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December 14, 7:00 p.m. — Great Basin Chapter Online Meeting — Talk by Josh Lively

Join the Great Basin Chapter of Utah Friends of Paleontology for an in-person and online meeting, December 14 at 7:00 PM. We’re planning an open house for folks who can join us before the meeting. This post will be updated with details.

Speaker: Josh Lively, Curator of Paleontology at the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah.

Topic: “Up a River with Big Paddles: a Freshwater Sea Turtle from the Cretaceous of Utah”

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May 23 — Castle Country Chapter Meeting — Talk by Dr. Ryan King

The next meeting of the Castle Country Chapter of UFOP will be next Tuesday, May 23 at 7 pm in the Prehistoric Museum classroom. Our speaker will be Dr. Ryan King, adjunct professor at Western Colorado University. His presentation is titled: “The Role of Trace Fossil Analysis in Deciphering Mesozoic Paleoecology in the U.S. Western Interior”.

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March 28 — Castle Country Chapter Meeting — Talk by Dr. Michael D’Emic

Our next meeting of the Castle Country Chapter of Utah Friends of Paleontology will be next Tuesday, March 28th at 7 pm in the Prehistoric Museum classroom. Our guest speaker will be visiting researcher Dr. Michael D’Emic, Associate Professor at Adelphi University. Dr. D’Emic’s presentation is titled:

“The Evolution and Development of Gigantic and Miniature Theropod Dinosaurs.”

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Photo of Masters student Colin Boisvert with yellow fall leaves behind him

February 9 — Great Basin Chapter Meeting — Talk by Colin Boisvert

Speaker Colin Boisvert, MSc will present—
“Around the Neck Bend: Working on the Biomechanical Analysis of the Neck of Apatosaurus excelsus using BYU 18531 as a Case Study”

Join the Great Basin Chapter, Utah Friends of Paleontology, February 9 at 7:00 PM for our first hybrid meeting of 2023. Our guest speaker in-person and online at the Utah Core Center will be Colin D. Boisvert, MSc student in Vertebrate Paleontology at Brigham Young University.

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