RALEIGH \u2014 Got Dino fever? Well, you\u2019re in luck! PaleoPalooza, the nation\u2019s largest event dedicated to paleontology, will be held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on Saturday, November 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Formerly known as Fossil Fair, PaleoPalooza celebrates paleo mammals as a theme, which complements our current special exhibition, Extreme Mammals<\/a>, running through March 27, 2016.<\/p>\n The entire Museum will be teeming with dozens of displays, activities and presentations by paleontologists from North Carolina and around the world. Visitors can check out a vast array of fossils from plants to mammals from the NC Fossil Club, bring in \u201canything fossil\u201d (or not) for identification by experts with the Smithsonian Institution, and go on behind-the-scenes tours of the Museum\u2019s Paleontology Research Lab every hour, on the hour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and learn excavation techniques.<\/p>\n There will even be opportunities to use your newly acquired excavation skills to uncover your own plastic dinosaur at Dino Excavations. You can even take your prizes home. For younger children, there will be a Dinosaur Playground Children\u2019s Activity Area with paleo-themed toys and games.<\/p>\n Additionally, we\u2019ve created our very own \u201cmock\u201d Lascaux Cave in the Museum\u2019s Immersion Theater. This complex of caves, located in southwestern France, are famous for Upper Paleolithic art consisting of images of large animals that lived at the time, most of which are known from fossil evidence. Some of the cave paintings are estimated to be 17,300 years old. Not only can you check out some paintings, you can paint some of your own.<\/p>\n At 1:30 p.m., Keynote speaker Dr. David Krause, Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University, New York, will discuss his research on ancient mammals from the African island of Madagascar. Over the past two decades, discoveries made during his Mahajanga Basin Project in northwestern Madagascar have established the island as having some of the most complete and scientifically significant specimens of Late Cretaceous vertebrate animals anywhere in the world. Many of the specimens his team has recovered represent species that are new to science. Their findings also help clear up the island\u2019s role in the plate tectonic history of the Southern Hemisphere. PaleoPalooza is held in partnership with the North Carolina Fossil Club and sponsored by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.<\/p>\n 10:30am<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 What We Can Learn from Digital Dinosaurs<\/strong> 11am<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Gigantic and Still Growing! The Histology of Dreadnoughtus schrani<\/em><\/strong> Tickets:<\/strong> $5 Adults; $4 Senior, Student, & Military; $3 Children (3-12); $2 Members. All of our films are about 30-minutes in length, and appropriate for most ages. For more information about PaleoPalooza, contact Kari Wouk, Senior Manager of Educational Collaborations, at 919.707.9879 or via email at kari.wouk@naturalsciences.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3720,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}DAILY PLANET THEATER PRESENTATIONS \u2013NATURE RESEARCH CENTER, FLOORS 1-3<\/h3>\n
\nJason Bourke, Paleontology Lab, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
\n11:30am<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 How Do We Know What We Know about Dinosaurs?<\/strong>
\nMary Higby Schweitzer, NC Museum of Natural Sciences & Dept. of Biological Sciences, NC State University
\n12:30pm<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Fossils of the Night: Bats through Time<\/strong>
\nGregg F. Gunnell, Director, Division of Fossil Primates, Duke University Lemur Center
\n1:30pm<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 The Bizarre and Marvelous Cretaceous Mammals, Dinosaurs, and other Animals from Madagascar<\/strong>
\nDavid W. Krause, Distinguished Service Professor, Stony Brook University
\n2:30pm<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 How to Join the Tail Club Club<\/strong>
\nVictoria Arbour, NC Museum of Natural Sciences & NC State University
\n3:30pm<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 CT Paleontology: A New\/Old Adventure<\/strong>
\nLisa Schultz, Senior Clinical Education Specialist, Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, Inc.<\/p>\nWINDOWS ON THE WORLD PRESENTATIONS \u2013NATURE EXPLORATION CENTER, 3RD FLOOR<\/h3>\n
\nElena R. Schroeter, NC State University
\n12pm<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Dawn of the Dinosaurs: What Ruled Before the Dinosaurs<\/strong>
\nSusan Drymala, Graduate Student Researcher, NC State University, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
\n1pm<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Meet the Animals: Ancient Animals<\/strong>
\nMuseum Educator
\n2pm<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 Meet the Animals: Ancient Animals<\/strong>
\nMuseum Educator<\/p>\nSPECIAL PALEOPALOOZA 3D MOVIE SCHEDULE<\/h3>\n
\n10am<\/em> \u2013 BBC Prehistoric Planet <\/strong>
\n11am<\/em> \u2013 Titans of the Ice Age<\/strong>
\n12noon<\/em> \u2013 Dinosaurs Alive!<\/strong>
\n2pm<\/em> \u2013 BBC Prehistoric Planet<\/strong>
\n3pm<\/em> \u2013 Titans of the Ice Age<\/strong>
\n4pm<\/em> \u2013 Dinosaurs Alive!<\/strong><\/p>\n