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The New Jersey Paleontological Society was formed in 1991 for the educational and scientific pursuit of Paleontology and related Earth Sciences. Welcome to our website.

Monthly Meetings include guest speakers or workshops covering various topics in Paleontology, Geology and topics of related scientific and historical significance. Learn how to identify, restore, preserve and catalog your own finds and collections.

Field Trips held throughout the year are open to all members. Gain access to both public and privately owned properties both near and far, for responsible collection and preservation.

The club’s monthly newsletter the NJPS PALEONTOGRAPH, is sent to all members. It features upcoming events, shows, meetings, field trips, collecting sites as well as informative and original articles on various subjects. Members are encouraged to submit contributions for the publication.

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Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abrupt
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:33 EST
Around 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the end came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic activity.

A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago?
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:24 EST
They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that "bat flies" have been doing their noxious business with bats for at least 20 million years.

First plants caused ice ages, new research reveals
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:49:49 EST
New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. The research reveals the effects that the first land plants had on the climate during the Ordovician Period, which ended 444 million years ago. During this period the climate gradually cooled, leading to a series of 'ice ages.' This global cooling was caused by a dramatic reduction in atmospheric carbon, which this research now suggests was triggered by the arrival of plants.

Scientists prove plausibility of new pathway to life's chemical building blocks
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:56:56 EST
Scientists have demonstrated an alternative pathway to life-essential sugars called the glyoxylate scenario, which may push the field of pre-life chemistry past the formose reaction hurdle.

New species of ancient crocodile discovered; 'Sheildcroc' was ancestor of today's species
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:56:56 EST
A new species of prehistoric crocodile has been discovered. The extinct creature, nicknamed "Shieldcroc" due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today's crocodiles.
  
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