Paleonet: GSA Annual Meeting Denver session T243 'Konservat-Lagerstätten'

[Jean-Bernard Caron]

Hi Maria,

I, and at least one of my students, are interested to attend.

Regards,

Jean-Bernard

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Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron
Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology
Department of Natural History
Royal Ontario Museum
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Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6 CANADA
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Associate Professor
Dept of Earth Sciences &
Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto

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>>> Maria McNamara  05/21/13 4:06 PM >>>

Dear all,
 
Xiaoya Ma (Natural History Museum London) and I (MariaMcNamara
(University College Cork) invite you to contribute to our session T243:
‘Konservat-Lagerstätten: morphology, ecology, and taphonomy
ofexceptionally preserved fossils” at the GSA 125th Anniversary Annual
Meeting inDenver, 27­–30 October 2013.
 
Konservat-Lagerstättenoffer unique insights into the evolution of life.
Research into this subjectarea is entering an exciting phase, with novel
applications of analyticalmethodologies, emergence of new fields and
discovery of new fossil localities.This session will be a forum to
present frontier research onKonservat-Lagerstätten and will encompass
studies focussing on the morphology,ecology, evolution and taphonomy of
exceptionally preserved fossils.
 
Our session will feature contributions from threeinvited speakers
(DerekBriggs, Bob Gaines and Tom Harvey) and other high-profile
palaeontologists inthe field. Our session is sponsored by the
Paleontological Society and the PalaeontologicalAssociation (UK) and we
can offer financial assistance for early careerresearchers (PhD students
and postdoctoral researchers) to present their workat our session. 
 
Please contact us (maria.mcnamara at ucc.ie / maria.mcnamara at bristol.ac.uk)
or x.ma at nhm.ac.uk) to express your interest or if you have any
questions. Online abstractsubmission is now open and the abstract
deadline is 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, 6August 2013.
 
We look forward to seeing you in Denver!
 
MariaMcNamara and Xiaoya Ma

 
 
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Dr Maria McNamara
Lecturer in Geology
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science
University College Cork
North Mall, Cork
Ireland
 
Tel: +353 21 490 4570
Fax: +353 21 490 4664
 
Web: www.mariamcnamara.wordpress.com
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Summer Science Exhibition at
http://sse.royalsociety.org/2013/exhibits/prehistoric-colours/
 
Also:
 
School of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
Wills Memorial Building
Queen's Road
Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK

http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/

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