DVPS, Delaware Valley Paleontological Society

06/05/2026

***General Meeting Notice: Sunday, June 14th, 3PM***

The June 2026 DVPS general meeting will be held on Sunday, June 14th, starting at 3PM in person at the Edelman Fossil Museum, 66 Million Mosasaur Way, Sewell, NJ. It will also be shown via Google Meet. Information to access the Google Meet link for this meeting will be provided by email a day or two in advance.

Our speaker will be Dr. William B. Gallagher. Dr. Gallagher was a founding member of DVPS and from February 1979 till September 1982 served as our first President. He received his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990 where his doctoral dissertation investigated the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary and its associated mass extinction event. Bill currently holds the rank of Adjunct Assistant Professor at Ryder University. Bill was the Assistant Curator of Natural History, Collections and Exhibits, Natural History Bureau, New Jersey State Museum.

Bill has traveled the world during the course of his field studies on dinosaurs and other vertebrate species, including stops in Argentina, China, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, and Switzerland, as well as much of eastern North America and most of the American west. Bill has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at numerous other institutions, including the University ofPennsylvania, Rutgers University, Drexel University,Richard Stockton College, and Kean University, andhas authored over 70 scientific papers, articles, andabstracts, as well as the popular book, When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey.

His current research interests include the paleoecological dynamics of mass extinction events, especially the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/P) Boundary mass extinction event, which coincided with the disappearance of the dinosaurs.

The title of Bill’s talk is, "A Tale of Two Mosasaurs (or maybe more)".

05/07/2026

The May 2026 DVPS Newsletter (Volume 49 Issue No. 9) was recently emailed to the membership (cover image below).

A reminder that the May 2026 DVPS general meeting will be held in person on Sunday, May 10th, starting at 3PM, at the Edelman Fossil Museum, 66 Million Mosasaur Way, Sewell, NJ.

04/28/2026

***General Meeting Notice: Sunday, May 10th, 3PM***

The May 2026 DVPS general meeting will be held on Sunday, May 10th, starting at 3PM in person at the Edelman Fossil Museum, 66 Million Mosasaur Way, Sewell, NJ. It will also be shown via Google Meet. Information to access the Google Meet link for this meeting will be provided by email a day or two in advance.

Our speaker will be DVPS grant winner Steven Schulze. Steve is an ecologist and educator whose graduate and current research involves the study and imaging of tardigrades. He also has a particular interest in the Cretaceous amber of New Jersey, as the phylum Tardigrada is represented in that deposit, and will utilize 3D-printed fossil invertebrate specimens to teach lessons to tactile learners.

He'll be discussing the use of nano-computed tomography to image fossil inclusions in amber. He'll also speak about the use of 3D printing to model an inclusion that will be used as a teaching tool for tactile learners.

The title of Steve’s talk is, "Inclusive Inclusions: Using Nano-computed Tomography and Amber as Teaching Tools."

04/10/2026

The April 2026 DVPS Newsletter (Volume 49 Issue No. 8) was recently emailed to the membership (cover image below).

A reminder that the April 2026 DVPS general meeting will be held in person on Sunday, April 26th, starting at 3PM, at the Edelman Fossil Museum, 66 Million Mosasaur Way, Sewell, NJ.

03/21/2026

***2026 Fossil Fair Speakers - Revised***

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Saturday, March 28th at 11 AM - Ross D. Elliott - "Pyromorphite - The Famous Phoenixville Lead-Zinc Mines"

Ross D. Elliott - Ross is a licensed Professional Geologist and for the past eleven years has worked as a hydrologist for the State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Waste and Hazardous Substance Remediation Section, specializing in groundwater remediation and petroleum cleanup. Ross serves as the EPA Region III representative for the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Tank Leaking Underground Storage Tank work group. In addition to these duties, Ross manages the States Heating Fuel Underground Storage Tank Assistance Program and tank State Lead Program.

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Saturday, March 28th at 1 PM - Dr. Zachary Boles - "Current and Ongoing Research at the Edelman Fossil Park"

Dr. Boles is an assistant teaching professor at Rowan University and assistant curator at the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum. He has been conducting digs and research at the fossil park since 2010. His research primarily focuses on understanding the taphonomy and paleoecology of the site. He also worked on Dreadnoughtus and has done fieldwork in North Dakota and Montana.

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03/15/2026

***General Meeting Notice: Sunday, April 26th, 3PM***

The April 2026 DVPS general meeting will be held on Sunday, April 26th, starting at 3PM in person at the Edelman Fossil Museum, 66 Million Mosasaur Way, Sewell, NJ. It will also be shown via Google Meet. Information to access the Google Meet link for this meeting will be provided by email a day or two in advance.

Our speakers will be DVPS members, Sue and Chuck Garrett. Sue and Chuck jumped into fossil hunting full force as an outlet for their stressful jobs (HVAC business owner and RN MSN). Since they have found this new passion, they have traveled to various places around the US, and in May 2025 visited England and Wales on a GeoWorld Travel adventure. This presentation will revisit this trip of a lifetime!

Their presentation is titled: “England and Wales: The Jurassic Coast and the Complete Geologic Timescale”.

03/09/2026

***2026 Fossil Fair Speaker***

​Dr. Zachary Boles will speak at the Mineral Show and Fossil Fair on Saturday, March 28th at 1 PM.

​Dr. Boles is an assistant teaching professor at Rowan University and assistant curator at the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum. He has been conducting digs and research at the fossil park since 2010. His research primarily focuses on understanding the taphonomy and paleoecology of the site. He also worked on Dreadnoughtus and has done fieldwork in North Dakota and Montana.

​His talk is titled "Current and Ongoing Research at the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum".

03/04/2026

03/04/2026

The March 2026 DVPS Newsletter (Volume 49 Issue No. 7) was recently emailed to the membership (cover image below).

A reminder that the March 2026 DVPS general meeting will be held online only (via Google Meet) on Sunday, March 8th, starting at 3PM.

03/02/2026

***General Meeting Notice: Sunday, March 8th, 3PM***

The March 2026 DVPS general meeting will be held on Sunday, March 8th, starting at 3PM. We will be holding this meeting online only via Google Meet. Information to access the Google Meet link for this meeting will be provided by email a day or two in advance.

Instead of a speaker, we’re going to have a Show and Tell. Please think about your most interesting fossil, and show it to us. Or tell us about a favorite site, and what you’ve found.