When MGS President Rick Smith announced that the March 15 meeting was canceled because of the coronavirus, he said a more detailed message would be issued in the next few weeks regarding future meetings.

At the moment due to the coronavirus we no longer have access to the wonderful Fossil Hall - Deep Time at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. All of the marvels of the Fossil Hall are waiting patiently for us to visit once this crisis has passed. A few glimpses of the jaw-dropping fossils on display are featured in the montage above. But even better, the Fossil Hall is the focus of one of the virtual tours the Museum of Natural History has made available here. It's part of the "permanent exhibits."