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Dates & Topic announced for Expo 34 in 2012

     The theme for Expo 2012 will be the Pennsylvanian Period, and the show will run from

Friday, March 30th to Sunday, April 1st, 2012.

     The keynote talk is titled 'Geologic Secrets of Illinois' Fossil Rain Forest.' and will be given by Scott Elrick of the Illinois Geologic Survey.


Now available for everyone:

Newsletter containing Expo 2012 Information


MAPS Feb meeting to be held in association with

Iowa City's Darwin Days:


Saturday, Feb 11th, 2012 at MacBride Hall on the University of Iowa Campus.
Brief business meeting at 1pm, presentation at 2pm.

More info

MAPS Regular Meeting was held Nov 12, 2011:


More info. Above: Some fossils from the Lower Ordovician Prairie Du Chien Group, found by MAPS member Phil Burgess.

Your stories are needed for the Digest Newsletter!

     One comment that popped up from a lot of folks at Expo was that people would enjoy seeing more frequent club newsletters. To do that, we need YOUR STORIES - the Digest Newsletter is member driven, and submissions have dropped off in recent years.
     The stories do not need to be fancy ultra-scientific things! Such simple topics as a favorite fossil collecting trip story, or a description of some great fossil find of yours would be just the sort of thing we could use in the newsletter!
     Submit your pictures too - really cool ones just might end up on the cover!
     Please send your submissions to the Newsletter editors, John Catalani or Chris Cozart; alternately you can contact one of the webmasters - our contacts are listed in the lower right corner of this page.

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Crinoid

Crinoid fossil found on a club trip to Klein Quarry in Coralville, IA in rocks of the Cedar Valley Group in October 2008 by MAPS member Dennis Sievers. Prepared by MAPS member Karl Stuekerjuergen. Middle Devonian in age - approx 375 million years old.