensively. She is active in is such a nuisance (and expense) to correct that it was decided not outreach and loves being out collecting. to correct it and simply add the extra $5 to the Treasury. Thanks to Vince Schneider we have been enjoying excellent presentations at each of our membership meetings. At the invitation of the NC Museum of Forestry the club will be holding the November Fossil Festival in Whiteville NC on November 5, 2011. They will be in their newly renovated facility and the Fossil Festival will be the cap to their Dinosaur Exhibit opening in April. They have hosted us before so we know they Janus on the Internet will produce a fun and successful event. Rick Be sure to see the very important announcement on the next page. Janus on the WWW Transitions Issues of Janus back to 2001#4 are available at the Club’s website: http://www.ncfossilclub.org/newsletters.htm/ Click on the link “Past copies of Janus for club members only”, log in with User Name: janus 2009 Password: meg and click on the desired issue. The individual issues are .pdf files and will open with the Adobe Reader which is installed on most computers. If it’s not on your computer it can be downloaded free at http://get.adobe.com/reader/ Those of you with an Internet connection would get a full color copy by the download procedure specified above. The last issue of Janus cost more than $300 to copy (b&w) and mail; we would like to do away with this expense where possible. The Board decided to implement an “opt in” procedure for receiving a paper copy. In other words, if you want to continue to receive a paper copy you must contact Mike Bruff, Membership Chairman. Otherwise, when a new issue is available I will send a postcard to the membership advising you that it is available and reiterating the information above for downloading it. I hope we can make this work to everyone’s satisfaction. In addition to the cost to the Club, each mailing requires about 4 (intolerably boring) hours of my wife and my time. I have been editor of Janus for almost 20 years now and the only part of that which I begrudge is the time spent mailing each issue. Richard Chandler, Editor Contact Mike to continue to receive a paper copy of Janus: Mike Bruff, Membership Chairman, North Carolina Fossil Club, P.O. Box 25276, Raleigh, NC 27611-5276 919-553-6925 [email protected] I received word from Dwayne Varnam (via Jim Mahoney, thanks to both) that NCFC member Dick Stober died on November 6, 2010. I did not recognize the name but certainly did recognize the couple in the picture Dwayne included of Dick and his wife Angela. New Printing of Neogene Fossils of North Carolina We are just about out of stock of the popular Neogene guide which the Club publishes. When we reprinted the Cretaceous and Long-time member James R. Knowles, Sr. of Raleigh died Paleogene guide a couple of years ago I completely digitized it. on November 30, 2010. Survivors include his wife Billie Sahm Among other things, this allowed John and me to correct a couple Knowles; daughters, Carolyn Beck and Diane Welch, and son, of embarassing gaffes it contained (we were young and stupid at James R. Knowles, Jr.. the time ). I am in the process of doing the same for Neogene now and have caught a few problems: Ruffin Tucker provided this link toDr. Pressley Robinson Triaenodon sp. → Carcharoides catticus Rankin, Jr.’s obituary in the Charlotte Observer: http://www. Carcharocles angustidens → Carcharocles chubutensis legacy.com/obituaries/charlotte/obituary.aspx?n=pressley- Galeocerdo contortus → Physogaleus contortus rankin&pid=145957513. Dr. Rankin’s collection was the basis for Hexanchus gigas → Hexanchus griseus the Rankin Museum in Ellerbee. Notorhinchus primigenius → Notorhinchus cepedianus Alopias superciliosus → Alopias vulpinus Pterorhytis conradi → Pterorytis fluviana Trigonostoma sp. → Trigonostoma tenerum carolinensis Porpoise → Toothed Whale (or “Porpoise”) Do you know any others? If so, please contact me at [email protected] 2011 Calendar of Fossil Wood 919-851-2153 Elizabeth Wheeler’s 2011 calendar of incredible Richard Chandler 1225 Lorimer Road fossil wood photographs (macro and micro) is on Raleigh, NC 27606 sale for $15.75 at http://www.lulu.com/product/ calendar/2011-plants-with-a-past/12459668. Profits go to support research on fossil tress and work on the InsideWood website [http://insidewood. lib.ncsu.edu]. Fall Collecting Trip 09/24/2010 ― Rocky Point Fall Collecting Trip 10/24/2010 ― Castle Hayne Nine club members met on September 24th for another trip Nineteen members were present for the trip to Castle Hayne into the Martin Marietta Rocky Point quarry where we were on October 15th. We were very fortunate to have John Everette fortunate to be able to hunt the entire mine. We started at ten in join the hunt. John had hosted this trip for years and we want to the morning, before the heat got too intense and found the usual thank him for all his past effort. We were confined to the usual Rocky Point fare. Don Rideout found a nice sawfish vertebra hunting area but a nice mix of Cretaceous and Eocene material and a perfect Eurhodia rugosa echinoid. Trish and Louis Kohler were found. Some rare specimens such as Don Clements found a variety of small teeth, a Cylindracanthus fragment and a Linthia variabilis and Roxada Story’s Agassizia wilmingtonica Hardouinia mortonis echinoid.