http://www.paleoportal.org Recent additions to Paleoportal.org (c) 2006 PaleoPortal.org en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:30:01 PDT This 2011 meeting, to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is entitled "Archean to Anthropocene." Proposals for technical sessions, short courses and field trips are currently being accepted. http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:39:30 PDT This Bureau of Land Management website provides visitor information about the quarry. The quarry is unusual in that the majority of bones are from a single species of carnivorous dinosaur: Allosaurus fragilis. http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/price/recreation/quarry.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:05:07 PDT This conference held at the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, will include presentations covering various aspects of foraminiferal biology, paleontology, biostratigraphy, systematics, biogeography, ecology and paleoecology, oceanography and paleoceanography, molecular evolution, climatology and paleoclimatology, and macro/micro evolutionary studies. http://www.forams2010.uni-bonn.de/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:08:48 PDT This year's conference will be held at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. The five themes for the event include the Cenozoic record and significance of greenhouse gas variability; biomineralization; new constraints on past sea level variability; forced response and internal (abrupt) change in the past oceans; and the ventilation of past oceans. http://icp10.ucsd.edu/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:03:38 PDT This symposium, organized by the International Paleolimnology Association and covering all aspects of paleolimnology, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland. The symposium lead organizers are Helen Bennion, University College London, and Andy Henderson, University of Glasgow. http://www.paleolim.org/index.php/2010/05/07/12th-international-paleolimnology-symposium/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:52:10 PDT The Department of Geology and Geophysics' searchable database of over 40,000 vertebrate fossil specimens. http://paleo.gg.uwyo.edu/Database_Intro.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:37:39 PDT This site showcases Michigan Basin fossils from the private collections of Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and select specimens from the University of Michigan collection, including type specimens. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/mibasin/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:35:30 PDT Ottawa will host the 2011 joint annual meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Society of Economic Geologists, and the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits. The meeting will explore both the scientific and societal aspects of the Earth Sciences, with symposia and sessions revolving around Navigating Past and Future Change. http://www.gacmacottawa2011.ca/welcome.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:15:18 PDT Hosted by the University of Wyoming, the program will focus on a variety of issues related to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Americas. There is a pre- and post-meeting field trip as well as a workshop on teaching climate change. http://quaternary.uwyo.edu/amqua2010/index.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:22:58 PDT National Fossil Day is a celebration organized by the National Park Service to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values. http://nature.nps.gov/geology/nationalfossilday/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:24:15 PDT UW Paleobiology is looking for outstanding students with a solid foundation in geology and/or biology and interest in pursuing research on exciting paleobiological questions. Prospective students may apply to the Graduate Program in either the Department of Biology or Anthropology (College of Arts and Sciences) or the Department of Earth & Space Sciences (College of the Environment). We recommend that you contact potential advisors prior to submitting your application. http://depts.washington.edu/paleobio/Welcome.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:41:40 PDT A 2010 Journal of Paleontology article by J.H. Collette and J.W. Hagadorn describing the animals that may have made some of the arthropod trace fossils. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1666/09-075.1 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:51:57 PDT A 2009 Geology journal article by J.W. Hagadorn and D. Seilacher interpreting Protichnites having shingled impressions between the footprints. http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/37/4/295 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:49:02 PDT This huge meeting will offer 156 topical sessions, including sessions in Coal Geology; Neotectonics/Paleoseismology; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy; Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination; Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy; Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns; Precambrian Geology; Quaternary Geology; and lots more. Also, there are numerous field trips before, during, and following the meeting so check them out. The meeting will be held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO. http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2010/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:01:17 PDT This meeting of the AASP-The Palynological Society, the Paleontology Division of the Geological Association of Canada, and the Canadian Association of Palynologists will be held at the Harbourview Holiday Inn in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sessions will cover all aspects of paleobotany, particularly spores and pollen; Canadian and Arctic paleontology; Quaternary palynology; and new frontiers in paleobiology. http://www.palynology.org/meetings/HalifaxOnePager.pdf Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:43:33 PDT Held every four years under the auspices of the International Palaeontological Association, this meeting provides a showcase for all that is exciting and new in the fields of palaeontology and palaeobiology. The meeting will be based at Imperial College and the Natural History Museum in the heart of London, England. http://www.ipc3.org/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:29:46 PDT The Society for Sedimentary Geology, Baylor Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, and NSF are sponsoring a combined field and research conference in September, centered at the Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, AZ. http://sepm.org/pages.aspx?pageid=101 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:05:56 PDT The 2011 annual meeting of SVP will be held at Bally's Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:57:04 PDT The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, PA, hosts the SVP's 2010 annual meeting this October. Register online now! https://www.vertpaleo.org/meetings/index.cfm Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:54:08 PDT A 2010 article (pdf) from Geology Today on the geologic and recent history of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, along with descriptions of the ecosystems and fossils represented . http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123451326/PDFSTART Thu, 27 May 2010 14:31:19 PDT Specimens from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs are in the collections of the Nova Scotia Museum but are co-managed with the Joggins Fossil Institute. This online database of Joggins specimens includes taxonomic information as well as a description and photo of each fossil. https://mims.ednet.ns.ca/joggins/search.aspx Thu, 27 May 2010 13:58:40 PDT Take a 3:12-minute tour of The Mammoth Site in this YouTube video. http://youtube.com/watch?v=H9vWGsRMYT4 Thu, 27 May 2010 13:09:15 PDT A page featuring numerous photos of the excavations, fossils, grounds, and exhibits at The Mammoth Site. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/VTrips/MammothSite.htm Thu, 27 May 2010 12:59:46 PDT Evactinopora is a star-shaped bryozoan, one of the most unusual Mississippian fossils that occur in the midcontinent region of North America. http://www.lakeneosho.org/Evactinopora/index.html Sun, 23 May 2010 07:56:57 PDT This site explores the latest research on fossil eggshell and what an eggshell can tell us about the egg-layer — its anatomy, behavior, growth rate, identity, and more. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/eggshell/index.php Tue, 18 May 2010 14:05:24 PDT