Field Trip Announcement
Central Florida Sand District, April 19-20
Join us in Davenport, FL on the evening of Friday, April 19th for an informal dinner meeting with presentations by Dr. Pete Adams of the University of Florida, and Dr. Matt Pasek of the University of South Florida. The next morning, we will begin our field trip at the CEMEX Davenport Mine, and continue to C.C. Calhoun Pits seven and one to examine outcrops and collect fulgurites.
Please download the trip announcement for information on how to register and accommodations:
Central Florida Sand District Field Trip Announcement (PDF – 84 KB)
2013 Spring Newsletter
SEGS procession in the Oil-Dry Ochlocknee pit
Headlines include:
- Annual Meeting and Field Trip Review
- Nomination for GCAGS Educator of the Year Award
- Call for Geologist to Assist in Educating Floridians About Groundwater: Aquiferwatch
- 2013 Dues
- Our Next Excursion
- Other Field Trips for 2013
- Other Happenings
Download Spring 2013 Newsletter (435 KB)
SEGS members contribute to our understanding of Florida’s history
University of Florida researchers described a new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat from Polk County, Fla. The species, Rhizosmilodon fiteae, was named after SEGS member Barbara Fite of Lutz, Fla., who in 2011 donated one of the critical specimens used for the new description and allowed UF scientists to make casts of two other partial jaws in her collection. The donation was a major contribution to the research because the remarkably well-preserved lower jaw contains almost pristine examples of all three chewing teeth. Read more on the Florida Museum of Natural History page:
UF researcher describes new 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat from Florida
