Most people are surprised to learn that Connecticut and Massachusetts are home to some the world’s

richest fossil deposits dating from the Age of Dinosaurs some 200 million ago. On November 7th

Nicholas McDonald, author of Window into the Jurassic World, will be the guest speaker for the Suffield

Land Conservancy’s annual meeting The program will begin at 7pm at the Suffield Senior Center. His

book, published in conjunction with the Rocky Hill Dinosaur Park, is an authoritative look at early

Mesozoic life in our region, including Suffield. Nick has found numerous fossils in our town over the 50+

years that he has been doing paleontological research. He will describe Triassic and Jurassic

environments and ecosystems, and the animals that created the famous trackways in Rocky Hill. Nick

retired as a science teacher at Westminster School in 2014 and for more than 20 years he was a Visiting

Scholar in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University. He serves as

Curatorial Affiliate at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and is a member of the Triassic-

Jurassic Working Group at Lamon-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Mark your

calendar to come see images and samples of some of the finest fossils yet obtained in the Connecticut

Valley, and learn about the reptiles and animals that once roamed this area. A book signing will follow.