paleonet Marine Vertebrate Symposium during IPC2006

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Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of Da-yong Jiang, I would like to draw your attention to a
symposium on marine vertebrates to be held during the upcoming
International Paleontological Congress in Beijing (June 17-21). 
Co-chairs include Olivier Rieppel, Li Jin-ling, and Sun Yuan-lin.  

For more information, here is a webpage that was just posted:

http://www.marinereptile.org/

The campus of the Peking University, where the meeting will be held,
is touchingly beautiful with historic buildings and bodies of
water--follow the URL above to see for yourself.  There is going to
be a post-congress field trip (June 22-27) to Guizhou and Yunnan
Province that will introduce you to the new and old Triassic marine
vertebrate localities, as well as famous geological sections.

The symposium title contains "Triassic", but we will welcome
abstracts that do not directly address this time period, as long as
they help illuminate the evolution of Mesozoic marine vertebrates. 
Contributions from non-vertebrate workers are also sought--the aim
is to promote multidisciplinary and multi-taxic approaches to help
improve our understanding of the evolution in the ocean after the
P/T extinction.

Please let Da-yong (djiang@pku.edu.cn) or me
(motani@geology.ucdavis.edu) know if you are interested in
participating, unless you have already done so.  Abstract deadline
is March 1.

My apology for cross-posting, and we hope to see you in Beijing this
June.


-- 
Ryosuke Motani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor 
Department of Geology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA  95616
TEL: (530)754-6284
FAX: (530)752-0951
rmotani@ucdavis.edu
http://www.geology.ucdavis.edu/~motani/