Announcements
Feb. 4, 2023Paleontology and Geology of Alum Bluff: Florida’s Largest Natural Exposure
with Dr. Joshua Slattery
7PM IN-PERSON CLUB MEETING at the USF Behavioral Science Room #103
During February’s lecture, Dr. Joshua
Slattery will discuss new paleontological
and geological research being undertaken at Alum Bluff and nearby localities in
the Florida Panhandle. Alum Bluff is
largest natural exposure of Neogene and
Quaternary aged strata in Florida. It is
also one of the best natural laboratories
to document and understand the fauna
and flora of the Neogene in the Gulf
Coastal Plain due to its highly fossiliferous exposures. Alum Bluff is located
along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River in Liberty County and exposes
an extended stratigraphic record ranging
from the Miocene to Holocene (i.e., the
last 18 million years). Although studied
for over a century, new research at Alum Bluff and other nearby localities by
Dr. Slattery and colleagues is revealing
new insights on the formation of shell
beds, extinction of nautilid cephalopods
in the Western Atlantic, and the physical
and biological effects of the mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum and Pliocene
Warm Interval in Florida.
Dr. Joshua is a longtime member of
TBFC, a Ben Waller memorial scholarship winner and currently
serves as a TBFC professional advisor.
Tampa Bay Fossil Chronicles
Hopefully you’ve noticed that TBFC has stepped up its game with the newsletter each month. In addition to all of our regular contributors, we’ve added two new recurring articles this season. “In Touch with Inverts” by Rob Carlson was added in September. Recently added, “Paleo Analysis” by Steve Vicari. Each month Steve will be discussing interesting prehistoric fauna and how they relate to extant species.
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