Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Sociey

Rock, Mineral & Fossil Show

"Geodes, Nature's Grab Bags"

Mar 17-18
Hawkeye Downs,
Cedar Rapids
Sat 8:30-6:00; Sun 9:30-5:00

also featuring Stegodon & Cave Bear skeletons

Drop by the Geoscience Department's AAPG booth to purchase rocks and books. Proceeds help fund student fieldtrips! AAPG will be running the Paleontology Repository's Fossil Hunt activity.

UI Museum of Natural History

Fossils from giant Ice Age bear, discovered in Iowa, on display for first time!
Click here for news release

Click here to visit the UIMNH Arctodus Project

Pictured: artist's interpretation of the extinct giant short-faced bear Arctodus simus next to an adult human for scale (source: Wikipedia Commons)

NATIONAL FOSSIL EXPOSITION XXXIV - 2012
Western Hall, Western Illinois
University, Macomb, Illinois.

Friday, March 30, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 1, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

This year's MAPS EXPO theme is
THE PENNSYLVANIAN
Keynote Speaker, Scott Elrick, will reveal
"Geologic Secrets of Illinois' Fossil Rain Forest."