MAPS (Mid America Paleontology Society), Sponsor of National Fossil Exposition
News and Events

EXPO 2023 Dates Set!

     

October 20-22, 2023

Hours: 9am-5pm Fri, 8am-5pm Sat, 8am-3pm Sun
Location:

The Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois.


The topic for Expo 2023 is 'The Devonian'.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jed Day, Illinois State University.
     


Jan-April 2023 Newsletter available now


     
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Jan-April 2023 Newsletter



Upcoming Events


Please send us your fossil/rock club related events to be posted!
See the news page for the events calendar

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.