• News from the CMM Paleontology Department • Field Trip Report .- I Calvert Bed 12 described • Minutes of March meeting
The Newsletter of Calvert Marine Museum Fossil Club The Volume 11-Number. 2 May 2001 Whnle Number 55 What are you going to do to get more involved with either the CMM or the Fossil Club?
the Calvert Marine Museum's upcoming elected positions include: President, Vice• Sirenian (sea cow and mermaid) Exhibit. President, Treasurer, and Secretary. This information will now go to our Exhibits Department so they can work their The Field Trip Coordinator, the usual design and fabrication magic! Editor of the Ecphora, and the Membership Coordinator are appointed by the Curator of If you are interested in displaying Paleontology some of your shark tooth fossils for SHARKFEAST (Calvert Marine Museum, An informal survey of those who Saturday, July 21s~ please let me know are presently serving would seem to (410.326-2042 ext. 28). For this event, we indicate that the majority is happy to welcome displays that include shark teeth continue in their present capacity. of any kind. (Note: The Museum is no However, the nominating committee, in all longer able to use the term "SharkFest", as its wisdom, recognizes that it would not be it is r,registered name h" Florida! For lack fair to exclude other club members from of imagination, I have used the term experiencing the thrill of serving in either Please higWight Saturday, June SHARKFEAST, but this wi1llikely change. an elected or appointed office. How could 9th on your calendars. Beginning at Still the same fun-filled shark day!) we limit such opportunity to only a few 12:3Opm, we will have our next fossil club members. Why not broaden the horizons of meetinglshow-and-tell, at which time we To officially mark the opening or others in the club by offering them this will elect the Club's Officers for 2001• our new exhibit on the origin and evolution once-in-a-lifetime chance ... swing the doors 2002. In addition to the aforementioned, of whales and dolphins, Dr. Mark Uhen wide open! Why not apprentice with the our guest, Dr. Robert Holmes from the will give a public lecture on Saturday, best, before its too late? Got the urge, call Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, September 22nd on that very subject. Much now .. .410-326-2042 ext 28. will speak on how he became interested in of Dr. Uhen's research centers on the paleontology. Then at 2:30pm, Dr. Holmes anatomy of the earliest cetaceans. Ifby Saturday, June 9th, you (the will deliver a free public lecture on a new aspiring new candidate) have not made homed (Ceratopsian) dinosaur from Stephen Godfrey your wishes known to at least one member Alberta, Canada. Included please fmd a of the nominating committee, please come copy of the lecture announcement! prepared to present your qualifications (i.e. raise your hand) and share the glory. Christy Visaggi will be at the Calvert Marine Museum for eight weeks And you think nothing good ever happens this summer as a research intern studying, to you ... Upebming Events among other things, the distribution of shark teeth collected from beaches versus In accordance with the By Laws from within Miocene-age sediments of the CMM Fossil Club, the nominating June 6, 2001 Calvert Marine Museum exposed along the western shore of the committee (composed of Pam Platt, Chery~ Fossil Club Meeting - followed by Chesapeake Bay. Snelson, and Stephen Godfrey) will present lecture. At CMM -Solomons, Maryland the candidates for the four elected offices -----.. I have completed the text and within the club at our next club meeting, .,.,atheredthe vast majority of the Saturday June 9th, 2001. The member- illustrations and artifacts to be included in REPORTS ON RECENT FIELD TRIPS
Willows. On Saturday, March 10, a cheerful group of fifteen members gathered at this Calvert Formation site on thfr Bay, to launch the new collecting season. We bundled up and set out along the beach, braving the chilly winds ane' waves to see what we could find. The cliffs were quite productive that day, and everyone left with at least one treasure. The finds included eight C megalodon teeth (two were posteriors), lots of nice Hemipristis sp., Isurus sp., Notorynchus sp., Squatina sp., and hammerhead sharks teeth, and porpoise teeth. Porpoise vertebrae, periotic bones, tympanic bullas, a sea cow vertebra, ray teeth, a fish jaw, and numerous invertebrates were also found. We are very grateful that Mr. Hammond Hobbs allowed us to access this wonderful Miocene site, again.
Martin Marietta Rocky Point Quarry, New Hanover Co., NC. Fourteen members gathered at the mine on Friday morning, March 30, thrilled to escape the winter chill up North and looking forward to finding some interesting Eocene, Castle Hayne Formation material, for which this site is well known. Upon disembarking at a convenient parking area within the quarry, the collectors scattered throughout the mine to search the hilly terrain for the rest of the day. The group found about ten Carcharocles auriculatis teeth (several of them were nearly 4"), a huge fish spine (Cylindracanthus sp.) fragment, other sharks teeth including Carcharhinus gibbesi and Isurus praecursor, shark and fish vertebrae, an archaeocete whale bone, tons of echinoderms, several crab carapaces, and cephalopod chamber casts.
PCS Phosphate Mine, Aurora, NC. On Saturday, March 31, thirty very enthusiastic collectors gathered in the old parking lot to prepare for the big day we have looked forward to for several years now. We were thrilled that "Lee Creek" was open to collecting, again, as we crowded onto the old, familiar, dusty PCS Phosphate Mine bus. Candace Holliday did a wonderful job driving the bus and organizing our large group, and we appreciate her efforts immensely. The new collecting area was in stark contrast to that which we were used to, consisting of extremely steep hills and much less weathered matrix than in previous years. We were fortunate that day that the thunderstorms, rumbling in the distance, stayed away so that we could collect during the entire 6 hours allotted. It sprinkled a few times, but overall, the weather was fine, especially when one considers how cold it was back home. ~ -~...... _.~-'"-
The finds that day included lots of fish mouthplates, vertebrae, whale bones, sharks teeth (including Echinorhinus blakei and Notorynchus sp), atleast two C megalodon teeth (one 5"), a beautiful double ray dermal scute, a "swollen" fish vertebra, and lot of other vertebrate and invertebrate specimens. We are very appreciative that the mine operators allowed us to resume collecting in this prolific Miocene and Pliocene site. We particularly thank Curtis Ormand, for his time and efforts to coordinate our visit.
Parkers Creek, Warrior's Rest Sanctuary. There were 16 participants for this fieldtrip, held on Saturday, April 7. This Miocene site north of the Calvert Marine Museum, along the Scientist's Cliffs, is famous for producing abundant invertebrate and invertebrate material. We had a very enjoyable day, although there was still a winter chill in the air. Everyone found several nice specimens, including a 2 ~" crocodile tooth, several small C megalodon teeth including a posterior, many small sharks teeth, vertebrae and a skull fragment. After the Eeldtrip, most of the group met at Adams Rib, to have some dinner and to swap stories about our recent fossil expeditions. We thank Stephen Godfrey for his assistance in obtaining permission for our group to visit this site.
- Plum Point. Martin Meyer met nineteen members at the bowling alley on Saturday morning, April 21, to lead us to this excellent collecting site on the Bay. It was no small task, including finding places for all of us to park. In spite of the wind and waves that day, there were a large number of good "Ends", including a seal tooth, a horse tooth, porpoise teeth, sharks teeth (several small C megalodon, abundant Notorynchus sp., Isurus sp., Hemipristis sp., tiger, etc.), ray dermal scutes, fish teeth and mouthplates, a whale tooth, three ear bones, fish coprolite, ray mouthplate fragments and a stinger barb, turtle shell fragments, crab claws, a colonial pipestem and a "nice blue-gre~n rock". We had a great time! Thank you again, Martin Meyer, for your time and efforts and allowing us to visit Plum Point. Silurian Coral Reefs and Swopes Pit. May 12. This trip was cancelled because no one called in. We will offer this trip _____~gain in July, as several people expressed interest in visiting these sites, but were unable to attend due to scheduling onflicts.
UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS AND EVENTS, SUMMER 2001
Please remember to call in for yourself and family members (spouse and children of the member), or for one other club member, only, on the date and time indicated. The participants must be current members of both the fossil club and the Calvert Marine Museum. For information about club membership, contact Cheryl Snelson. The numbers of participants for trips are often limited, so if you find out that you won't be able to attend after calling in, please contact Kathy immediately, so she can contact those on the waiting list. Information on directions, lodging, meeting times and meeting places will be provided at the call-in.
June 9, 2001, Saturday. 12:30 pm. Fossil Club Meeting. Activities to be determined.
June 23, Saturday. Big Brook. Cretaceous. Near Freehold, NJ. Screen for Cretaceous shark teeth (Squalicorax, Scapanorhynchus, Cretolamna, and several species of Odontaspids), belemnites, fish teeth (Enchodus, Edaphodon, Ischyrhiza, Anomaeodus), ray teeth, mosasaur teeth and crab claws. Occasionally, dinosaur teeth, plesiosaur teeth and vertebrae, and ammonites have been found. The regional Department of Recreation and Parks recently posted new rules for collecting in the park. The new rules will be explained in detail at the club meeting on June 9. The distance from Calvert Marine Museum is approximately 250 miles. Limit 14. Call-in Wednesday evening, June 20,6:00-8:00. Call Kathy Haberny at (410) 549-4701.
------LIly14-15, Saturday-Sunday. Red Hill, Silurian Coral R~efs, and Swopes Pit (Devonian). This combined trip will take us to three well-known sites in Pennsylvania. Red Hill is a Devonian site in the mountains of North-Central Pennsylvania, known for producing interesting fish material including the teeth, scales, fins, bones and head plates of paleoniscids, placoderrns (armored fish), primitive chondrichthyans, acanthodrians (spiny sharks), actinopterygians, and sarcopterygians. We will be allowed to keep many of the collected specimens, and unusual finds will be collected for study at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
The Silurian reefs in Clinton County contain abundant specimens of corals (Favosites, Coenites), brachiopods (Stegerhynchus, Howellella, Whitfteldella), and the massive bryozoan colonies, Monotrypa. Swopes Quarry is known for the diversity and abundance of Mahantango Formation trilobites (Phacopsrana), cephalopods, crinoids, brachiopids, corals, and gastropods. We will need to bring rock hammers and small cold chisels. Sturdy boots, kneepads, gloves and safety glasses are recommended. The distance from the Calvert Marine Museum is approximately 250 miles. Overnight lodging on Saturday night is recommended (details provided at call-in). Limit 15. Call-in Wednesday evening, July 11, 6:00-8:00. Call Kathy Haberny at (410) 549-4701.
July 21, Saturday. Calvert Marine Museum's SHARKFEST. Fun-filled activities for the whole family. Volunteers are needed to help with the Paleo. Department and Fossil Club exhibits. Please call in if you will be able to help for all or part of the day. Call Stephen Godfrey at (410) 326-2042 ext. 28. If he is not at his desk, and you leave a message, be sure to include your name and telephone number. Alternatively, you could e-mail Stephen at: [email protected]
August 11-12, Saturday-Sunday. Early Devonian, Pennsylvanian, and Mississippian Sites in Virginia and West Virginia. This may be a good time to head for cooler temperatures in the mountains. These sites are described in detail ~J.:,y Jasper Burns in Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States, and were quite productive when we last visited them. The .1rststop is an early Devonian, Licking Creek formation site near Monterey, Virginia. We confirmed that, indeed, many of the brachiopod specimens are lined inside with beautiful quartz crystals. The Pennsylvanian period site (Kanawha formation) in West Virginia produces very abundant and nicely preserved plant fossils, including lycopsid cones ~\ (Lepidostrobussp.),Stigmaria ficoides, the fernAlethopteris lonchitica, horsetailstems (CAlamites sp.),seedferns (Trigonocarpussp. and Neuropteris sp.), and trunks of the lycopsid (scaletree, Lepidodendron sp.). When we lastvisited this site,I feltthat the awesome scenery at an altitude of >4500 feet,was alone well worth the drive, in addition to the nice plant sPecimensthat we collected. (Note: good brakes are recommended for this trip). The Mississippian period site (Greenbrier group) in Pocahontas County, West Virginia is known to contain some quite spectacular specimens of the coral Acrocyathus (Lithostrotionella)flori/armis in translucent blue and green chert, in astream that runs through private farmland. Permission to explore this site is needed, both in and beyond the stream. Information on overnight lodging for Saturday night will be available during the call-in on Wednesday evening, August 8,from 6:00-8:00.Limit 15. Call Kathy Haberny at (410) 549-4701.
Special Notice! Sandy aka "The Sharks' Tooth Lady" Roberts received a plaque at Cub Pack 633's Blue and Gold Dinner, in Annapolis, Maryland on 24 February 2001. Sandy had led a field trip for the Boy Scouts to Calvert Cliffs. True to form, Sandy set up a fossil display table at the church hall where the banquet was held and gave away sharks' t.eeth and "toad stones'. ''THE BONE BED"-UNIT 12 OF THE PLUM POINT MARL (Another in the series on the catalogued collection of the Calvert Marine Museum) by Pat Fink
Outcrops of Unit 12 in the cliffs along the Bay usually appear as a reddish-brown sandy layer within the clayey units of the Phun Point Marl. Exposures in the cliffs extend from the vicinity of Chesapeake Beach south to Warriors Rest, where the unit dips below the surface. According to Shattuck (1904, p.lxxvii), "Zone 12" is a brownish sandy clay, which locally turns bluish in color, and contains only imperfect fossil casts; it varies in thickness from 2-4 feet. Although invertebrate fossils within it are generally rare and in poor condition, the bed is of major interest because of the extraordinary wealth of vertebrate fossils that have been found within this relatively thin layer.
Ward (1992, pp 5-6) recognizes an erosional unconfonnity at the base of Unit 12 and indicates that it grades upward into Unit 13. He treats units 12 and 13 as Depositional Event VII and considers it to be the last of "three marine pulses punctuated by brief diastems".
Kidwell (1989, P 17) describes Unit 12 as "the condensed Parker creek bone bed, a thin (=0.5m; table 1) laterally extensive sand associated with a series of closely spaced burrowed fIrm grounds. The ... bed is overlain by a regressive, shallowing-upward tract of shell-poor facies, and records the deepest water conditions in the Miocene section." In a more recent publication (1996, p.9) Kidwell adds "The Zone 12 bone bed, rich in articulated skeletons of marine mammals as well as disarticulated material from a host of animals, seems quite different in origin. It is embedded within the deepest part of the Calvert -Choptank record (based on independent microfossil and sedimentologic evidence) and the [underlying] surface it mantles shows no erosional channeling ... My interpretation has been that skeletal concentration was through a passive rain of material during siliciclastic starvation on the open shelf, timed with maximum transgression, with the limited amount of terrestrial vertebrate material arriving by bloat and float of carcasses." She refutes the suggestion that the underlying surface is a subaerial unconfonnity and notes the need for further study of the section. Offhand, the abundance of sand and the unusual number of coprolites and land mammal seems at variance with her interpretation.
The specimens catalogued in the CMM Museum and listed on the following pages largely come from north and south of Parker Creek and Scientists Cliffs. Several were also found at Camp Kaufman, the cliffs south of Plum Point, at Popes Creek, and at WakefIeld and at Carters Landing, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Wally and Betty Ashby, George Fonger, Dave Bohaska, Ralph Eshelman, Norm Riker, August Se1ckmann, along with other members of the fossil club have been contributors.
References Cited
Kidwell, Susan M., 1989. Stratigraphic condensation of marine transgressive records: origin of major shell deposits in the Miocene of Maryland, Joumal of Geology, 97:1,pp.1-24 Kidwell, Susan M., 1996. Miocene strata of the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Fieldtrip Guidebook for students in the Paleobiology Program, University of Chicago. Shattuck, George Burbank, 1904. Geological and paleontological relations, with a review of earlier investigations, in Miocene, Text, Maryland Geological Survey. 543 pp. Ward, Lauck W., 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene, Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Memoir No.2, 159 pp. UNIT 12 CAL \!ERT MARINE MUSEUM CATALOGUED SPECIMENS
SHARKS 1 partial rib 1 limb bone Chondricthyses BONY FISH 6 coprolites Teleostei 1 partial neural arch Carcharbioiformes 1 partial skeleton \Tertebralcenbnlnn 46 vertebrae Lanmidae 2 partial jaws A \!ES (Birds) 1 vertebral cenbnlnn 3 opercula 1 humerus-? Carcharodon megalodon 7 hypural fans 1 scapula-? 53 teeth 8 hyperostoses Alcidae !surus hastalis 18 unidentified bones 1 humerus 1 spine-? 39 teeth Acipenseridae Hexanchidae Acipenser ornatus MARINE MAMMALS Notorynchus sp. 10 pieces of dermal plate Cetacea (Whales and dolphins) 18 teeth Xiphiidae 1 ear bone Carcharbioidae Xiphias sp. 2 vertebrae Galeocerdo sp. 3 partial rostra Squalodontidae (Squalotdonts-shark• 18 teeth 1 hypural fan, associated bones toothed whales) Negaprion sp. Scombridae Squalodon 4 teeth Acanthocybium sp. 1 premolar or molar root Carcharhinus sp. 1 jawbone section with 23 teeth Physeteridae (Toothed whales) 82 teeth Molidae Orycterocetus crocodiliensis 4 vertebral centra Ranzania sp. 1 tooth Odontaspididae 16 beaks and bone fragments Rhabdosteidae (Dolphins) Odontaspis sp. 3 nasal bones Eurhinadelphis bassi 28 teeth Mola-? Sp. 1 associated skull, vertebrae, Carcharias sp. 1 hyperostatis-? partial sternum 4 teeth 1 nasal bone 1 humerus Hemigaleidae Sciaenidae Odontoceti (Long-beaked porpoise) Hemipristis serra Pogonias sp. 1 skull, 3 partial skulls, and skull 120 teeth 1 tooth fragments Cetorhinidae 8 tympanic bullae Cetorhinus sp. 1 occipital condyle 1 vertebral cenbnlnn REPTILES 1 lower mandible Sphyrnidae Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) 5 petrosals (periotics) Sphyrna sp. Gavialosuchus antiqua 14 vertebrae 1 tooth 1 scute 1 epiphysis 1 vertebra 2 ribs RAYS 2 teeth 9 humeri Myliobatidae 17 coprolites (tentatively 3 ulnae 8 spines assigned to Crocodylidae) 3 radii Myliobatis gigas Cheloniidae (Turtles) 1 phalange 7 dental plate fragments 2 vertebrae Cetotheriidae ("Cetotheres" --primitive 1 dermal scute (tentative 1 plate baleen-type whales) identification) 1 distal humerus 1 basal cranium with petrosal and Aetobatus sp. 3 limb elements skull fragments 3 dental plate fragments Cetotheriidae--continued Mobulidae Cheloniidae-eontinued 1 petrosal Plinthicus sp. Syllomus aegyptiacus 4 tympanic bullae 2 dental plate fragments 2 ribs 1 plate and bone fragments 1 phalange Rajidae 2 humeri 2 dermal scutes 1 femur Dermochelyidae (Turtles) Phocidae (Seals) Leptophoca lenis 2 partial tibia I proximal radius I calcaneum
LAND MAMMALS I patella I phalange Tayassuidae (Peccary) "Cynorca" I vertebra I metapodial I distal radius I proximal radius Equidae (Horses) I metacarpal Protoceratidae (Primitive camel-type Ruminant) I molar
Chesapecten sp. cf coccymelus, Pycnodome percrassa and leached and broken specimens of Glossus, Lirophora, Pleiorytis, and Panopea
The following poem was composed by Paul Darby, a relatively new prep lab volunteer, while working on a block of matrix from the Chesapeake Ranch Estates (Little Cove Point Member, St. Mary's Formation). Many thanks Paul!
Turritella
I found a Turritella in fact I found a lot. A rare exotic specimen? I fmd that it is not.
The genus Tun"itella is a gastropod prolific. The species called plebeia is what I found, to be specific.
It's not hard to view the evidence of their population bloom, And imagine that those Turritella had no elbow room.
P. Darby Collecting Opportunity! Stephen got this em ail and wanted it passed on to the club. If you are interested, give Patty a call.
Dear Mr. Godfrey,
Thank you for agreeing to include the information on the Museum of the Middle Appalachians summer dig in Saltville, VA in your fossil club newsletter. The dig will be held from July 23-Aug 10, 2001. The first two weeks will be directed by Dr. Ralph Eshelman and will concentrate on excavating the remains of ice-age animals of the Saltville Valley. Typically, the remains of woolly mammoth, mastodon, musk ox, horse, fish, birds and other animals are found.
The third week is under the direction of Dr. Cliff Boyd, Department of Sociology & Anthropology of Radford University. This week is dedicated to finding artifacts from the Woodland Indians that occupied the valley.
We do have housing available for participants in our field camp. This facility is "bunk style" with showers and prepared evening meals. The cost of the dig is $200.00 a week to participate on a Mon.-Fri. basis. If you choose to stay at the field camp, the cost is $350.00 per week. On a daily basis, the cost is $50.00 a day.
To request an application or for further information, please call Patty DeBusk at 540/496-4681.
Again, thank you for your interest and your help.
Sincerely,
Patty DeBusk
A Note from Dave at the Smithsonian, about Lee creek Volume 3 !
Dear CMM Club Members
"Geology and paleontology of Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III" was issued 11 May 2001. Individuals may write or e-mail to request a single copy from:
DianeTyler Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series Smithsonian Institution Press 750 Ninth St. NW, Suite 4300 Washington, DC 20560-0950 e-mail: [email protected]
The volume consists of six chapters, on history of paleontology, fossil billfish, other fishes (including sharks), turtles, crocodiles, grebes, and birds.
Sincerely yours,
David 1. Bohaska Museum Specialist Minutes for the CMMFC Meeting, March 17th, 2001
The March 17th, 2001 meeting of the CMM Fossil Club was called to order by President
Sean Kery at 12:50 p.m., following the usual "Show and Tell". There were 16 persons in attendance.
A. Stephen Godfrey announced that the next meeting would be on June 9th, 2001. Following the meeting there will be a guest lecturer. A request was made by Stephen for volunteers to serve on the Nominating Committee to choose a slate of officers for next year. Cheryl Snelson and Pam Platt offered to help. The following update in the Paleo Department was given by Stephen: 1) Presently Pat Fink is working with a volunteer to catalogue the numerous and varied reprints of Ralph Eichelman. These cover a wide range of subjects, from Archaeology to Geology to Paleontology. These reprints will become part of the Paleontology Library. 2) A new Administrative Assistant has been hired. His name is Scott Werts. Scott is a graduate of Penn State, with a Degree in Geology and Paleontology. Scott already is hard at work on the "Time Line" to be put above the drawers in the museum's Paleo Hall. 3) A new Sirenian exhibit is well underway. This hopefully will be completed by next September, and will be put in the area now occupied by the Pepper Umgly Exhibit. The new exhibit will be divided into parts showing the anatomy of fossil sirenians, modern manatees, and the myth of mermaids! 4) At present, there is evidence of a possible entire whale skeleton that is eroding out in the area of Holiday Beach. Stephen is trying to obtain permission from the landowner to quarry the specimen; however, there seems to be a problem, as the people want an appraisal of its sale value!
B. Dave Bohaska announced that finally Lee Creek NO.3 would probably be out by the end of April or May! It will cover sharks, rays, bony fishes, bird, and reptiles. To obtain one free copy, please e-mail yourrequestto:
1. Ms. Diane Tyler Smithsonian Contribution and Study Series, Smithsonian Institution Press,
750 Ninth St., S.W.- Suite 4300,
Washington, D.C. 20560-0950 Dave reported that Lee Creek NO.4 on marine mammals is almost ready to go to the printers, but that they are backed up for at least two years! "The Publications Department does an excellent job, but it is quite short~staffed"! Dave also recommended a book, Dictionary ojDinosaurs, availiable at Borders Books in Bowie, MD.
C. Cheryl Snelson gave the Treasurer's Report: There is a balance of $3381.67. At present, there are 77 fully paid-up members and twelve Life-members. Of these members, 36 did not specify on their renewals whether the Calvert Marine Museum Fossil Club was their "Primary Club", or not. This designation is necessary for admittance to Lee Creek. Three members didn't sign their forms, and several listed other clubs as "Primary".
D. Kathy Habemay announced that we had been assigned 50 seats at Lee Creek, and that there still w~re a few seats availiable until next week. Please call at once, if interested! Kathy announced that flowers had b.een se::nt-n:rBernie- Strean, who -h""as"beenhospitalIzed in Washington. The Cfiib-~-• thanked Kathy Habemay for her hard work, getting both the date for Lee Creek, and for completing the necessary paper work.
At this point, Pat Fink and Scott Werts presented a detailed report on the background and details of the Time Line to be put on the wall over the drawers in the Paleo Hall of the Museum. Pat began by giving a chronology of the movement of the Continents to their present-day positions, and correlated various geologic events with significant biological events, dividing the age of the Earth into the various divisions of the Geologic Time Scale. Scott then gave examples of animals and plants that would be used to illustrate various sections of the Time Scale. The Scale will be broadened during the Miocene Epoch to fit in numerous forms relevant to Calvert County! The President, Sean Kery adjourned the meeting at 2:50p.m.
Respectfully submitted, ~~ Pam Platt, Secretary ~/71(}1 WOULD YOU EAT A HORNED DINOSAUR
FOR BREAKFAST'. (AfromNewtheCeratopsianCanadian BadlandsDinosaur)
By Dr. Robert Holmes, Department ofPaleobiology Canadian Museum ofNature, Ottawa, Canada
tfl'ee PUBLIC LECTURE - ALL ARE WELCOME!
Saturday, June 9, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. Calvert Marine Museum Auditorium
Hosted by the Calvert Marine Museum Fossil Club and sponsored by the Clarissa and Uncoln Dryden Endowment for Paleontology.
For more information, please contact Dr. Stephen Gcx:Jfrey,410-326-2042, ext. 28. CMM Fossil Club 5 Trailridge Court Potor.nac,~d.20854
Calvert Marine Museum Library, Attn: Paul Berry P.O. Box 97 i Solomons, MD 20688 I ~------~I
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Please send any material to be included into the next ECPHORA to the editor.
Mike Ellwood 5 Trailridge Ct. Potornac, Md. 20854
Or!. Mellwood(cv'csc.com (electronic submissions are appreciated, I can handle most (normal) word processing packages)