Welcome to the

MANASOTA FOSSIL CLUB


The Manasota Fossil Club was formed to bring together those people in the Manatee and Sarasota County, Florida area who are interested in paleontology, local fossils and artifacts. We meet every month, except July and August, at the Fruitville Library from 5:45 to 7:45 P.M. The library is located just east of Interstate I-75 at Fruitville Road (exit 210) and Coburn Roads in Sarasota. Visitors and new members are always welcome to attend.


Meetings usually feature a guest or member speaker and slide shows and/or fossil displays. Raffles of donated fossil related material are held several times a year. We are a fairly informal group and leave time at each meeting to mingle, compare finds and try to identify those "mystery" fossils.

Group field trips are available to members from time to time, as we can secure invitations from phosphate mines and shell pits in the area. Canoe trips on the Peace River are another favored activity. Special, ongoing activites include coordinating with Sarasota County and the Fruitville Library to establish a fossil display at the library, with hopes to expand it to a small museum on adjacent county property in the future.

For additional information:

Write to: Manasota Fossil Club, P.O. Box 1601, Tallevast, Fl. 34270

or

mailto:ccopas@comcast.net

Newsletter: mfcnewsletter.htm


Notices and Reminders:

Our next meeting will be on THURSDAY, May 8, 2008.
Please note that our meeting hours have changed to 5:45 to 7:45.
Use the link to our newsletter for more information. The newsletter is updated about one week before each meeting.

To keep the club going we need nominations/volunteers for officer positions of president, vice president and secretary. The election of officers will be held at the June 12 meeting. Please consider running for office.



2008 Meeting Schedule



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Send dues to:

Manasota Fossil Club, Attn: Peg Winner

P.O. Box 1601

Tallevast, Fl. 34270




Links to fossil clubs in the area and fossil related sites

Fossil Club of Lee County:http://www.fcolc.com/

Tampa Bay Fossil Club: http://www.tampabayfossilclub.com/

U.S. Clubs and Sites: http://www.texaspaleo.com/usmaps/paleosites.html

Peace River fossils: http://www.paleocurrents.com/img/FLORIDA_PEACE_RIVER/HTML/index.htm

and http://www.paleocurrents.com/docs/peace_river_fl.html

The Lee Creek site is full of interesting fossil shark tooth information: http://www.elasmo.com/


Site last updated: April 23, 2008