Fossil Section

Fossils are a unique way to get a glimpse of the past. Life (and sometimes death) is immortalized in stone.

These enigmatic rocks are formed many different ways and there is so much to learn from them. Please join us at the fossil section to learn more.

Click here for articles about fossils.
Click here for a link to a website devoted to Georgia fossils.

If you have any questions about Fossil Section, please contact Fossil Section chair Kim Cochran.

Fossil Section Message

Image Credit: CNX OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Date: Monday, February 8, 2021
Time: 7:30 pm
Topic: Permian Extinction
Location: GMS Building

The Fossil Section this month will discuss the Permian Extinction. At one time no one knew what caused the death of over 90% of the species of life on earth. Please bring your Permian or Triassic specimens and join us.

To RSVP, please contact Martha S. Brown at [phone number is in the February Tips and Trips newsletter -- webmaster]. I look forward to seeing everyone who comes.

Thank you,

Martha Brown

NOTE: Temporary procedures are in place for section meetings, including RSVP before attending. Please read those procedures and guidelines here.