P a l æ o n t o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y B u l l e t i n VOLUMEA 15 • NUMBER l 2 b e r www.albertapaleo.org t a JUNE 2000 ALBERTA PALÆONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS President Vaclav Marsovsky 547-0182 Program Coordinator Philip Benham 280-6283 Vice-President Cory Gross 720-5725 Curator Ron Fortier 285-8041 Treasurer Cindy Evans 285-0144 Librarian Mona Marsovsky 547-0182 Secretary Dan Quinsey 247-3022 Events Coordinator Keith Mychaluk 228-3211 Past-President Wayne Braunberger 278-5154 Director at Large Dr. David Mundy 281-3668 DIRECTORS Social Director Wendy Morrison 246-6160 Editor Howard Allen 274-1858 Education Coordinator Mark Farmer 244-8273 Membership Howard Allen 274-1858 †APAC Representative Vaclav Marsovsky 547-0182 †APAC is the Alberta Palæontological Advisory Committee The Society was incorporated in 1986, as a non-profit organization formed to: a. Promote the science of palæontology through study and education. b. Make contributions to the science by: 1) discovery 4) education of the general public 2) collection 5) preservation of material for study and the future 3) description c. Provide information and expertise to other collectors. d. Work with professionals at museums and universities to add to the palæontological collections of the province (preserve Alberta’s heritage). MEMBERSHIP: Any person with a sincere interest in palæontology is eligible to present their application for membership in the Society. (Please enclose membership dues with your request for application.) Single membership $15.00 annually Family or Institution $20.00 annually THE BULLETIN WILL BE PUBLISHED QUARTERLY: March, June, September and December. Deadline for submitting material for publication is the 15th of the month prior to publication. Society Mailing Address: Material for Bulletin: Alberta Palæontological Society Howard Allen, Editor, APS P.O. Box 35111, Sarcee Postal Outlet 7828 Hunterslea Crescent, N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 7C7 Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2K 4M2 (Web: www.albertapaleo.org) (E-mail [email protected]) NOTICE: Readers are advised that opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view- point of the Society. Except for articles marked “Copyright ©,” reprinting of articles by exchange bulletins is permitted, as long as appropriate credit is given. Requests for missing issues of the Bulletin should be addressed to the editor. UPCOMING APS MEETINGS Meetings take place at 7:30 p.m., in Room B108, Mount Royal College: 4825 Richard Road SW, Calgary, Alberta June, July, August, 2000—No meetings. See field trip updates, Page 2. September 15, 2000—Topic to be announced. Bring your finds and photos from your summer adventures! Dates for upcoming meetings—2000: September 15, October 20, November 17, December 15. 2001: January 19, February 23, March 16, April 20, May 25. ON THE COVER: Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the first dinosaur action film, The Lost World. See story on Page 11. Art by APS Member Cory Gross © 2000. August 20, 2000 (Sunday) Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds 2000 Field Trip We will depart from the Yoho Brothers Trading Post, in Field, BC at 10:00 A.M. MST. Please arrive early. The Trading Post is at the corner of the Updates Trans-Canada Highway and the main entrance to Field. Estimated return time is 4:30 P.M. Do not at- by Keith Mychaluk tend this trip if you are not in good physical shape. The elevation gain during this hike is 520 m June 21–25, 2000 (Wednesday thru Sunday) (1700 feet), with a round trip distance of 6 km (3.6 Hell Creek and Glendive, Montana miles). Although shorter in length than last year’s Burgess Shale hike, the hike up Mt. Stephen is ex- Due to the delay in publishing the Bulletin, this tremely steep. For more information check out trip will already have commenced by time you read www.burgess-shale.bc.ca on the internet. this. Hope you enjoyed the trip! To aid in carpool arrangements, the following people are registered for the trip: Peter Meyer, July 15 and 16, 2000 (Saturday and Sunday) Mark Farmer, Marilyn Francis, George Madge, Onefour, Alberta Wayne Braunberger. Meet in front of the Manyberries hotel, in Manyberries, Alberta, at 10:00 A.M., July 15. We September 16 and 17, 2000 will caravan out of Manyberries at 10:15 A.M. (Saturday and Sunday) sharp. Different sites will be visited on Saturday Ghost River, Alberta and Sunday. To aid in carpool arrangements, the following This is an exploration field trip to the Ghost people are registered for the trip: Peter Meyer, River area, downstream from Lake Minnewanka, Sam Richter, Phil Benham, Mark Farmer, west of Cochrane, Alberta. Broken fragments of George Madge, Cameron Laurion, Evans family, Cambrian-aged trilobites have been reported from Coutts family, Les Adler, Roslyn Osztian, Ron this area in old literature (written by Charles Wal- Fortier, Wendy Morrison, Vaclav & Mona cott himself!). As well, isolated exposures of the Marsovsky, Geoff Barrett, Harry Cornwell, Ron Yahatinda Formation (Devonian) have yielded Manz, Herb Treslove, Wayne Braunberger, very rare plant and vertebrate remains. There are Darrell Nordby, Marilyn Francis. no guarantees of finding any material on this trip. Also, please note that steep climbs may be re- August 19, 2000 (Saturday) quired to reach some of the outcrops. As such, this trip is recommended only for those who are in Jura Creek, near Canmore, Alberta good physical shape and may not be appropriate Meeting time is 10:00 A.M., at the parking lot for children. Cost: $5.00 per membership. No beside Seebe Dam. Travelling west on the Trans- group size limit, but please register with Keith! Canada Highway, turn north (right) at the Meeting time is 9:00 A.M., at the Cochrane Ranche Seebe/Bow Valley Provincial Park/Rafter Six/Yam- historical site, on the northwest side of Cochrane, nuska Centre exit (Highway 1X interchange, be- off Highway 1A. We will carpool from Cochrane to tween K-Country and Canmore). The dam is on the Ghost River site, approximately 20–30 min- the right (east) side of Highway 1X, on the Bow utes, on mainly gravel roads. Meeting time and River. If you reach Highway 1A, you’ve gone too place for Sunday will be announced on Saturday. far. We will carpool from the dam parking lot to Details are tentative, so keep in touch with Keith. Jura Creek, where we will have to park on the side To aid in carpool arrangements, the following of Highway 1A, near the hamlet of Exshaw. people are registered for the trip: Phil Benham, To aid in carpool arrangements, the following Wendy Morrison, Roslyn Osztian, Marilyn people are registered for the trip: Peter Meyer, Francis, George Madge, Mark Farmer, Vaclav & Sam Richter, Mark Farmer, Evans family, Coutts Mona Marsovsky, Ron Fortier, Wayne Braun- family, Les Adler, Roslyn Osztian, Ron Fortier, berger, Paul Piovoso, Kris Vasudevan, Darrell Wendy Morrison, Vaclav & Mona Marsovsky, Nordby. Dan Quinsey, Paul Piovoso, Kathy Higgins, Contact Keith Mychaluk (403) 228-3211 Herb Treslove, Wayne Braunberger, Darrell ❏ Nordby. for more information on all trips. APS Bulletin 2 June 2000 Archaeology club Program Summary March 17, 2000 Fossil eggs: what can they tell us? planning “Rock With APS member Darla Zelenitsky, University of Calgary. Art” field trip by Mona Marsovsky Biographical Notes The Archeology Society of Alberta will be run- ning a field trip on August 26 (alternate date, Sept. Darla Zelenitsky earned her Bachelor’s Degree in 9) from 9:00 A.M.to 4:00 P.M. to the Okotoks area, Geology at the University of Manitoba and her Mas- entitled “Rock Art.” The trip will be led by Dr. ter’s degree at the University of Calgary. Darla is Brian Vivian of the University of Calgary. For currently a PhD student at the University of Calgary more information contact P. Diane van Iderstine, under the supervision of Dr. Philip Currie. In 1993, Box 20, Site 5, RR1, Cochrane, AB, T0L 0W0 during the course of her master’s research, Darla (email: [email protected]). ❏ met Dr. Karl F. Hirsch, a world authority on di- nosaur eggs. They began working closely together on her M.Sc. research and on additional projects relat- ed to fossil eggs. They were able to co-author three B.C. Societies’ papers in popular books and scientific journals. During the course of her PhD., Darla has been work- ing on fossil eggs and embryos from Mongolia, 2000 Field Trips China, South Korea, South Africa, Tanzania, Alber- Our Events Coordinator, Keith Mychaluk, has ta, Montana, Utah and Colorado. Her research in- been in touch with a member of the British terests include egg taxonomy and cladistics, egg Columbia Paleontological Alliance, and has re- biomechanics, nesting behavior and dinosaur ceived a list of summer field trips scheduled by the ontogeny. [Notes provided by Dr. Kris Vasudevan] various member societies in B.C. Please be aware he first dinosaur eggs were found in the 1880s that membership in the respective society will be in southern France. These were later identi- required prior to attending field trips! Tfied as being eggs from sauropods. There have been over 200 egg localities found around the July 2 (tentative): VicPS*, Gabriola Island. world, most of them discovered in the last fifteen July 7–9: VIPS, Port Hardy (Vancouver Island). years. Ms. Zelenitsky showed slides of the follow- July 21–26: VanPS, Oregon & Washington, USA ing egg sites and their prepared clutches: July 29–30: VicPS, Puntledge River (Van. Is.) • Northern Montana, Upper Cretaceous, Two Aug. 30–Sept. 4: VanPS, Cranbrook, B.C.