
The Fossil Club of Lee County is an organization of people interested in the fossils of southern Florida and all points beyond.
Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at the Iona House of the Calusa Nature Center. The Calusa Nature Center is located at:
3540 Ortiz Avenue
Fort Myers, Florida 33905
(Click on link below for directions)
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For more information contact:
President Bill Shaver at
billshaverpeaceriver@hotmail.com (239) 834-0694
For Additional Contacts, Click on Link Below
FOSSIL SHOW 2008
THURSDAY 10/16/08
SPEAKER:
PHIL BRISKIN on:
MIOCENE TO PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL MOLLUSKA OF FLORIDA
The Meeting will begin
promptly at 7:00 pm at the Iona House at the Calusa Nature Center.
(see above link for directions)
Membership in the Fossil Club of Lee
County is open to anyone interested in fossils. Permanent residents and
seasonal visitors are equally encouraged to join. Membership dues are
as follows: Family: $20.00; Couple: $17.00; Single: $15.00; and Child
Joining Alone: $8.00. Members are also encouraged to contribute 4 hours per year volunteer time at the Calusa Nature Center to fulfill our obligation to the Nature Center and allow us to continue to meet there.
An application can be obtained by clicking on the
link to the left below and copies of the newsletter can be accessed by
clicking on the link to the right below.
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Images of fossil vertebrate and invertebrate
specimens collected by members of the FCOLC will be included as they become available.
Click on the link to the left below for a preview of the Invertebrate Page or the link to the right below
to preview the Vertebrate Page.
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The link below
will lead to a page with several fossil label forms.
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| Fossil Labels |
FIELD
FIELD TRIPS
The Fossil
Club of Lee County periodically hosts fossil collecting trips as well
as educational trips to visit museums and private collections.
To view
pictures from recent club outings, click on the button or link below.
A fossil collecting permit is required to collect vertebrate fossils
from State owned land in Florida. For links to the Florida
Fossil Permit as well as other web sites of interest to the Florida
fossil collector, click on the button below.
Florida Fossil Links