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OUT OF THE ROCK PALEO FESTIVAL: 2-5, March, 2000, Rockford, Illinois, United States
2-5 March, 2000, If you're interested in attending a talk by Bakker, visiting with him, or getting a book signed, he's a keynote speaker for the Out Of The Rock Paleo Festival (Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main, Rockford, Illinois) planned for March 2-5 of 2000. Their tentative plan with Bakker is for three public talks - a talk on dinosaurs, a talk on tetrapods of the Late Paleozoic, and a dinner talk on dinosaurs.Their tentative plan also includes Paul Sereno as the second keynote speaker with a pair of talks, as well as talks by Klaus Westphal, William Hammer, David Bardack, Tom Gunsberg, Virginia Naples, Gabrielle Lyon, Benjamin Waggoner, Peter Larson, Larry Martin, and a spectacular display and fossil chat with Mike Everhart of the famed Oceans of Kansas website.
Even more speakers are pending for this event, now in its second year, but visitors can expect at least 18 talks. Five of the talks will be suitable for families with children seven yrs. and up. With the exception of the dinner talks, prices for talks are stunningly inexpensive. Adults $5 and children (under 18) $4 for each talk. Members get a dollar off per talk.
A full schedule will be available soon, pre-registration is accepted and recommended - many of the talks sell out before the day of the event. Anyone interested in getting on the early mailing list can send a note by email to:
Lonny Stark,
Exhibits Director,
Burpee Museum of Natural History,
Flying Goat Graphics,
http://www.flyinggoat.com,
(Society of Vertebrate Paleontology member)March, 11 to May, 6, 2000,
The Dinosaur exhibit is about to open at the St. Louis Science Center. The special speakers and dates are:
All lectures begin at 8:00 pm., $20 for EMSP members, $25 for non members. Call 314-289-4464 for reservations.
- Dr. Bakker March 11 Hot or cold running dinosaurs?
- Dr. Currie April 1 Feathered dinosaurs from China
- Dr. Horner April 8 Dinosaur Behaviors: Arguments/Debates
- Dr. Hildebrand May 6 The Comet that killed the dinosaurs
The St. Louis Science Center
5050 Oakland Ave.
St. Louis, Missouri
63110.15 March, 2000, 15, March, 2000
Institute of Museum and Library Services grant money to pay for the Museum Assessment Program is going unclaimed.Important Application Deadline: 15, March, 2000Since Beth Merritt joined the Museum Assessment Program in July she has been working to improve the ways in which MAP addresses collections care in general, and natural history collections in particular. She is concerned to find that natural history museums are under-represented among those accessing Institute of Museum and Library Services grant money to pay for MAP. She wants to encourage you to apply for the March 15th , 2000 deadline for IMLS funding for MAP assessments. Over $100,000 in IMLS MAP funds went unused last year - enough to fund over 40 museums in the program. The grants are non-competitive, and the application is easy to fill out. Take advantage of this opportunity.The MAP could help your museum address your concerns and improve your operations. For more information visit:
www.aam-us.org/map.htmContact MAP staff at:
Phone: 202-289-9118
Email: map@aam-us.org
for an application.15-18, March, 2000, FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON EUROPEAN DINOSAURS: Düsseldorf, Germany
15-18, March, 2000 FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON EUROPEAN DINOSAURS:
This shall be the first meeting on the continent where dinosaurs were born, solely devoted to this topic. In the last two decates or so, the research on dinosaurs from all countries of Europe has seen a dramatic development: from the west coast of Portugal over Romania to Western Russia and from Spitzbergen to Italy new findings have been made.There was not only a increase in dinosaur diversity, knowledge of the ecology of dinosaur populations, news on embryos, nesting- and egg-sites, some new findings presented absolutely new dinosaurs, which are of worldwide importance (for example Baryonyx, Pelecanimimus, Ampelosaurus). Some showed unusual well preserved details of the original body as Scipionyx or Pelecanimimus.
European Dinosaurs are documented well from both, the beginning and the end of this area: The famed Plateosaurus sites in France or Germany, the remains of the early predator Liliensternus are highlights of the beginning of the dinosaurian era and the Upper Cretaceous sites from Romania, Spain and France showing the decline of this species are of importance as well.
The First Symposium on European Dinosaurs tries to focus on all new aspects. It should serve as a platform for scientists and interested laymen.If you are interested in attending, please contact one of us and we will send you further information:
Sven Sachs,
Norfer Str. 9, 40221
Düsseldorf, GERMANY,
Tel./Fax: 0211 / 154456,
e-mail: dinosven@compuserve.comRaymund Windolf,
Grundstr. 10, 27374
Visselhövede, GERMANY
Tel.: 05195 / 933855,
Fax: 05195 / 933854Dr. Michael J. Benton,
University of Bristol,
Department of Geology,
Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ,
UNITED KINGDOM,
Tel.: 0117 / 928 8202,
Fax.: 0117 / 9253385,
e-mail: mike.benton@bristol.ac.ukDr. David Weishampel,
John Hopkins University,
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy,
School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD 21205, USA,
Tel.: 410 / 955-7145,
Fax: 410 / 955-4129,
e-mail: dweisham@welchlink.welch.jhu.eduMarch 30 - September 3, 2000, March 31-April 1, 2000,
March 31 - April 1, 2000 Half a Billion Years of Kansas History:The Kansas Academy of Science will conduct its 132nd Annual Meeting on March 31 - April 1, 2000 at the Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas.
As a part of the KAS2000 meeting, they will be also hosting a Paleontology Symposium, called "Half a Billion Years of Kansas History". Early indications are that they will have a record number of papers/posters in this area. The Call for Papers, registration form and other information is on line at:
http://www.oceansofkansas.com/kas2000.html
April, 2000,
1 April 2000
JOSEPH F. CHANCE PREPARATOR'S AWARD NOMINATION DEADLINE:The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is now receiving applications for the 2000 JOSEPH F. CHANCE PREPARATOR'S AWARDThe purpose of this award is to further the field of Vertebrate Paleontology through preparation and the study of materials and methods used to reveal and preserve fossil information. The award for this year will be $5,300. More than one proposal may be funded by division of the award if deemed appropriate. Examples of proposals to be funded include preparator training, materials and equipment for preparation laboratories, research and publication emphasizing preparation, and support for presentations at the annual SVP Preparation, Materials and Methods Symposium.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: 1 April 2000 postmark Detailed guidelines for proposal submission are posted on the SVP web page: find Materials and Methods (listed under Services) and click on the 2000 Joseph F. Chance Preparator's Award.
Amy Davidson, Chair
Joseph F. Chance
Preparator's Award Committee
Department of Vertebrate Paleontology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West
79th Street
New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 769-5546
Fax: (212) 769-5842
E-mail: davidson@amnh.org:April 7 & 8, 2000 April 7 & 8, 2000
FLORIDA SYMPOSIUM ON DINOSAUR BIRD EVOLUTION:
Raptors, Rexes, Fuzz, & FeathersThe cost to attend the symposium is $200 for each registrant ($100 for students.) This includes all sessions, program materials, coffee breaks, a box lunch for both days and admission to a gala banquet on Friday, April 7 at the convention center (casual or safari attire.) Deadline for registration is March 15, 2000. Places are limited. Registration forms will be available for downloading from this website in the near future.A pre-symposium guided tour of the Florida Everglades, led by Chief James Billie of the Seminole Tribe, emphasizing the natural habitat of alligators, will occur on Thursday April 6, 2000. Please indicate your desire to participate in this special event by emailing or faxing us.
On Sunday April 9, 2000, for one day only, the symposium exhibits will be open to the general public. Guided tours of the exhibits will be available. Dr. Robert Bakker, the technical consultant and inspirational figure for the Jurassic Park movies will deliver a number of lectures to the general public throughout the course of the day. Other internationally prominent speakers will also be available on site to answer questions regarding the exhibits and Dinosaur bird evolution.
Full information regarding accommodations and transportation will be available on this site in the near future:
www.gravesmuseum.org/dinosymp.html
Please email us to be added to our symposium mailing list. dinoraptor@gravesmuseum.org
INFO: (954) 925-7770 (Ext. #25)15 April, 2000 15, April, 2000
Washington: SVP's Bryan Patterson Award Nomination Deadline. 15, April, 2000Applications are invited for the SVP's Bryan Patterson Award to support student field work in vertebrate paleontology. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. Applicants and their sponsors must be SVP members or pending members. This year there will be one award of $2000 or two awards of $1000. Proposals for the Patterson Award must be for field work, and particular consideration will be given to proposals for field work that is innovative rather than routine, venturesome rather than predictable, unusual rather than run of the mill.Information on how to apply is available on the SVP web page - www.museum.state.il.us/svp - under "Society Awards". Applcation forms can be downloaded as a PDF file from the SVP web page. Printed copies may be requested from the address below.
Deadline for applications is April 15, 2000. Emailed or faxed applications are not acceptable. Following review of applications by the Patterson Award Committee, the winner(s) will be announced in late May, 2000, and again at the banquet of the annual SVP meeting in Mexico City.James M. Clark Department of Biological Sciences
George Washington University
2023 G St. NW
Washington, DC 20052phone: (202) 994-7144 or 994-9210
fax: (202) 994-6100
email: jclark@gwu.edu
web page: http://www.gwu.edu/~clade/faculty/clark/29 April, 2000
29, April, 2000, DINOSAURS OF NEW MEXICO:The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNH) is pleased to announce the first "Dinosaurs of New Mexico" symposium, to be held at the NMMNH on Saturday, April 29, 2000. Talks and posters are tentatively scheduled to run from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PMNew Mexico is unique among western states in having a rich record of Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous dinosaurs, and dinosaur body and trace fossils are known from most parts of the state. The history of dinosaur paleontology in New Mexico dates back more than 100 years and includes such famous paleontologists as E.D. Cope, Barnum Brown, C.W. Gilmore, F.v. Huene, E.H. Colbert, and C.H. Sternberg, among many others.
We solicit contributions on all aspects of dinosaur paleontology in New Mexico for a proceedings volume that will be published as a New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. In addition to papers detailing original research on New Mexico's dinosaurs, the proceedings volume will include summary papers on Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous dinosaurs of New Mexico and a bibliography of New Mexico's dinosaurs spanning over 120 years of research. Papers will be due at the meeting. For additional information, including NMMNH Bulletin Instructions to Authors, contact:
Andrew B. Heckert:
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences,
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
87131-1116
Email: heckerta@unm.edu
Phone: (505)-277-3214 / (505)-841-2842
FAX: (505)-277-8843Dr. Spencer G. Lucas:
1801 Mountain Rd NW,
Albuquerque, NM
87104
Email: slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us
Phone: (505)-841-2873
FAX: (505)-841-2808
February
27-28 and March 1, 1998INTEGRATIVE
PALEONTOLOGY AND THE FUTURE, THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY, Berkeley, California,
United States, is pleased to invite you to help celebrate its
75th/125th Anniversary as the University's Museum of Paleontology and the
State Repository of Fossil Collections in a weekend celebration of lectures
and discussions which will take place in Berkeley at the Museum, The
weekend will feature: an evening reception and lecture on Friday,
a Saturday morning symposium on "New Approaches in Integrative Paleontology,"
Saturday afternoon panel-audience discussions on "The Future of Paleontological
Research" and "Challenges Facing Paleontology Museums"The
nomination should include: 1) the full name, address and phone number
(e-mail
too if they have it); 2) a certification by the nominator of the
amateur
status of the nominee; 3) a brief description of the nominee's
achievements
in paleontology not to exceed three pages; 4) any number of
supporting
letters and other documentation, which will be bound and
presented
to the awardee.
These
should be sent by March 1, 1998, to the Chair of the Strimple Award
Committee,
Peter R. Crane, The Field Museum, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore
February
1, 1998 - September 7, 1998 Dinosaurs
and the Next Generation, The Maritime
Aquarium, 10 North Water Street, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
06854, 203.852.0700, Robotic T. rex, Pachycephalosaurus,
Apatosaurus,
Maiasaura
Family.
March
28-April 3, 1998 LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAURS
OF MEXICO, Monterry, MexicoMexico
(6 day) Fee: $1,200 + $125 for single occupancy
Deposit: $100
Start Date: March 28, 1998 Fly into Monterry, Mexico
For
more information call: 1 (800) 344-3466
March
28 - April 27, 1998 Dinofest '98,Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States(Walters
& Kissinger)
April
15th - 18th, 1998 Vertebrate
Palaeontology student conference at the World Heritage Naracoorte Caves
in South Australia.
If anyone is interested, please contact me by email and I will forward
the
next
circular which contains full details. The closing date for payment of
fees
and submission of abstracts will be the beginning of March, Liz Reed
School
of Biological Sciences
Vertebrate
Palaeontology
Flinders
University of SA, GPO Box 2100 Adelaide SA, 5001
Ph.
(08) 8201 2630 (lab)
Fax.
(08) 8201 3015
email:
liz.reed@flinders.edu.au
April
24-27, 1998Desert Research Symposium
6-9
May 1998,Third European Workshop on Vertebrate
Palaeontology,Natuurhistorisch Museum, Maastricht,
Netherlands, Information:
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht
May 14-24, 1998 DINOTOUR - Utah, Colorado,
United States,This trip will emphasize recent,
exciting discoveries in the Lower
Cretaceous strata of western Colorado
and eastern Utah. Salt Lake City,
Price, Moab, Blanding, Grand Junction,
and Vernal are on the planned
itinerary; field sites may include
the Dalton Wells, Long Walk, and Gaston
(Utahraptor) quarries; visits to
museums, laboratories, and artists'
studios are planned.
http://www.rpi.edu/~whiteh/DINOTOUR/index.html#WRITE
Deadline for deposits is February 28th, 1998
May
17-20, 1998, AAPG
Annual Meeting, Salt
Lake City, Utah, United States
May
18-20, 1998 18-20
Mai, 1998 Association geologique du Canada
/ Geological Association of Canada Association mineralogique du Canada
/ Mineralogical Association of Canada Quebec
City, Quebec, CanadaMay
25-30, 1998 13th Annual Meeting of the Society
for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, “Collections on the
Move: Strategies for the New Millennium”University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
June
1-7, 1998 EUROMAM EXCURSION TO
THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE SUCCESSION OF THE GUADIX-BAZA BASIN AND
OTHER ANDALUSIAN SITES (SPAIN)Jorge Agustí
Institut de Paleontología
M. Crusafont
Escola Industrial, 23.
08201 - Sabadell
SPAIN
T: 00 34 3 7261769
00 34
3 7266388
Fax: 003437276641
e-mail: inst.paleontologia@bcn.servicom.es
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June -- 2 July, 1998 Kingston, Jamaica, West
Indies, Origin of Terrestriality in
the Caribbean to be held in conjunction with the 15th Caribbean
Geological ConferenceAmong topics for intended discussion:
-- recent work on the
tectonic origin of the Greater Antilles
-- evidence for vicariance
and dispersal in the origin of Antillean terrestrial faunas
-- evidence for Mesozoic
and Cenozoic terrestrial connections between the
Americas
and among the islands
-- significance of
recent vertebrate fossil discoveries in Cuba, Jamaica,
and Hispaniola
-- paleobotanical evidence
for Antillean terrestrial environments in Mesozoic and Cenozoic
-- and much more ...
For more information, please email/write:
Ross MacPhee
Vox: 212 769 5480
Chairman and Curator
Fax: 212 769 5239
Department of Mammalogy
Per aetherem: macphee@amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History
July 12th to August 9th, 1998 UNIVERSITY
OF COLORADO, BOULDER - Rangeley, Colorado, United States, Museum
Field Methods in Geology
Weeks of July 27th & August 2nd, 1998 Hell
Creek Field Expedition - Lemmon, South Dakota,
United States,Registration
will be limited to a maximum of 20 persons per week and will
cost
$400 per person. Families are most welcome (and encouraged) but all
children
must be 13 years old or older in order to register. As always,
children
must be accompanied by a paid adult (parent or guardian) in our
program.
Dates for the 1998 Field Season
WEEK ONE.
Arrival time: Sunday July 26, 1998, 3PM MST
Dig begins: July 27, 1998
Dig ends: August 1, 1998
Departure from ranch: noon, August 1, 1998
4 slots remain
WEEK TWO
Arrival time: Sunday August 2, 1998, 3PM MST
Dig begins: August 3, 1998
Dig ends: August 7, 1998
Departure from ranch: noon, August 8, 1998
12 slots remain
For
more information about the Hell Creek Field Program check the following
URL:
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/hellcreek.html
August
23-29, 1998The International Council for
Archaeozoology and the University of Victoria Department of Anthropology
would like to invite you to attend the 8th International Congress at
the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on .Schedule
and
September
3-8, 1998IGCP 406, Circum-Arctic Palaeozoic
Vertebrates Meeting, "Circum-Arctic Palaeozoic Faunas and Facies" Warsaw,
PolandConference topics - Biodiversity
of Palaeozoic vertebrates and invertebrates of
Circum-Arctic regions, in connection
with palaeocology,
stratigraphy and palaeogeography.
Contributions on plants
or palynomorphs are welcome.
Workshops: -Palaeozoic chondrichthyans
from all over the world The workshop will be particularly focused
on chondrichthyan microfossils, but any presentation dealing
with sharks, both from the biostratigraphic
or the morphological/phylogenetic aspect, is welcome. We invite suggestions
on topics of other conference workshops.
Abstracts of conference papers should
be submitted before
April 1, 1998.
The text (in English, no more than
2 pages, including
references) should be sent by e-mail
as ASCII files. If you
use special or national letters,
or you want to add
illustrations, please send a hard
copy separately.
Estimated costs
Registration fee: 50 US$
The fee will be collected during
the meeting at the registration desk.
Accommodation: 30 US$/night at the Academy hotel. The cost of living in Warsaw is ca. 10-20 US$/day.
Limited financial support from IGCP,
as well as
considerable reduction of accommodation/registra-tion
costs
are possible. If you are interested,
please inform us as
soon as you can.
Excursion - A two-day (7-8.09.)
post-conference excursion to the most
exciting Devonian outcrops of the
Holy Cross Mountains is
planned. Estimated cost: 50 US$.
Deadlines: Preliminary registration
- February 15, 1998
Abstracts - April 1, 1998
Please let us know if you need an official invitation.
Address Michal Ginter, Institute
of Geology, Warsaw University,
Zwirki i Wigury 93
02-089 Warszawa, POLAND, e-mail:
fiszbit@geo.uw.edu.pl,
fax: (48 22) 22-02-48
September
3rd-13th, 1998 Dinosaur
Expedition to Esperaza Quarries, Esperaza, FranceSeptember
30 - October 3, 1998 Society of Vertebrate
Paleontologists Annual Meeting, Salt Lake
City, Utah, United StatesOct.
4-6, 1998, an SVP sponsored post-meeting
field trip,October
7 & 8,
1998 LOWER AND MIDDLE CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL
ECOSYSTEMS: FILLING THE GAP, An
International Symposium To Present New Findings On The Lower and Middle
Cretaceous to be held at the Devil's Canyon Science and Learning Center|
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