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  Brownbag Lectures: Island Dwarfs and Impossible Giants, The Fossil Elephants of Greece   

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Brownbag Lectures: Island Dwarfs and Impossible Giants, The Fossil Elephants of Greece

  • Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
  • Date: Wednesday, October 08, 2014, 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Presented by Chris Widga, PhD, Associate Curator of Geology, Illinois State Museum

Greece and the Aegean Islands have a rich and diverse record of extinct elephants. From the current world-record holders for the longest tusks (>5 m)--the Milia mastodons--to the diminuitive dwarf elephants that occupied the Island of Tilos until ~6000 years ago, the Grecian record is one of extremes. Chris will discuss sites and scenes from the 2014 Mammoth Conference, where the group traveled throughout the country, exploring its fossil past.

One of our Brownbag Lectures

Weekly lectures held at the Museum's Research and Collections Center. Lectures are usually held during lunchtime on Wednesday. The RCC is located at 1011 E. Ash Street in Springfield. Access to the building is from 10 ½ Street (between Ash and Laurel Streets), where there is ample visitor parking in the west parking lot. For more information, please call 217-785-0037. Brown Bag Lectures are free and open to the public.

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