paleonet Call for Abstracts, GSA Seattle 2003, T92

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Dear colleagues,

It's THAT time of year to start planning for the GSA Annual Meeting in 
Seatle, November 2-5, 2003.

This is a brief call for abstracts to technical session T92, Advances in the 
Fossil Record of Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods.  This is the 
third year for this session, which has received much attention from GSA, the 
Paleontological Society, and media.  Interest and attendence are expected to 
grow further with new events planned for 2003, including our first invited 
speakers:

* George O. Poinar, Courtesy Professor of Entomology at Oregon State 
University and author of "The Quest for Life in Amber," "Life in Amber," 
"The Amber Forest: Reconstruction of a Vanished World," and "Lebonese Amber: 
The Oldest Insect Ecosystem in Fossilized Resin."

* Joseph T. Hannibal, Curator and Head of Invertebrate Paleontology, 
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and a leading-expert on fossil 
millipedes.

* Conrad C. Labandeira, Curator of Fossil Arthropods, Smithsonian 
Institution, National Museum of Natural History, and a leading expert on 
plant-insect interactions.

* S. Bruce Archibald, Ph. D. candidate, Department of Organismic and 
Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology.  
Tentative talk title: A surprising new Eocene Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, 
Hangingflies) fauna from British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA.

The abstract deadline in Tuesday, July 15.  For additional meeting and 
abstract information, please see

http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2003/

If you have specific questions or comments about technical session T92, 
please feel free to contact Cary R. Easterday at xenoblatta@hotmail.com.

We apologize for any cross-postings.

Cary R. Easterday and Conrad C. Labandeira, co-chairs for T92

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