Date: Jun 14
7:00 pm
- 8:00 pm
Where: Theatre
Evening Talk
For over 50 years, Newfoundland’s Ediacaran fossils have helped to build understanding of our planet’s earliest complex organisms. Work has largely focused on sites at the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and the Discovery UNESCO Global Geopark on the Bonavista Peninsula. New discoveries of fossils in Conception Bay North could help answer some of our longest standing questions about these enigmatic creatures that lived billions of years ago.
Christopher McKean of Memorial University explains the uniqueness of the fossils he’s working with in Conception Bay North, what fossils are preserved there and how they can be protected for future generations.
About the Presenter:
Originally from the UK, Chris completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Geology with Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester. It is here that he first learned about the Ediacaran biota and became enthralled by their completely alien nature. This led him to move to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2019 to begin his PhD with a focus on the Ediacaran fossils preserved in Upper Island Cove. Aside from a passion for palaeontology, Chris is an avid promoter of scientific communication.