origin of terrestriality in caribbean

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               Call for Papers

                  Symposium:

   Origin of Terrestriality in the Caribbean


--   to be held in conjunction with the 15th Caribbean Geological Conference
--   29 June -- 2 July, 1998
--   Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies

This symposium will focus on the origin of terrestrial biotas and
environments in the Caribbean region. This is an opportunity for
organismic biologists, biogeographers, and vertebrate and invertebrate
paleontologists to interact and to discuss matters of mutual interest.

Among topics for intended discussion:

--   recent work on the tectonic origin of the Greater Antilles
--   evidence for vicariance and dispersal in the origin of Antillean
     terrestrial faunas
--   evidence for Mesozoic and Cenozoic terrestrial connections between the
     Americas and among the islands
--   significance of recent vertebrate fossil discoveries in Cuba, Jamaica,
     and Hispaniola
--   paleobotanical evidence for Antillean terrestrial environments in Mesozoic
     and Cenozoic
--   and much more ...

Abstracts must be submitted by January 1st, 1998.

For more information, please email/write:

Ross MacPhee
Symposium Organizer


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Ross MacPhee                                  Vox:  212 769 5480
Chairman and Curator                          Fax:  212 769 5239
Department of Mammalogy              Per aetherem:  macphee@amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History
New York NY 10024
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