NAPC Update

[Doug Erwin <MNHPB028@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's an update for those of you planning to come to Washington DC
from 9-12 June, 1996 for sixth NOrth American Paleontological Convention.
NAPC-96 will be held at the National Museum of Natural History in
Washington.  Abstract forms and the Final Circular will be mailed to
those who expressed interest to the first circular (To do so, please
send name and address to: NAPC-96, Dept. of Paleobiology MRC-121,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560).  THe Final Circular
will be distributed in late Sept/ early Oct 1995.  The Abstract submittal
deadline will be 19 January, 1996; Registration will be due by 19 April
1996.  A limited number of student travel grants will be awarded (open
to BOTH graduate and undergraduate students) in the amount of $500.  These
are discussed in the final circular.
  Organized symposia include:
Community Unity? M.A. Buzas and W. Dimichele
Predictive Stratigraphic Analysis, CB Cecil, NC Arens
Land Access Issues in fossil Collecting, J. Pojeta
Recent Advances in Dinosarian Distribution and Paleobiogeography, TR Holtz
Invertebrate Paleoethology, RG Bromley and  AA Ekdale
Origin and Early Evolution of Whales, LG Barnes
Quantitative Stratigraphic Paleontology, HR Lane
Morphospace Concepts in Paleontology, RE CHapman, MA WIlls and DH Erwin
Origin and Evolution of Terrestrial Herbivory, CC Labandeira, HD Sues
Dinosaurs in the public eye, JM CLark
Biolgical signature of Sequence Stratigraphic Units, S Root and J. Armentrout
Integration of Chronstratigraphic Zonations for Regional and Worldwide App
  lications, R. Scott
Ordovician Radiations and Extinction Event, ML Droser and PM Sheehan
Understanding Biodiversity Patterns: Historical and Biogeographical
  Perspecives, K. Roy and M. Patzdowsky
THe Conodont Animal, MP Smith and BR Wardlaw,

In addition to the general contributed paper sessions, we have also
scheduled the following Theme Sessions which are open to all:

Preserved DNA and other biomolecules in fossil material
Pan-American Fossil Perspectives
Ecological Competitiveness in Migrations
THe role of Paleontology in geological and environmental problems
Fossil Mutualisms: Implications for Speciation and Community Organization
Biological Recoveries after Mass Extinctions
Fossil Data in Climate Change Studies
Paleontological Databases: Applications and Accessibility
History of American Paleontology

Doug Erwin