March 4 — Castle Country Chapter Meeting — Talk by Dr. Randy Irmis, Curator of Paleontology at NHMU

Dr. Randy Irmis, Curator of Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah, descending into a dry cave entrance using a rope to collect bones of animals found inside.

Our next meeting of the Castle Country Chapter of Utah Friends of Paleontology will be next Tuesday, March 4th at the Prehistoric Museum at 7 pm. Our presentation will be given by Dr. Randall Irmis, Curator of Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah and Professor in the Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah. Randy’s talk will be is titled:

Dangling on a rope 200 feet underground: exploring caves for fossil evidence of Utah’s ancient past

Dr. Irmis will be presenting new research on Utah’s very recent fossil record in high-elevation caves! We’ll meet beforehand at 5:15 at Club Mecca for optional dinner and drinks with our speaker. For those of you outside of Castle Country, a link to the Zoom meeting is below. Hope to see you all next week!

Register in advance to attend the Zoom meeting:
https://usu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/-oK-lbA5QpOcvmmuseMsaA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.