Southeastern Section - 65th Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 19
Thursday, 31 March 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Lexington A (Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center)

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

 

Eleanor E. Gardner, Bruce MacFadden, Linda J. McCall, Chuck Ferrara and Lisa Lundgren, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1:30 PM
ENCOURAGING PROFESSIONAL-AMATEUR COLLABORATION: LESSONS FROM THE LITERATURE ON COLLECTING MOTIVES
POLITES, Greta, Dept of Management & Information Systems, Kent State University, BSA Room A406, 475 Terrace Drive, Kent, OH 44242 and MURRAY, David, Statesboro, GA 30458, gpolites@kent.edu, gpolites@kent.edu
1:50 PM
THE TEN TON DINOSAUR IN THE ROOM: CONTRIBUTIONS OF COMMERCIAL PALEONTOLOGY AND A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO MOVING FORWARD
STEIN, Walter W., PaleoAdventures, 3105 Quarter St., North Port, FL 34288, stein151@comcast.net, stein151@comcast.net
Handouts
  • GSA FINAL DOWNLOAD The Ten Ton Dinosaur in the Room.pdf (9.7 MB)
  • 2:10 PM
    THE CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM: A COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
    PEREZ, Victor J., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, GODFREY, Stephen J., Paleontology, Calvert Marine Museum, P.O. Box 97, Solomons, MD 20688 and NANCE, John, Paleontology, Calvert Marine Museum, P.O. Box 97, Solomons, MD 20688; Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, victorjperez@ufl.edu, victorjperez@ufl.edu
    2:30 PM
    EXPLORING THE PAST THROUGH THE FUTURE: GROOMING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PALEONTOLOGISTS
    CRAFT, Tynessa Na'Cole, Education, Dallas Paleontological Society, P.O. Box 223846, Dallas, TX 75222-3846, education@dallaspaleo.org, education@dallaspaleo.org
    2:50 PM
    KEEPING YOUTH ENGAGED IN FOSSIL CLUBS
    HART, Dean, Fossil Club of Lee County, Fort Myers, FL 33919, nyboss@comcast.net, nyboss@comcast.net
     
    3:10 PM
    Break
    3:25 PM
    CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMATEUR FOSSIL COLLECTORS TO WEST TENNESSEE PALEONTOLOGY
    GIBSON, Michael A., Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, The University of Tennessee at Martin, 256 Brehm Hall, Martin, TN 38238, mgibson@utm.edu, mgibson@utm.edu
    3:45 PM
    MAXING OUT THE POTENTIAL OF PRIVATE FOSSIL COLLECTIONS THROUGH DIGITIZATION: BEST PRACTICES IN PHOTOGRAPHING SPECIMENS
    LEDER, Ronny M., Florida Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Paleontology Department, Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Rd., PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, leder.ronnymaik@flmnh.ufl.edu, leder.ronnymaik@flmnh.ufl.edu
    4:05 PM
    THE VALUE OF AMATEUR WEBSITES IN THE FIELD OF PALEONTOLOGY
    KOWINSKY, Jayson, 1232 Ferree St., Jeannette, PA 15644, fossilguy@fossilguy.com, fossilguy@fossilguy.com
    4:25 PM
    IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL PALEONTOLOGY: AN EXAMINATION OF AMATEUR PALEONTOLOGISTS' FACEBOOK GROUPS
    LUNDGREN, Lisa M., College of Education, School of Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, 2403 Norman Hall, PO Box 117048, Gainesville, FL 32608 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, lisa.lundgren@ufl.edu, lisa.lundgren@ufl.edu
     
    4:45 PM
    Discussion
     
    5:05 PM
    Concluding Remarks
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