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The Fossil Guy: “Survivor Among the Mammals”

Event Details

November 8, 2014 2:00 PM
Location: University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
17 N. Clinton St.
Iowa City, Iowa
Contact Name: Sarah Horgen
Email: uimnh@uiowa.edu
Phone: 319-335-0606
Website: http://uiowa.edu/mnh

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A variety of mammals roamed North America during the Oligocene Age 30 million years ago-their remains are preserved as fossils in the White River Badlands. A mystery “to the death” battle between the Hyracodon & Hyaenodon, will be revealed. Learn about many extinct herbivores including giant pig-like entelodonts & three-toed horses! To conclude the program, Don will share some of his experiences hunting for these fossil mammals in Nebraska.

Don Johnson, “The Fossil Guy,” returns in November with educational paleontology programs for children at 2:00pm on Saturday afternoons at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History. All “Fossil Guy” programs are free and open to the public, and include 30-minute talks with audience participation followed by 30-minutes of hands-on interaction with Don’s extensive fossil and replica collection. Presentations are geared toward elementary-age children and their families. Don is an amateur paleontologist from Fairfax, IA with a special interest in fossil vertebrates.  His collection of fossils and fossil replicas is one of the largest in Iowa, and he has experience collecting fossils in Iowa and other states out West.