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2009 SVP Election Slate
The SVP election for 2009 will be held by electronic ballot starting Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Central Time Zone (USA) and ending Monday, May 18, 2009 at midnight [...]
Required Proposal Information
The Program Committee for the SVP 71st Annual Meeting, November 2-5, 2011, at the Paris Las Vegas and hosted by the Vertebrate Paleontology group within the Department of [...]
Zu jedem Dezembertreff findet in der Regel die Jahresauswertung statt. Die Mitglieder stellen ihre besonderen Funde vor. Außerdem wird der Termin genutzt, um Material zu
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Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations is Now Open To Receive Applications
SVP has established a new program to promote opportunities for international [...]
Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations is Now Open To Receive Applications
SVP has established a new program to promote opportunities for international scientists to [...]
Bring the brightest minds and newest finds in paleontology to your city and institution – host an SVP annual meeting!
SVP is currently accepting proposals for annual meeting sites for 2011 and beyond. [...]
I am very pleased to pass along to SVP members the news that, following a period in which the Department of Geological Sciences at Michigan State University was threatened with closure, a plan has been [...]
Online ABSTRACT Submission Site Now Open
Submit an Abstract for the SVP 70th Anniversary Meeting
Beginning Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at NOON Central Time Zone (USA), abstracts for the Society of Vertebrate [...]
A complete list of the accepted abstract id numbers is now available for viewing. This list includes oral and poster presentations in all categories: symposia, regular, Romer, Preparators' and Colbert.
[...]
Patterson Memorial Grant Award Submissions Are Now Being Accepted
The Patterson Memorial Grant, named in honor of Dr. Bryan Patterson, supports graduate and undergraduate student field work in vertebrate [...]
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RE: timely topical session concerning geological and paleobiological collections at the upcoming GSA annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. Abstracts are due August 10th.
T113. Geological and [...]
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is now accepting proposals for sabbatical scholars, working groups and catalysis meetings. Proposals for postdoctoral fellowships are accepted at the [...]
Carl Gans
1923-2009
. . . modified from the New York Times by Chris Brochu
Dr. Carl Gans, 86, died peacefully after a long illness in Austin, Texas, on 30 November 2009. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, [...]
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) is holding the SVP Annual Election of Officers online. The voting period is Wednesday, February 18, through Monday, May 18, 2009, at NOON Central Time [...]
Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth
5-9 October 2008 • Houston, Texas
George R. Brown Convention Center
The 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, American Society [...]
Very sad news for those of us who do physical anthropology. Charles ("Charlie") Lockwood (University College London) was killed today [July 14, 2008] in a motorcycle accident in London. He is [...]
Wally finished writing his own obituary a week or so before he died; it follows with our postscript about some of his richly varied life below:
[...]
The Executive Committee's statement concerning allegations from Jeffery Martz (et al.) and William Parker of ethical violations by Spencer Lucas and colleagues, together with the Ethics Education Committee's [...]
Cyril Walker, formerly curator of fossil birds in the Natural History Museum, died after a long illness on Wednesday, 6 May 2009, aged 70.
Cyril joined the staff of the then British Museum (Natural History) [...]
GREAT LAST-MINUTE GIFT IDEAS ARE A CLICK AWAY AT THE SVP ONLINE STORE!
SVP has an exciting selection of items for you to explore at the SVP online merchandise store.
You'll find a large assortment of items [...]
Halszka Osmólska (1930–2008)
It is with deepest regret that we announce the death of professor Halszka Osmólska on March 31, 2008, at the age of 78 years, after a protracted and [...]
HAS YOUR ABSTRACT, SUBMITTED FOR THE SVP 69TH ANNUAL MEETING BEEN SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED AND COMPLETED?
Incomplete abstracts submitted for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 69th Annual [...]
It is with the deepest regret that I report that John A. Wilson passed away yesterday in Austin, Texas, at the age of 93, where he was surrounded by his family.
Jack, as he was known to his many friends, was [...]
Dear Texas SVP members,
Dr. Eugenie Scott, the Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, has requested that Texas SVP members write letters to your representatives on the Texas State [...]
Martin Licht & Ilja Kogan, 2011. Late Cretaceous pycnodont fishes (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from Saxony (Eastern Germany) Freiberger Forschungshefte (Akademie-Verlag) Freiberg C540:
Memorial Ceremonies celebrating the life of Malcolm C. McKenna (July 21, 1930 - March 3, 2008) will be held :
1. On the University of Colorado Boulder Campus; Sunday, April 27, 2008, 4 p.m. at Old Main [...]
Natural History Collections in 21st Century Scholarship, Education, and Outreach
Saturday, September 20
Indiana University
Department of Geological Sciences, Geology Building, Room 126A
A Symposium hosted by [...]
Beginning Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time Zone (USA), through Monday, May 5, 2008 at noon Central Time Zone (USA), applications and nominations for most* 2008 Society of Vertebrate [...]
Online registration for the SVP 68th Annual Meeting ended Sept. 25, 2008. You may still register on site in Cleveland:
SVP Registration Hours
Tues., Oct. 14 4:00 pm [...]
Online registration for the Educators' Workshop and for members of the media is available though Oct. 8, 2009. After Oct. 8, you may register on site in Cleveland.
NOW OPEN
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE SVP 68th ANNUAL MEETING
October 15-18, 2008 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio
Registration
Online registration for the SVP 68th Annual [...]
Dr. Daniel C. Fisher, professor and curator at the Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, will be interviewed on the "Today" show Friday [...]
Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis (from now on FCPTD), Fundación Teruel SIGLO XXI and Dinópolis, with the purpose of rewarding palaeontological research [...]
The E-mailed (unsigned) application is now due: THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009.
The mailed, sponsor-signed application is now due: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY [...]
The Patterson Memorial Grant, named in honor of Dr. Bryan Patterson, supports graduate and undergraduate student field work in vertebrate paleontology. The application date for this award is earlier [...]
To all:
The Department of Geological Sciences at Michigan State University is home to a nationally and internationally prominent, vibrant group of students, faculty and staff. As a response to current budget [...]
Deerfield, IL (March, 2009) – Sharks are among the most popular animals featured in television and cinema. And today among sharks, the undisputed king is the great white, a giant predator that can [...]
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DEERFIELD, IL (November, 2010) – The 20-odd species of living alligators and crocodiles are nearly all that remains of what was once an [...]
Concern Over Possible Loss of Fossil Resource
DEERFIELD, IL (January 14, 2010) – A proposed coal mining project by Westar Resources, Inc. on Ellesmere Island (Nunavut) in Canada's eastern High Arctic is [...]
CHICAGO, IL (March 2008) – When most of us think of Ancient Egypt, visions of pyramids and mummies fill our imaginations. For a team of paleontologists interested in fossil mammals, the Fayum district of [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (December 2008) When you take a bite out of a hamburger or chomp down on a piece of gum, you share this function of the lower jaw with the vast majority of animals. But not all: for some animals, [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (December 2008) When you take a bite out of a hamburger or chomp down on a piece of gum, you share this function of the lower jaw with the vast majority of animals. But not all: for some animals, [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (December, 2009) – The world at large knows koalas as cute, cuddly, lovable iconic animals. The evolutionary biologist, on the other hand, will know them as extremely specialized, [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (May, 2010) – More than 100 years ago paleontologist E. D. Cope of "Dinosaur Wars" fame found a few fragmentary bones of a reptile in the deserts of New Mexico. He named [...]
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DEERFIELD, IL (November, 2010) – After sitting in collections for nearly 30 years, some remarkably well-preserved dinosaur eggs and their [...]
Deerfield, IL (September 4, 2008) – Today the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), the world’s leading organization of vertebrate paleontologists, urges Louisiana citizens and legislators to [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (June 24, 2010) – Dr. Phillip Currie, Vice President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, professor at the University of Alberta, and a world-renowned expert on dinosaurs, has been [...]
Deerfield, IL (June 2009) - Many of us have broken bones in our bodies at one time or another, and when this happens a healing process begins. The same was true of animals in the past, and has been well [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 16, 2009
Chicago, IL – Project Exploration has released Discover Your Summer 2009, its third annual resource guide to summer science education opportunities for middle and [...]
Dear members and colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the opening of registration for the 70th Anniversary Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), to be held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October [...]
To: SVP and SVPCA 2009 Annual Meeting Silent Auction Participants
From: SVP Headquarters
Re: 2009 Silent Auction [...]
SOLD OUT - LIMITED Tickets to See Sir David Attenborough
Available Now to Full Registrants of the SVP/SVPCA Annual Meeting
Sir David Attenborough: A Lecture on Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of [...]
An Open Letter to the Trustees of the University of Wyoming
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—an international scientific organization with more than 2,300 [...]
Online Submission Site Now Available
The Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize recognizes an outstanding scientific contribution in vertebrate paleontology by a predoctoral student. The Romer Prize [...]
Beginning Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at NOON Central Time Zone (USA) through Monday, April 20, 2009, at NOON Central Time Zone (USA), abstracts for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 69th Annual [...]
The SVP Abstract Submission and Travel Grant Application Sites closed May 21 at noon Central Time
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and Taylor & Francis Group are pleased to announce their partnership to publish the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is the [...]
Final Reminder: 3 Days Left
to submit an application through the SVP Online Award Submission System
(does NOT include the Romer or Colbert Awards*)
The deadline for Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Awards [...]
SVP Awards, Grants and Prizes
Apply Today, or Nominate a Worthy Colleague
SVP awards recognize distinguished achievement in vertebrate paleontology including the fields of research, service, paleontological [...]
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY!
SVP North American Field Conference Application Deadline
is Wednesday, April 30
The application deadline for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Hanna Basin Field [...]
The SVP News Bulletin Number 197 is now posted to the Members' Only Area for
Ann Schaffer (Elder), a member of SVP since 1985, was born to Rebecca and Jimmy Schaffer in Feagaville, Maryland, on April 7, 1958. She was taken from this life suddenly on March 31 as a result of [...]
Famed paleontologist Philip Currie often spends his night in tents and days in dust.
He recently returned to his Edmonton home from Mongolia, and will travel to Antarctica late this year to help unearth [...]
7 October 2009
Dr. John Holdren, Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
725 17th Street Room 5228
Washington, DC 20502
Dear Dr. Holdren:
On behalf of the [...]
SVP Field Conference Deadline is April 30
SVP Award Submission Deadline is May 5
Abstract Submission Deadline is May 21
SVP North American Field Conference Application Deadline is April 30
The [...]
July 16, 2008
- North American Paleontological Convention in June 2009 -
- An NSF, PS and SVP-Sponsored 5-day Workshop - Summer of 2009 -
North American Paleontological Convention in June [...]
Clarification of Award Submission Deadlines:
Romer Prize: Wednesday, May 21, through the SVP Online ABSTRACT Submission System.
Colbert Award: Wednesday, May 21, through the SVP Online ABSTRACT Submission [...]
DEADLINE IS IN 5 DAYS
• SEVERAL ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE INCOMPLETE
• APPLY FOR A JACKSON SCHOOL TRAVEL GRANT
HAS YOUR ABSTRACT BEEN SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED?
Several abstracts submitted for the [...]
The 2008 SVP Election Results are now in.
For the position of Vice-President
Philip J. Currie
For the position of Member-at-Large
Julia Clarke
The SVP election for 2008 was held by electronic ballot starting [...]
Vortragsthemen der Fachgruppentreffen und Exkursionen
It is my privilege to announce two new SVP programs designed to serve vertebrate paleontology in developing nations:
Program for Scientists from Economically Developing NationsA program [...]
James H. Madsen
1933-2010
SVP Honorary Membership conferred in 1998
Salt Lake City, Utah—Utah’s first state paleontologist, James H. Madsen passed away on Saturday, Nov. 28, at the age of [...]
CV Volker Fahlbusch
Born on February 22nd 1934 in Celle (Germany); third of four children
1955 Achieved the “abitur” graduate exam, with subsequent practical training at Mobil Oil [...]
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppentreffen
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppenthemen
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppenthemen
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppenthemen
Dr. Jeheskel (Hezy) Shoshani was tragically killed May 20, 2008 from massive trauma sustained during a terrorist attack on a public minibus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was a vibrant 65 at the time of his [...]
Josef Wenzig & Johann Krejcí, 1857. Die Umgebungen Prags. Orographisch, pittoresk und historisch. Carl Bellmann's Verlag (Prag):
Wolf-Ernst Reif (27.6.1945-11.6.2009)
On the 11th of June 2009, Prof. Dr. Wolf-Ernst Reif died after a long illness. With his death, the world lost one of its most insightful, generous, and knowledgeable [...]
Yousry Attia 1952-2008
(Pronounced ‘you-sree at-taay-a’)
Dr. Yousry Attia was Egypt’s principal vertebrate paleontologist. He received his Bachelor’s degree in geology from Cairo [...]
Der jährliche Grillabend der
Nachholtermin aus 2020. Das Treffen findet am 2. Dienstag oder 2. Mittwoch des Monats statt. Je nach Verfügbarkeit der Räumlichkeiten. Der genaue Termin wird hier bekannt
Nachholtermin aus 2020. Das Treffen findet am 2. Dienstag oder 2. Mittwoch des Monats statt. Je nach Verfügbarkeit der Räumlichkeiten. Der genaue Termin wird hier bekannt
The 2009 SVP Election Results are now in.
For the position of Secretary
Chris Bell
For the position of Member-at-Large
Kristi Curry Rogers
The SVP election for 2009 was held by electronic ballot starting [...]
2009 SVP Election Slate
The SVP election for 2009 will be held by electronic ballot starting Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Central Time Zone (USA) and ending Monday, May 18, 2009 at midnight [...]
The Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations (SEDN) was established to promote opportunities for international scientists to attend the Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate [...]
Fachgruppenmitglieder stellen Ihre Sammlung
The 9th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC-2009), will be held on the campus of the University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH), June 21-26, 2009. The centrally-located Cincinnati region is world [...]
Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations is Now Open To Receive Applications
SVP has established a new program to promote opportunities for international scientists to [...]
Bring the brightest minds and newest finds in paleontology to your city and institution – host an SVP annual meeting!
SVP is currently accepting proposals for annual meeting sites for 2011 and beyond. To [...]
A Call for Patterson Memorial Grant Award Applications
Applications for the Patterson Memorial Grant Award are due Tuesday, January 15, 2009. The application date was moved up so the winners could [...]
Abstract notification messages have been sent out to all primary presenters. View the complete list of ALL abstracts accepted for oral and poster presentation for ALL session categories [...]
A complete list of the accepted abstract id numbers is now available for viewing. This list includes oral and poster presentations in all categories: symposia, regular, Romer, Preparators' and Colbert.
[...]
Andrei Sher of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on August 11, 2008. Sher was an authority on the [...]
SVP Awards, Grants and Prizes
Apply Today or Nominate a Worthy Colleague
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) awards recognize distinguished achievement in vertebrate paleontology including the fields [...]
Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations
Now Open to Receive Applications
The Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations was established to promote opportunities for [...]
A Memoir provides the opportunity for publishing single major works that are too lengthy to be considered for Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (JVP) articles, as well as collections of shorter papers with [...]
The Program Committee for the SVP 71st Annual Meeting, November 2-5, 2011, at the Paris Las Vegas and hosted by the Vertebrate Paleontology group within the Department of Geosciences of the University of [...]
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) is holding the SVP Annual Election of Officers online. The voting period is Wednesday, February 18, through Monday, May 18, 2009, at NOON Central Time [...]
Dear SVP Members,
The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and the American Geological Institute (AGI) are partnering to host the first annual National Fossil Day™ on October 13, 2010 during Earth Science [...]
SVP 70th Annual Meeting In 2010
– DATE AND VENUE CHANGE –
Now October 10 – October 13, 2010
Sunday Through Wednesday
We would like to notify you of a change of host hotel venue and [...]
The 30-minute video of SVP member interviews – as seen at the awards banquet at the 68th Annual Meeting in Cleveland - is now available on the SVP Web site (under the [...]
Óscar Polaco
from Ruben Guzman, via paleonet
With deep sorrow I inform to the palaeontological community of the untimely death of Professor Óscar J. Polaco, tireless researcher [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (September, 2009) – Before humans colonized New Zealand about 750 years ago, the largest inhabitants of the islands were birds unlike those anywhere else in the world. Giant, [...]
Colleagues and Members of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
I'm writing to let you know of the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s (NIRB) response to Weststar's proposed Ellesmere Island Coal Project.
I [...]
GREAT LAST-MINUTE GIFT IDEAS ARE A CLICK AWAY AT THE SVP ONLINE STORE!
SVP has an exciting selection of items for you to explore at the SVP online merchandise store.
You'll find a large assortment of items [...]
February 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and On the Origin of Species was published 150 years ago this year.
In celebration of these milestones, the SVP will be [...]
JAPV 24th Annual Meeting
XXIV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados
May 4-7, 2009
San Rafael
Mendoza, Argentina
To see more information click here to access to the Web page [...]
From Richard Stucky, Curator of Paleoecology & Evolution
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
K. Don Lindsey
1943-2010
Dear all, one of our former curators, K. Don Lindsey, passed away at his home [...]
Expressing concern over the possible loss of fossil resources in regards to a proposed coal mining project by Westar Resources, Inc. on Ellesmere Island (Nunavut) in Canada's eastern High Arctic, [...]
LIMITED Tickets to See Sir David Attenborough
Available Now to Full Registrants of the SVP/SVPCA Annual Meeting
Sir David Attenborough: A Lecture on Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise
This [...]
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Please note this year the poster dimension guidelines are:
One horizontal poster display board is provided for each presenter. Each unframed board measures approximately 1,950 mm wide x 975 mm tall (76.5 [...]
Prof. Dr. Nikolai Kuzmich Vereschagin, a prominent Russian paleontologist, nationally and internationally known as “The Mammoth Expert” tragically died on October 27, 2008 at the age of 99 years, [...]
Online registration for the SVP 68th Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, October 15-18, 2008, is now open.
Take advantage of the discounted early registration rates available through August 28, 2008. After [...]
The advanced registration deadline has been extended through Wednesday, September 15. Register now and save.
Online registration for the SVP 70th Anniversary Meeting will end on Wednesday, September [...]
Palaeontological Association Review Seminar, Lecture and Collections Visit / Field Outing
30 July through 1 August, 2009 in Street, Somerset, UK
THURSDAY, 30 JULY
Public Understanding of Science lecture [...]
Dashzeveg Demberel
1936 - 2010
from his son Sainbayar
My father Demberel DASHZEVEG passed way on March 28th 2010. He was born in 1936 in Ero, a town in the Selenge Province of Mongolia. Dr. Dashzeveg [...]
Paper copies of the 2009 JVP Program and Abstracts Book are now available for purchase for $15 plus shipping and handling via the SVP Web site.
Thank you again to all attendees of the SVP 69th Annual Meeting [...]
The Patterson Memorial Grant application process for 2009 is closed Thursday, January 22, 2009 at midnight, Central Time Zone (USA).
Any applicant who has submitted an application by this deadline must submit [...]
We just learned of the death of University of Arizona emeritus Professor Paul Martin (and SVP Honorary Member) on Monday, September 13, following some lengthy health issues.
UA Geosciences Dept. Chair Karl [...]
IMPORTANT! SVP has a new email blast system.
Follow the instructions below to ensure you continue to receive important messages from SVP about SVP!
A white list is a list of email addresses or [...]
Deerfield, IL (March, 2009) – Sharks are among the most popular animals featured in television and cinema. And today among sharks, the undisputed king is the great white, a giant predator that can exceed [...]
Image 1
DEERFIELD, IL (January 2011) - Novel three-dimensional (3D) imaging [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (May, 2010) – A newly discovered skeleton of an ancient seabird from northern Chile provides evidence that giant birds were soaring the skies there 5-10 million years ago. The wing [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (December 2008) When you take a bite out of a hamburger or chomp down on a piece of gum, you share this function of the lower jaw with the vast majority of animals. But not all: for some [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (December 2008) When you take a bite out of a hamburger or chomp down on a piece of gum, you share this function of the lower jaw with the vast majority of animals. But not all: for some animals, [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (September 2008) The crashing of the enormous fluked tail on the surface of the ocean is a “calling card” of modern whales. Living whales have no back legs, and their [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (March 24, 2010) – The study of Mesozoic birds and the dinosaur-bird transition is one of the most exciting and vigorous fields in vertebrate paleontology today. A newly described bird [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (January 29, 2010) -- New Mexico is known for amazing local cuisine, Aztec ruins and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In the January issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, [...]
Paleontologists Concerned Over Fossil Sale
Deerfield, IL (Oct. 6, 2009) - On October 3, the skeleton of a 40-foot-long, 7.5 ton dinosaur was put up for auction in Las Vegas. The dinosaur in question was a [...]
Deerfield, IL (June 2008) Jennifer Clack, a member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology since 1980 and a world expert in the evolution of early land-dwelling animals, has been named a Fellow in the [...]
DEERFIELD, IL (July 14, 2010) – The discovery of a remarkable 15-million-year-old Australian fossil limestone cave packed with even older animal bones has revealed almost the entire life cycle of a [...]
Barrie Rickards
1938-2009
Professor Barrie Rickards BSc, MA, PhD, ScD, DSc (Hull), FGS, CGeol, died peacefully on the 5th November 2009
I think he would have liked the idea of being shuffled off this [...]
Registration for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 69th Annual Meeting and the 57th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy is now open.
Register now for this meeting. For full [...]
The vertebrate paleontology community mourns the loss of three colleagues and celebrates the important contributions they have made to the field.
Read more about:
James H. Madsen
Dashzeveg Demberel
[...]
Originally posted on Oct. 16, 2009; original post is housed in the Archive section of the SVP News Page
To: SVP and SVPCA 2009 Annual Meeting Silent Auction [...]
IMPORTANT!
Extended Deadline and Eligibility Update
Program for Scientists from Economically Developing Nations
Please note that the applications deadline for the Program for Scientists from Economically [...]
The Jackson School of Geosciences Student Travel Grant submission deadline has been extended until Wednesday, May 21 at NOON, Central Time Zone, USA.
The travel grants provide traveling cost [...]
Beginning Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at NOON Central Time Zone (USA) through Monday, April 20, 2009, at NOON Central Time Zone (USA), abstracts for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 69th Annual Meeting [...]
2011 Abstract submission and Award application dates are now posted on the SVP 71st Annual Meeting home page. Click here to find out more about each award for
SVP Abstract Submission Site Now OPEN!
SVP Award Submission Site Open
SVP Abstract Submission Site Now OPEN!
The abstract submission site for the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate [...]
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is, once again, holding the SVP Annual Election of Officers online. The voting period is Thursday, June 5, at 12:00 am Central Time Zone (USA) through Friday, September [...]
Nominate an Institution from a Developing Nation for Membership in SVP
This new SVP program, Institutional Membership: A Program for Institutions of Developing Nations is established to promote access by [...]
SVP Awards, Grants and Prizes
Apply Today, or Nominate a Worthy Colleague
SVP awards recognize distinguished achievement in vertebrate paleontology including the fields of research, service, [...]
In these three videos from the Climate Forum at the 2008 SVP annual meeting in Cleveland, three global-change scientists share how insights gained from the fossil record of ecological and evolutionary [...]
Dear SVP Members,
Few things have changed as rapidly over the last several years as the way we communicate. We have all seen an exponential increase in the speed and volume of information exchanges in our [...]
SVP President Blaire Van Valkenburgh is featured in an Economist.com article titled, "Tooth and Claw." Read the
An Open Letter to the Trustees of the University of Wyoming
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—an international scientific organization with more than 2,300 [...]
A Call for Symposia
The Program Committee for the SVP 69th Annual Meeting, to be held at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, September 23-26, 2009, is calling for symposia proposals.
Proposals [...]
The *PRPA Needs Your Action
*Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (HR 554 - McGovern MA)
To the Members of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology:
On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 the House Committee on [...]
ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT
Abstract Submission Deadline is May 21
Submit your abstract today. The online submission system will accept abstracts for the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of [...]
A CALL FOR PALEOART SUBMISSIONS
For the 2008 – PaleoArt Poster Exhibit – SVP Cleveland
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
A call for paleoart submissions for the 2008 PaleoArt [...]
Dear SVP Members,
Your input is very much needed for an important study being conducted by the National Research Council’s Committee on New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences (U.S.). The [...]
The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts Book (Abstracts Book) for the SVP 69th Annual Meeting and the 57th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA) is now [...]
The 2010 Taylor & Francis Award for Best Student Article in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is now accepting submissions. If you are an eligible student author (please see award criteria) and you [...]
TIME SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION
Dear members and colleagues,
As some of you may have heard, a proposed coal mining exploration project for Ellesmere Island (Nunavut) is currently under review. The proposed [...]
While no decisions have been made regarding the proposed coal mining project on Ellesmere Island in Canda, the SVP's efforts have drawn local attention to the concern over the possible loss of fossil [...]
View the full lecture by Sir David Attenborough at the SVP 69th Annual Meeting and the 57th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA)
This event was sponsored by the [...]
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppentreffen
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppenthemen
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppenthemen
Zusammenfassung der Fachgruppenthemen
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WHAT IS A VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGIST? NEW VIDEO HAS AN ANSWER.
Few scientific pursuits fascinate like digging up fossils. But despite this fascination with fossil-hunting – one aspect of the [...]
William Dudley (Bill) Sill, Ph.D. 1937 - 2008
Bill Sill, Vertebrate Paleontologist, Geologist, Professor, Mormon Bishop, and sometime purported Indiana Jones died March 15, 2008 at the age of 70 years, of [...]
Next summer, the NSF-funded program On the Cutting Edge will offer a 4-day workshop on Teaching Paleontology in the 21st Century. We've included details about the workshop at the end of this e-mail. [...]