CACG
Chicago Area Conservation Group
April Virtual SMSI Meeting on ZOOM
"The Geology, History and Fossils of the
Fossil Lake Sediments
of the Green River Formation"
Friday, April 29, 2022
Meet and Greet 6:40 p.m.
Presentation 7:00-8:00 p.m.(CST)
Mr. Carl Fechko
North Coast Fossil Club, Cleveland, Ohio
6:40PM: Meet and Greet
Chat with other SMSI Members and Friends;
7:00 PM: Presentation
Carl Fechko discovered the oldest and most complete fossil of a Silurian Acanthodian/spiny shark that is approximately 421 million years old. The fossil provided evidence of the evolution of jaw bearing fish. This rare fossil is now part of the “Dawn of Life” display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. Journal articles of the fossil discovery are attached.
Carl’s presentation will include video and picture presentations of an actual field trip to a quarry in the Eocene Green River Formation in Wyoming. Journal articles of the fossil discovery are attached.
Bio Sketch:
Carl Fechko is the President of the North Coast Fossil Club in Cleveland, Ohio (website: http://www.ncfclub.org/index.html). He has taught science for 35 years in the Cleveland City schools and has 10 years experience teaching computer science at the Cleveland State University College of Education. Mr. Fechko has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Xavier University and a Masters of Education degree with computer specialization from Cleveland State University. He has been collecting fossils in the Green River deposit for at least 35 days in the last five years.
With meeting restrictions still in force due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SMSI will have meetings on line using the ZOOM application until it is safe again to meet in person. Please consider joining us on-line!
Click on the link to join the meeting or if you have the ZOOM application on your computer, hit JOIN on the ZOOM Home page and enter the Meeting ID and Passcode. On a mobile phone, one can join with the phone number: 1-312-626-6799; enter the Meeting ID and Passcode.
Topic: SMSI March 2020 Meeting on ZOOM
* Topic: SMSI April 2022 Meeting on ZOOM
Time: Apr 29, 2022 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Carl Fechko with an Example of a Green River Fossil Fish
EXTRA: Splendid Sands Calendar Offering:
Kate Clover presented at our SMSI Sand Workshop at Inter/Micro 2016. She and her colleagues have prepared a Splendid Sands calendar each year. The cover for 2022 is shown below. Needless to say, the images are excellent, a perfect Holiday gift! (contact Kate Clover; kclover@fastmail.fm $15
McCrone Research Institute cordially invites you to give a presentation of your microscopy research at the Inter/Micro 2022 conference in Chicago. Join professional and amateur microscopists from around the world as they present new research on:
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Chemical and forensic microscopy
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Environmental and industrial microscopy
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Techniques and instrumentation
The deadline for abstracts is June 1, 2022.
Speaker presentations will be held Sept. 20 - 21, 2022.
A hands-on workshop, Introduction to Hair and Fiber Microscopy, will be held Sept 22 - 23, 2022.
More great reasons to attend Inter/Micro this year:
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Internationally recognized speaker presentations
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Awards dinner, sponsored by the State Microscopical Society of Illinois
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Photomicrography competition
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Exhibitors
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Auctions ... and more!
Learn about the conference's history in Inter/Micro: The First 60 Years, and view past Inter/Micro program books.
This year's Inter/Micro conference is subject to the changing dynamics of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide. McCrone Research Institute is adhering to all federal and local Covid-19 reopening and safety guidelines. Learn more
Photo: Samantha Deibel of Penn State University speaks at Inter/Micro 2019.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
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