Dinosaur Events
From Dinosaurs to Early Birds: An Evolutionary Turning Point
Held at The Geological Society (Burlington House), 1 July 2010
A video of the lecture can be viewed here
The last two decades have witnessed great advances in our knowledge of the
origins of birds. By examining new specimens of dinosaurs and early birds,
palaeontologists have been able to find out about the bone structure and
even behaviour of primitive birds and non avian dinosaurs.
Palaeontologist and Honorary Fellow Professor Xu Xing is famed for being one
of the world's most prolific dinosaur hunters, having discovered some twenty
five new species of dinosaur. On July 1 he visited the Geological Society to
outline his most recent work in searching for bird-like dinosaurs in remote
areas of China. He talked about his pioneering work which has improved our
understanding of how feathers and flight could have evolved in dinosaurs,
how therapod hand could have transformed into avian wing, and even when the
first bird might have appeared, and what it might have looked like.
Professor Xu was joined by University College London postgraduate student
Michael Pittman, whose participation in the Inner Mongolia Research Project
led by Professor Xu led to his discovery of a new species of carnivorous
dinosaur, Linheraptor exquisitus, earlier this year. He gave an outline of
how the expedition was organised, and the importance of understanding the
local geological context.
This lecture was an exciting and rare opportunity to hear first-hand how
dinosaur discoveries are made, and their importance in understanding the
evolutionary history of our planet, from both a famous figure and a rising
star in the world of palaeontology.
Dinosaurs – Their Kith and Kin: a Historical Perspective
An international Symposium
Following the successful meeting on "Dinosaurs and other extinct saurians: a historical perspective",
held in 2008 at the Geological Society, London, a follow-up symposium on Dinosaurs – Their Kith and Kin: a Historical
Perspective will be held at the Société géologique de France, Paris, in May 2011.
Papers are invited on all aspects of the history of research on dinosaurs (including birds) and extinct
non-mammalian tetrapods. Contributions dealing with the work of individual palaeontologists (professional or amateur),
institutions, collections, palaeontological expeditions, fossil folklore and artists’ reconstructions are welcome. Both posters
and oral presentations will be accepted.
Full information can be found here:
Société géologique de France, Paris.
Dinosaurs - Australian Museum, Sydney
New exhibition now open.
Discover how they lived, died… and survived.
Encounter an amazing array of dinosaurs in this exciting new exhibition at the Australian Museum!
Cretacous Sea Monsters in 3D IMAX from The National Geographic
National Geographic have produced a new IMAX film called Sea Monsters 3D
including stunning photo-realistic computer-generated animations featuring Dolichorhynchops
(familiarly known as a 'dolly') as she travels through life's stages -
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure 3D.
PaleoWorld Research Foundation
The PalaeoWorld Research Foundation leads yearly dinosaur
excavations in the Cretaceous badlands of eastern Montana's
Upper Hell Creek Formation. If you are interested then
click
here for details.
Dinosaurs from Patagonia in 3D
Sky High Entertainment released this I-MAX film
in 2007. The movie shows 3D computer generated footage of the Giganatosaurus
and the Argentinisaurus to name a few. You can get more
info at dinosaurs3dmovie.com.
Dino Events along North Yorkshire Coast
The Dinosaur Coast Project organise frequent fossil
hunting and similar events in Yorkshire. Unfortunately,
their website is out of date but judging by the 2004
itinerary, there should be some interesting trips this
year too. Their site can be found here.
If you know of any forthcoming events that may be of
interest please email Richard
Moody with details and we'll post it here.
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