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Paleontology Calendar #2 This is intended as a central calendar of events in paleontology. If an event is associated with fossils in any way and can be assigned a date, then it is a suitable candidate for this calendar. Entries can include expositions, museum exhibit openings, meetings, digs, shows, committee meetings, technical symposia, parades, calls for papers, deadlines, or any other relevant items. As you use the calendar, exercise caution. Meeting dates change, content changes, events are canceled, and there are often unforeseen expenses. Assume that participation in an event is not without cost unless I explicitly state that the event is free. Also assume that full participation in most association and society events requires membership in those organizations. This calendar is a good-faith effort to accurately represent events associated with paleontology, and the compiler and those who provide this compilation are not responsible for changes or errors. If you spot an error, please let the compiler (lbowlds@geosociety.org) know immediately, and a correction will be posted as soon as possible, usually within one week. Suggestions for improvement are always welcome; please contact the compiler directly. This calendar is not copyrighted and may be copied freely; however, the compiler asks that you include a credit line if you use information from this calendar, because that will make more people aware of the calendar and increase the number of entries. Most of the entries in this list are for North America. Many organizations are unrepresented. The goal is representation for all relevant groups from all continents. Please send information if you know of an event that is not listed. For each event, the compiler needs the date(s), place, name of the event if it has one (otherwise, describe the event), the theme if there is one, brief description, titles of relevant symposia or sessions at major meetings, sponsor(s), and contact name and fax number or email address. Please let the compiler know if you do not want your name included in the entry. Send this information to Larry Bowlds at the address below. If you don't have detailed information for an event but can send a contact name, please do so and the compiler will request the information. ******************************************************** Compiler: Larry Bowlds email lbowlds@geosociety.org fax +1-303-447-1133 ======================================================= 15 July 1995. FAMILY FIELD TRIP/DIG (Florissant, Colorado) Family field trip to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and private Florissant fossil quarry. Exceptional Oligocene insect and plant fossils. $5/person or $10/family per hour of digging at the quarry. Monument admission fee, $2/person or $4/family. Quarry fee subsidized. Contact Tracey Whitesell, Association for Women Geoscientists [tel +1-303-543-0187]. 15-16 July 1995. CLUB SHOW (Rapid City, South Dakota) Mineral and fossil show sponsored by the local gem and mineral society. Featured exhibits include a pair of Tyrannosaurus rex skulls and Cretaceous ammonites from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, and petrified wood from the Black Hills. Field trips are planned. Contact Cathy Brill [email SR1Brill@aol.com]. 17-21 July 1995. DAY CAMP (Morrison, Colorado) Dinosaur Ridge Science Day Camp, ages 10-12, held on-site at Dinosaur Ridge tracksite, Red Rocks, and Dakota hogback. Also held 24-28 July. $125. Contact Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, 16831 West Alameda Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 [tel +1-303-697-3466]. 21 July 1995. WORKSHOP (Macquarie University, Australia) The last official Australian workshop for International Geological Correlation Programme 328, Palaeozoic Microvertebrates, will be held at the Palaeobiology Department (MUCEP). This Unesco-IUGS project is in its last year, and participants are trying to create Devonian microvertebrate zonations for many regions. Contact Susan Turner, Convenor, Queensland Museum [email S.Turner@mailbox.uq.oz.au]. 24-28 July 1995. DAY CAMP (Morrison, Colorado) Dinosaur Ridge Science Day Camp, ages 10-12, held on-site at Dinosaur Ridge tracksite, Red Rocks, and Dakota hogback. Also held 17-21 July. $125. Contact Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, 16831 West Alameda Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 [tel +1-303-697-3466]. 30 July-3 August 1995. MEETING (Snowbird, Utah) Ecological Society of America annual meeting. Topics include paleoecology. Contact Una Smith [email una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu]. CORRECTION. 30 July-5 August 1995. DIG (northeast Montana) Searching for Late Cretaceous dinosaurs. $500 members/$600 nonmembers. Also held 6-12 August. Contact Carole C. DeFord, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan [tel +1-810-645-3214, email aa634@detroit.freenet.org]. 6-10 August 1995. MEETING (San Diego, California) Annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America and affiliated societies. The Paleobotanical Section is sponsoring a special symposium on the integration of fossils into taxonomic studies of modern groups. Contact Una Smith [email una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu]. 6-12 August 1995. DIG (northeast Montana) Searching for Late Cretaceous dinosaurs. $500 members/$600 nonmembers. Also held 30 July-5 August. Contact Carole C. DeFord, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan [tel +1-810-645-3214, email aa634@detroit.freenet.org]. 2-7 September 1995. MEETING (Copenhagen, Denmark) Sixth International Nannoplankton Association Conference. Field trips to the classic K/T boundary site at Stevns Klint and the Paleogene outcrops of Jylland (Jutland). The conference will take place at Geological Survey of Denmark facilities. Contact D. J. Jutson, DGU, Geological Survey of Denmark, Thoravej 8, DK 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark [tel +45-3-0-66-00, fax +45-31-19-68-68, telex 9999 dangeo dk, email st042@mmdgu.dgu.dk]. 4-8 September 1995. MEETING (Southampton, England) Joint meeting of the Regional Committee on Northern Neogene Stratigraphy and the Regional Committee on Northern Palaeogene Stratigraphy. New aspects of northern Neogene and Paleogene stratigraphy will be presented. 15 July deadline for abstracts, booking form, and money; 15 August is absolute deadline. Contact Jason Ali, Convenor RCNNS/RCNPS meeting, Department of Oceanography, The University, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom. 4-8 September 1995. MEETING (Nanjing, China) International Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants in Geological Time (ICTPG), organized by Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, and Palaeobotanical Society of China, to provide a forum for discussions and promote progress in paleobotanical research and its applications. Four associated post-meeting field trips begin 9 September (see separate entries). Fees must be received by 31 July. Contact Secretariat of the ICTPG, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Chi-Ming-Ssu, Nanjing, 210008, PR CHINA [fax +86-25-3357026, email lixx@njnet.ihep.ac.cn]. 9-13 September 1995. FIELD TRIP (Yuxian-Yima-Xi'an, China) This is a post-meeting trip associated with the International Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants in Geological Time (see separate entry for 4-8 September). Itinerary includes field work in Yuzhou (gigantopteroid flora), sightseeing in Songshan (Shaolin Temple), and field work in Yima (Jurassic ginkgophyte flora). $110. Fees must be received by 31 July. 9-13 September 1995. FIELD TRIP (Shanwang-Qingzhou, China) This is a post-meeting trip associated with the International Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants in Geological Time (see separate entry for 4-8 September). Itinerary includes Shanwang Fossil Museum, field work in Shanwang (Miocene flora), national forest park on Yishan Mountain, Shengli oil field (Tertiary), and Qingzhou Museum. $110. Fees must be received by 31 July. 9-15 September 1995. FIELD TRIP (north France and Belgium) Postmeeting field trip to Denvonian and Carboniferous vertebrate localities and stratotypes, held jointly with SDS. Field trip is associated with the Eighth Early Vertebrates Symposium in Paris (see separate entry for 4-9 September in Calendar #1). Contact A. Blieck, University of Lille [fax +33-20-43-69-00] or Susan Turner, Queensland Museum [fax +61-7-846-1918, email S.Turner@mailbox.uq.oz.au]. 9-15 September 1995. FIELD TRIP (Qujing-Kunming, China) This is a post-meeting trip associated with the International Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants in Geological Time (see separate entry for 4-8 September). Itinerary includes Devonian plant specimens in NIGPAS, Nanjing; Early Devonian flora and Silurian-Devonian boundary in Xujiachong; Middle Devonian flora in Xichong; Early Devonian flora in Longhuashan; sightseeing in "Stone Forest" Park; and botanical garden in Kunming. $310. Fees must be received by 31 July. 9-18 September 1995. FIELD TRIP (northeast China) This is a post-meeting trip associated with the International Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants in Geological Time (see separate entry for 4-8 September). Itinerary includes Late Triassic flora, Early Cretaceous angiosperms, and Tertiary floras: field work in Jixi (Early Cretaceous angiosperms), Tianqiaoling (Late Triassic flora), Hunchun (Late Cretaceous-Tertiary flora), and Dalazi and Fushun (Aptian-Albian flora). $410. Fees must be received by 31 July. 15-17 September 1995. CELEBRATION (Berkeley, California) The University of California Museum of Paleontology is hosting a three- day event, the T. rex EXPO, in celebration of the museum’s move to a new location on the university campus and to dedicate the construction of its Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. 17 September is the official T. rex debut, a gala event featuring a presentation by paleontologists Jack Horner and Kevin Padian, dedication of the skeleton, tours of the new museum, and a reception. Fee. For tickets, contact Judy Scotchmoor [tel +1-510-642-4877, email judys@ucmp1.berkeley.edu]. 18-22 September 1995. MEETING (Ankara, Turkey) Sixth International Symposium on Fossil Algae and Carbonate Platforms. Topics include systematics, paleoecology, biostratigraphy, and paleobiogeography of calcareous algae. Contact Tuncer Guvenc or Meral Dogan, Hacettepe University, Geological Engineering Department, 06532 Ankara, Turkey [fax +90-312-235252862 or 2354314, email guvenc@jeo.hun.edu.tr]. 1-6 or 1-8 October 1995. FIELD COURSE (New Mexico) Mesa Technical College in Tucumcari is offering the second in a series of field classes in vertebrate paleontology. This class will be taught by Adrian Hunt of the University of Colorado at Denver. The class will focus on Late Triassic vertebrate of eastern New Mexico. Contact Mesa Technical College [tel +1-505-461-4413, fax +1-505-461-1901]. CORRECTION. 10-11 November 1995. MEETING (Denver, Colorado) Prehistoric Journey: A Symposium on the Evolution and Ecology of Life on Earth, organized by the Denver Museum of Natural History. For details, see entry in Calendar #1. Reservations [tel 800-925-2250 toll free in U.S., +1-303-322-7009 from elsewhere]. 1-3 December 1995. SHOW (Round Rock, Texas) Fifth Annual Pfossil Pfest at Old Settler’s Park. Displays, demonstrations, dealers. Sponsored by the Central Texas Paleontology Society, 16420 Edgemere, Pflugerville, TX 78660. $1. Contact Don O’Neill [tel +1-512-251-2848] or Michael Smith [email mksmith@cli.com]. April 1996. MEETING (probably Vernal, Utah) Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting. Includes field trip. Contact Sue Ann Bilbey, Field Museum, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 [fax +1-312-427-7269]. April 1996. CELEBRATION (Cincinnati, Ohio) Fossil Festival at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. Contact Nigel Hughes at the museum [email nigel.hughes@uc.edu]. 8-20 April 1996. MEETING (Tempe, Arizona) Dinofest 1996 at Arizona State University. Includes a three-day symposium and other activities. Contact Edmund Stump [tel +1-602-965- 5081, fax +1-602-965-8102, email ateds@asu.edu]. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 9-12 June 1996. MEETING (Washington, D.C.) Sixth North American Paleontological Convention. For details, see separate entry in Calendar #1. [email NAPC.SIX@SIMNH.SI.EDU]. 24-29 June 1996. MEETING (Panama City, Panama) Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Taphonomy of Past and Present Reef Organisms. Will emphasize a wide range of current investigations on modern and ancient reefs. Contact James Nebelsick, Institute and Museum of Geology and Palaeontology, Sigwartstr. 10, D- 72076 Tübingen, Germany [tel +49-7071-29-7546, fax +49-7071-29-6990, email nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de]. CORRECTION. 30 June-5 July 1996. MEETING (Santa Barbara, California) International Organisation of Palaeobotany annual meeting. Contact B. H. Tiffney, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA [fax +1-805-893-2314, email tiffney@magic.ucsb.edu]. 15-17 July 1996. MEETING (Granada, Spain) Fourth International Symposium on Cephalopods - Past and Present. Contact Federico Olóriz Sáez or Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar, Dept. Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Avd. Fuente Nueva s/n, 18002 Granada, Spain [fax +34-58-243345, email fjrtovar@goliat.ugr.es]. 20-24 August 1996. MEETING (St. John's College, Cambridge, England) Second International Symposium and World Congress on the Preservation and Conservation of Natural Science Collections. Theme is Natural Science Collections - A Resource for the Future. Hosted by the Geological Conservation Unit, the Sedgwick Museum, and the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. Contact Chris Collins, Geological Conservation Unit, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, United Kingdom. 27 October 1996. FAMILY FIELD TRIP (Morrison, Colorado) Family field trip to Dinosaur Ridge for half-day visit to tracksite and fossil bones. Held in conjunction with Geological Society of America annual meeting (see separate entry for 28-31 October 1996 in Calendar #1). Fee. Participant/spouse registration required for adults. Also held 29 October. Sponsored by the Association for Women Geoscientists and Friends of Dinosaur Ridge. Contact Kata McCarville, P.O. Box 21, Golden, CO 80401 [tel +1-303-273-3448, email kmccarvi@mines.colorado.edu]. 29 October 1996. FAMILY FIELD TRIP (Morrison, Colorado) Family field trip to Dinosaur Ridge for half-day visit to tracksite and fossil bones. Held in conjunction with Geological Society of America annual meeting (see separate entry for 28-31 October 1996). Fee. Participant/spouse registration required for adults. Also held 27 October. Sponsored by the Association for Women Geoscientists and Friends of Dinosaur Ridge. Contact Kata McCarville, P.O. Box 21, Golden, CO 80401 [tel +1-303-273-3448, email kmccarvi@mines.colorado.edu]. 22-27 June 1997. MEETING (Santa Barbara, California) 63rd annual meeting of the American Malacological Union, held jointly with the Western Society of Malacologists. Two major symposia are scheduled: (1) Deep-Sea Mollusca convened by Jerry Harasewych (Division of Mollusks, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560 [tel +1-202-786-2073, email mnhiv006@sivm.si.edu]), an overview of the fauna of the deep sea and what it tells us about the evolution of the Mollusca and its adaptation to the deep sea. (2) Traditional vs. Phylogenetic Systematics convened by Gary Rosenberg (Malacology, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195 [tel +1-219-299-1033, email rosenberg@say.acnatsci.org]). There will also be a special session on the benthic cephalopods of the North Pacific chaired by Eric Hochberg (Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93019 [tel +1-805-682-4711, ext. 318, email inverts@sbmnh.rain.org]). Optional field trips include a tour of fossil formations of the Santa Barbara area led by Lindsay Groves of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and an in- depth tour of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Contact Eugene V. Coan, 891 San Jude Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306-2640 [fax +1- 415-776-0350, email gene.coan@sierraclub.org; or Henry Chaney, Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 [fac +1-805-569-3170, email inverts@sbmnh.rain.org]. 27-31 July 1997. MEETING (Greenwich, England) 13th International Symposium on Ostracoda (ISO97), held at the University of Greenwich under the aegis of the British Micropalaeontological Society. Contact ISO97, School of Earth Sciences, University of Greenwich, Medway Towns Campus, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4AW, United Kingdom [email ISO97@GREENWICH.AC.UK]. 2-10 August 1997. MEETING (Prague, Czech Republic) Third World Congress of Herpetology. Includes all aspects of the topic, including apleoherpetology (dinosaurs, ichthyosaurs, pterosaurs, syanpsid reptiles, and their evolution). Contact Zbynek Rocek, Department of Paleontology, Geological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Rozvojova 135, 165 00 Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic [fax +42-2- 24311578, email rocek@gli.cas.cz or wch-source@gli.cas.cz, Web www.gli.cas.cz]. -- *--------------------------------------------- * Larry Bowlds * lbowlds@geosociety.org *--------------------------------------------- "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence." - Charles A. Beard
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