Join the UFOP Southwestern Chapter on a field trip led by Andrew Milner on Saturday, September 26th to search for trilobites and other Cambrian fossils near Pioche, Nevada. Please read full post for details.
Join the Southwest Chapter’s September meeting, where paleontologist Jerry D. Harris will present one student’s novel approach to answer the question:
How did Sauropods manage to keep their long, heavy necks (and noggins) off the ground and away from predators?
September 16th, 7 PM at Utah Tech (St. George) S.E.T. Bldg. Room 105
The May meeting of UFOP’s Great Basin Chapter will be Thursday, May 14th at 7:00 pm. Our speaker will be Jacob Freewin from Brigham Young University and his talk is titled “New evidence of a large theropod dinosaur in the Yellow Cat Member (Barremian) of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA”.
The 30th annual Tate Conference will be held Friday May 29 through Sunday May 31, 2026. The theme this year: Twilight of the Dinosaurs: Terrestrial Life in the Cretaceous
The Tate Field Conference features a day of speakers on Saturday and two days of field trips. aturday evening includes a dinner and Keynote Speaker Kirk Johnson, Director of the National Museum of Natural History.
Visit https://www.caspercollege.edu/conference/ for more information.
Join Your Fellow Paleontology Friends on a Guided Field Trip! Don’t sleep on this one…spaces are limited due to parking restrictions.
Enjoy a Stratigraphy overview of Bryce Canyon NP and a short presentation on the history of Paleo in the region.
Prospect for Marine invertebrates in Tropic Shale just south of Tropic on BLM land at Park boundary
We’ll be guided by Alexandra Bonham, former Bryce Canyon Paleontologist.
Be prepared for some moderate hiking (1 mile on hilly terrain)
RSVP using the QR code in the flier, or go to https://tinyurl.com/4zs8aacj
Our speaker this month is Tony Harper, PhD, who will be presenting his research on mammalian inner ears from Argentina to Mongolia. He promised to keep the technical level of his presentation appropriate for non-PhD listeners. Thank you Tony! His talk is titled, “The Sound and the Furry: Mammalian Cochlear Evolution in the Mesozoic”
April 22, 6:30 PM Utah Tech University SET Building Room 105
April’s monthly meeting speaker will be William Jude Hart, B.S. from Hofstra University Research Associate & Alumnus, East Tennessee State University as our April speaker. His talk will be on April 9th, 7:00 pm. This will be an online only meeting. Please join us that evening by using this link: https://meet.google.com/dfd-xeto-qdu
Read the full post for more information.
Castle Country Chapter will meet on Monday, April 8 and will feature a talk by Michael Chiappone, PhD candidate at University of Minnesota. He will be presenting “Go with the Flow: Experimental Methods for Investigating Bone Transport and Burial”. Join us online or meet at the museum classroom at 7 pm. A few of us will be meeting at the Mecca before the meeting if you care to join us, around 5:15 pm.
The Southwest Chapter of Utah Friends of Paleontology’s March speaker is Robert Gay, the Education Manager at the Idaho Museum of Natural History. Rob is heading our way to work at the SGDDS quarry. While he’s here, he’ll educate us on the Idaho Dino scene. Come meet Rob at our March meeting!
March 25th, 6:30 PM Utah Tech University SET Building Room 105
Great Basin March meeting. Dr. David Smith from Northland Pioneer College. He will be speaking to us on Thursday March 12th at 7:00 pm.
His talk is titled: “Uncovering the Biology of Therizinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Utah”
The Great Basin Chapter in Salt Lake City will be hosting this year’s UFOP Annual Meeting. It will be held the weekend of August 28th – 30th. This will be a fun and rewarding weekend full of paleontology socializing, science talks, a banquet and field trips. Watch here for updates and save the date!
Castle Country Chapter will meet on Monday, March 16 and will feature visiting researcher (and former USU/museum student) Whitney Greaves talking about her master’s research using fossil plants to tell the story of Cretaceous climate in North America. Check this post for updates.