Kansas & Missouri Paleontological Society

May 2009 Meeting Announcement

The May meeting will be May 17th from 2:00 till 4:00 PM at Park University, Science Building, Rm 5, Parkville, Missouri. The building is located in the middle of the campus. Take Highway 9 to 6th Street in Parkville, just 2 blocks north of the Post Office, then east on 6th to a street just past the large domed gymnasium and turn right continuing the rest of the block to the large natural limestone building which is the science building. Parking is to the South of the building. The classroom is in the basement at the south end of the hall. Entrance is easiest at the south end of the building. We hope as many members as possible will attend. The lecture for this month will be "Bird Tracks from the Age of Dinosaurs" by Amanda Falk, PhD candidate from the University of Kansas, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Mid-America Paleontological Society or MAPS is a great organization for all paleo students young and old. To join visit the site listed below. Dues are only $12 per year and include bulletins and an annual MAPS Digest with great articles.

http://midamericapaleo.org/

As a reminder the annual dues are past due. Laminated membership cards will mailed soon. Dues are $12 per family.

Please send your checks to our Treasurer, Dennis Whitney, at 12723 Richmond, Grandview, MO 64030.

Gil Parker, President

For more information call Gil Parker at 816-678-1943.

Welcome to the Kansas & Missouri Paleontological Society (KSMOPaleo.org) Web Site

Amateurs are not rare but they do work frequently alone or in small groups. Their efforts are sometimes helpful to the professional and to the science of paleontology, but that may be the exception and not the rule. The education of the amateur is often long and slow, if not insufficient. Do you want more educational opportunities or more contact with others in this field of study?

As there has been no Paleontological organization in the Greater Kansas City, Missouri or Kansas City, Kansas area for at least twenty years, I would like to invite you and your family to join our organization and experience paleontology with us.