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“Ammonite Grotto” found by Coby and Louis Crag

“Ammonite Grotto” found by Coby and Louis Cragg on a Vancouver Paleontological Society field trip on September 22, 2024.

Cadoceras (Pseudocadoceras) grewingki from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian), Mysterious Creek formation near Harrison Lake, British Columbia, 🇨🇦.

Fossil fishing! McAbee, British Columbia

Fossil fishing!

McAbee, British Columbia

The Vancouver Paleontological Society has received

The Vancouver Paleontological Society has received a generous donation of Eocene aged McAbee fossils from our sister society, the Vancouver Island Paleontological Society (Courtenay, BC).

This large collection was made over a period of 25 years and includes exquisitely preserved fossils of leaves, seeds, needles, cones, flowers, fish, insects, and a feather or two.

These fossils are destined to reside in the VanPS collection of BC fossils and will be used by the society at public gatherings for educational outreach.

We wish to thank the Vancouver Paleontological Society for their generous donation.

Attached are few of the many fossils that are currently being photographed and accessioned.

I am sad to announce that Quinn Weiman, friend and

I am sad to announce that Quinn Weiman, friend and valued member of the Vancouver Paleontological Society, passed away in Saskatchewan on July 9th, 2024. Quinn was an avid fossil collector, amateur photographer, and educator who loved sharing his passion for Paleontology with everyone he met. Though Quinn’s membership in the VanPS was brief, he participated in many of our field trips and freely lent his thoughts and expertise on fossil collecting and preparation to fellow club members and the general public at gatherings like the BC Gem and Mineral show in Chilliwack on May 11th, 2024. Quinn loved collecting fossils from the Late Cretaceous of Saskatchewan and Vancouver Island, where he made several important discoveries. Quinn made many friends at the VanPS and had planned on participating in many more fossil hunting adventures with his Paleontology family. Unfortunately, those adventures will go on without him. He will be sadly missed but never forgotten.

A celebration of life is planned for Quinn and will be held in Saskatoon on August 31, 2024.

Please see link below for more details:

https://thestarphoenix.remembering.ca/obituary/quinnton-weiman-1090440834

Vancouver Paleontological Society field trip to Sl

Vancouver Paleontological Society field trip to Slide Mountain in Washington state, 🇺🇸.

This site exposes the Eocene Chuckanut formation and its 53-54 million years old flora and fauna. We observed invertebrate trace fossils to ancient tracks made by giant terror 🦅 ,🐊 , 🐴 and tapirs. The rain actually made it much easier to spit fossil tracks on the sandstone blocks.

This locality is also known for well preserved plant fossils including large Sabalites campbelli (Palm fronds), Taxodium (swamp cypress), Glyptostrobus (“water pine”), Cyathea pinnata (tree fern), Laurophyllum (laurel), Quercus (Oak), Sassafras and Macginitea (sycamore). These fossils indicate a much warmer sub tropical climate during the Eocene epoch.

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Vancouver Paleontological Society field trip to Sl

Vancouver Paleontological Society field trip to Slide Mountain in Washington state, 🇺🇸.

This site exposes the Eocene Chuckanut formation and its 53-54 million years old flora and fauna. We observed invertebrate trace fossils to ancient tracks made by giant terror 🦅 ,🐊 , 🐴 and tapirs. The rain actually made it much easier to spit fossil tracks on the sandstone blocks.

This locality is also known for well preserved plant fossils including large Sabalites campbelli (Palm fronds), Taxodium (swamp cypress), Glyptostrobus (“water pine”), Cyathea pinnata (tree fern), Laurophyllum (laurel), Quercus (Oak), Sassafras and Macginitea (sycamore). These fossils indicate a much warmer sub tropical climate during the Eocene epoch.

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Vancouver Paleontological Society field trip to Sl

Vancouver Paleontological Society field trip to Slide Mountain in Washington state, 🇺🇸. Most of our members drove down from the Huntingdon-Sumas border crossing at Abbotsford to our meeting point at Deming, Washington. We met up with Dr. George Mustoe (Western Washington University) and newest member Kathy Slease from Olympia, Washington. There were 22 members in attendance for this field trip.

The first site we visited involves a moderate hike (3.4 km out and back) up Slide mountain to the fossil beds. This involves a rope climb near the top. It was rainy for the first couple of hours but the weather cleared and we had a beautiful afternoon.

George gave our group a lesson on the Eocene Chuckanut formation and its 53-54 million years old flora and fauna. We observed invertebrate trace fossils to ancient tracks made by giant terror 🦅 (Gastonis / Diatryma),🐊 , 🐴 and tapirs. The rain actually made it much easier to spit fossil tracks on the sandstone blocks.

This locality is also known for well preserved plant fossils including large Sabalites campbelli (Palm fronds), Taxodium (swamp cypress), Glyptostrobus (“water pine”), Cyathea pinnata (tree fern), Laurophyllum (laurel), Quercus (Oak), Sassafras and Macginitea (sycamore). These fossils indicate a much warmer sub tropical climate during the Eocene epoch.

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On June 12, 2024, The Vancouver Paleontological So

On June 12, 2024, The Vancouver Paleontological Society and those watching on Zoom were treated a wonderful talk, “Chasing Fossils Around Canada and the World” by Dr. Brian Chatterton.

Brian is a @professor emeritus and former Chair of the Geology Department at the University of Alberta (UofA). His academic career spans nearly 70 years, during which he has travelled to 6 of the 7 continents, excluding Antarctica because it was “too cold”. The majority of his career was spent at the UofA, where he studied a variety of fossils, including trilobites, conodonts, radiolarians, sponges, corals, brachiopods, cephalopods, bivalves, insects, fishes, birds, and dinosaurs. He is a world expert on the ontogeny, and systematics of trilobites. His collaboration with numerous scientists from around the globe, has resulted in him writing and co-authoring nearly 140 scientific papers and monographs. Furthermore, he taught countless undergraduate students Palaeontology, Historical Geology, and Field Geology. Additionally, he supervised a large number of post graduate students, many of whom successfully obtained their MSc and PhD degrees. Several of those graduate students eventually went on to successful academic careers at prestigious Universities and Museums around the world.

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This Wednesday, June 12th at 6:00pm (PST) the Vanc

This Wednesday, June 12th at 6:00pm (PST) the Vancouver Paleontological Society will host Dr. Brian Chatterton (Professor Emmeritus, University of Alberta) at a special speaking event at the Eagle Eye Theatre in Squamish, British Columbia.

Dr. Chatterton is a world expert on Trilobites and has written/co-authoured many important papers and monographs on the extinct Palaeozoic arthropods.

Please join us in person at the Eagle Eye Theatre (Squamish, BC) or on Zoom to hear Dr. Chatterton speak about his fascinating career in palaeontology.

Join Zoom Meeting: details at:

vanps.vcn.bc.ca

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