Southeastern Section - 65th Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 3
Thursday, 31 March 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Lexington A (Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center)

T13. Synergistic Paleontology: The FOSSIL Project and Amateur Contributions to the Field I

 

Eleanor E. Gardner, Bruce MacFadden, Linda J. McCall, Chuck Ferrara and Lisa Lundgren, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
3-1
8:05 AM
THE FOSSIL PROJECT: A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY OF AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL PALEONTOLOGISTS
MACFADDEN, Bruce, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, SW 34th Street and Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611 and GARDNER, Eleanor E., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Research and Collections, Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Rd., PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu, bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu
3-2
8:25 AM
AMATEUR/AVOCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEONTOLOGY – THE BIG PICTURE
MCCALL, Linda J., North Carolina Fossil Club, PO Box 25276, Raleigh, NC 27611; University of Texas, Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, lndmccall02@yahoo.com, lndmccall02@yahoo.com
Handouts
  • SEGSA Amateur-Avocational Paleontologists.pdf (3.8 MB)
  • 3-3
    8:45 AM
    COLLABORATION BETWEEN AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL PALEONTOLOGISTS ON THE WEST COAST: A CASE STUDY FROM THE LATE NEOGENE PURISIMA FORMATION AND SANTA MARGARITA SANDSTONE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    BOESSENECKER, Robert W., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, boesseneckerrw@cofc.edu, boesseneckerrw@cofc.edu
    3-4
    9:05 AM
    THE MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN FOSSIL ENTHUSIASTS AND ACADEMIC PALEONTOLOGISTS
    DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 and FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, dattilob@ipfw.edu, dattilob@ipfw.edu
    3-5
    9:25 AM
    FOSSIL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES ARE STILL RELEVANT: THE PALEONTOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FOSSIL SOCIETY
    FERRARA, Chuck, Southwest Florida Fossil Society, 2193 Park Rd., Venice, FL 34293, ferrara_307@hotmail.com, ferrara_307@hotmail.com
     
    9:45 AM
    Break
    3-6
    10:00 AM
    THE STEVEN C. MINKIN PALEOZOIC FOOTPRINT SITE:  A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL PALEONTOLOGISTS
    EHRET, Dana Joseph, Paleontology, Alabama Museum of Natural History, Box 870340, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and ATKINSON, T. Prescott, Immunology, University of Alabama Birmingham, 1825 University Blvd, Shelby Building, 403, UAB, Birmingham, AL 35294, djehret@ua.edu, djehret@ua.edu
    3-7
    10:20 AM
    THE AURORA FOSSIL MUSEUM: A MODEL SHOWCASE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CITIZEN SCIENTIST
    CRANE, Cynthia Danielle, Aurora Fossil Museum Foundation, Inc., PO Box 352 / 400 Main Street, Aurora, NC 27806-0352, cranecd@hotmail.com, cranecd@hotmail.com
    3-8
    10:40 AM
    THE SPECIAL FRIENDS OF THE AURORA FOSSIL MUSEUM: A MODEL FOR AMATEUR INVOLVEMENT IN A MUSEUM SETTING
    CONE, Lee, Special Friends of the Aurora Fossil Museum, PO Box 352, Aurora, NC 27806-0352 and CRANE, Cynthia Danielle, Aurora Fossil Museum Foundation, Inc., PO Box 352 / 400 Main Street, Aurora, NC 27806-0352, lcone@windstream.net, lcone@windstream.net
    3-9
    11:00 AM
    SOUTH CAROLINA'S SERENGETI: CONNECTING PALMETTO STATE RESIDENTS TO THEIR PLEISTOCENE PAST
    FIELDS, Steven, Natural History, Culture and Heritage Museums, Museum of York County, 4621 Mount Gallant Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732, stevefields@chmuseums.org, stevefields@chmuseums.org
     
    11:20 AM
    Discussion
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