WHAT DOES IT TAKE to BECOME a FOSSIL?

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE – Room 247 (main floor), Wallace Building (black and green metal building on the north side of the University of Manitoba campus at 125 Dysart Road, U of M). Parking is free after 4:30 in both parking lots next to the Wallace Building except for areas signed as “24-hour reserved.”

Fossils are remarkable objects that provide our only direct evidence of ancient life. We can see that fossils are common in some rocks, such as the local “Tyndall Stone”. Does that mean all living things leave fossils behind? What does it take to become a fossil? Using slides and specimens, we will examine the factors that determine preservation of organic remains, the different types of fossil preservation and the nature of the fossil record. This workshop will end with a tour of the Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie!