Paleo Society short course on corals

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	    NOTICE: Paleontological Short Course

Below are further details on the Paleo. Society Short Course, offered free
of charge later this month in Denver before the start of the Geological
Society of America meeting. The short course is especially oriented toward
students and educators but everyone is invited to attend.

Those who can not take part in the Denver meeting are welcome to purchase
the short course notes which soon will be available for $20 (order from
the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, attn: Paleontological Society
Special Publications,, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburg, PA 15213 USA-- payable
to the Paleontological Society--$2.00 additional postage for overseas
orders).

Contributions by Charlie Veron and Bernard Lathuliere are also included in
the "Notes" volume. 


          PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY SHORT COURSE

Title: Biology and Paleobiology of Corals 

Date:  Sunday, October 27, 1996
Place: Denver Convention Center,  Room A-201


SPEAKER             TIME/TITLE

George Stanley           8:00-8:30
                    Introduction to the biology
                    and paleobiology of corals

Sandra Romano            8:30-9:20
                    A molecular perspective
                    on the evolution of 
                    scleractinian corals


Ann F. Budd &            9:40-10:30
Kenneth Johnson     Recognizing species of 
                    Late Cenozoic scleractinia
                    and their evolutionary patterns

William Oliver,Jr.       10:30-11:20
                    Evolution and relationships of
                    Paleozoic coral groups and the
                    origin of the Scleractinia

Lunch Break              11:20-12:30

Gregory Webb             12:30-1:20     
                    Morphological variation and homeomorphy: the
                    challenge of Paleozoic coral systematics

James Sorauf             1:20-2:10 
                    Biomineralization models
                    and skeletonal structure 
                    of Phanerozoic corals


Ewa Roniewicz            2:25-3:15 
                    The key role of skeletal
                    microstructure in
                    recognizing high-rank
                    scleractinian taxa in the
                    stratigraphic record


Hannes Loeser            3:30-4:20 
                    Database applications 
                    in coral research
     
Peter K. Swart           4:20-5:10
Jim Leder           The utility of the stable
                    isotopic signatures in
                    coral skeletons

Final Discussions        5:10-5:30

A set of the short course notes is available at the meeting place for $20.




George D. Stanley, Jr.        
Department of Geology         
University of Montana         
Missoula, MT 59812 USA        
                               
FAX: 406-243-4028              
VOICE: 406-243-5693              
E-mail: fossil@selway.umt.edu