MANASOTA FOSSIL CLUB
The Manasota Fossil Club was formed in 1997 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. Unfortunately. at present, the local phosphate mines are not allowing entrance. Canoe trips on the Peace River are another favored activity. Since tax reform budget cuts have made the building of a museum at the Celery Fields site unlikely, we are now donating identifiable fossils to the Crowley Nature Preserve. They have a great educational program which includes a huge, very popular, "sand box" salted with our donated fossils. A small display of Celery Field fossils is set up at the Fruitville Library.
For additional information:
Write to: Manasota Fossil Club, P.O. Box 1601, Tallevast, Fl. 34270
or
mailto:ccopas@comcast.netNewsletter: mfcnewsletter.htm
Our meeting hours are from 5:45 to 7:45 PM.
Use the link to our newsletter for more information. The newsletter is updated about one week before each meeting.
2009 Meeting Schedule
2010 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
Florida Museum of Natural History:http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/vertpaleo/
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: November 16, 2009