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Dear Paleonetters, You've read about the extraordinary Union Chapel track site before as an example of cooperation between amateur and professional paleontologists. Now see the finds for yourself! All ichnologists are invited to attend the workshop. Permo-Carboniferous ichnologists (vertebrate and invertebrate) are particularly invited to send proposed talk titles by December 10. Cheers, Andrew Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WORKSHOP ON PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS ICHNOLOGY First Circular Sponsored by the Alabama Museum of Natural History, Geological Survey of Alabama, and Alabama Paleontological Society University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (USA) May 2 to 4, 2003 The Workshop will focus on a recent find of more than 1000 amphibian trackways and trails from the coal-bearing Pennsylvanian (Langsettian) Pottsville Formation of Alabama. Ample material of Cincosaurus and Undichna will be available for study by the participants. Also available is a diverse suite of marine to freshwater invertebrate trace fossils from the same formation, including traces made by insects and xiphosurans. Please see http://bama.ua.edu/~rbuta/monograph/ to preview the trace fossils. You may ask to see particular specimens if we receive the request by April 1. Talks: Participants (limited to 15) are invited to give one oral presentation on Permian or Carboniferous ichnology. The auditorium has facilities for slides, overhead projectors, and Powerpoint presentations. Please send a proposed title by December 10, 2002, and an abstract of up to two pages (plus up to four pages of illustrations) by April 1, 2003. Ichnologists of other specializations are encouraged to attend but talks must be appropriate to the workshop. Field trip: The Workshop will include an optional one-day field trip to the Union Chapel Mine if weather and reclamation allow. The site has already been partly reclaimed; participants who prefer to remain in Tuscaloosa to study the specimens will be accommodated. Date: May 2 to 4, 2003 (Friday to Sunday). Organizers: Anthony J. Martin (Emory University), Andrew K. Rindsberg (Geological Survey of Alabama), Ed Hooks (Alabama Museum of Natural History), Ronald J. Buta (University of Alabama), David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Geological Survey of Alabama). Venue: Alabama Museum of Natural History & Geological Survey of Alabama, University of Alabama campus, Tuscaloosa, AL. Tuscaloosa is on Interstate Highway 20/59 in west-central Alabama. The nearest large airport is at Birmingham, about one hour’s drive to the northeast. Atlanta is 200 miles (~300 km) away, about a 3-hour drive. Cost: The registration fee is estimated at USD 50 but may go up or down slightly before the meeting. This includes the abstract booklet, field trip and guidebook, Aldrich’s 1930 publication on amphibian trackways, "Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks" by Jim Lacefield (2000), and Saturday dinner. Lodging and other meals are up to each individual; information will be distributed. +++++++++++++++ Proposed Schedule (not yet “tracked in stone”): FRIDAY AFTERNOON Registration: 10 AM Lunch (optional) 1 PM: Introduction to meeting Talk: Significance of the Union Chapel site Display at Smith Hall: Union Chapel trackways SATURDAY MORNING Talks on Union Chapel site Display at Smith Hall still open SATURDAY AFTERNOON Lunch Invited talks Display at Museum: Aldrich (1930) holotypes and topotypes Display at Survey: Mississippian invertebrate trace fossils from Hartselle Sandstone (Rindsberg, 1994, Geological Survey of Alabama Bulletin 158) Display at Smith Hall still open SATURDAY EVENING: “Meet the collectors” Dinner: Alabama Paleontological Society potluck One-hour tour of Jack Warner collection, Gulf States Paper headquarters (art gallery with emphasis on birds and Western Americana – Audubon, Eades, Bjerstedt, Remington, Cassatt, etc.) SUNDAY MORNING Field trip and discussion (optional) Display at Smith Hall still open for those who wish to stay in Tuscaloosa +++++++++++++++ Contact for further information: FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAVEL AND MEETING LOGISTICS: Dr. Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama P.O. Box 869999 Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, USA Telephone (205) 247-3543 Telefax (205) 349-2861 Email arindsberg@gsa.state.al.us SEND TITLES AND ABSTRACTS TO: Dr. Anthony J. Martin Dept. of Environmental Sciences Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322, USA Telephone (404) 727-6476 Email geoam@learnlink.emory.edu
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