Dinosaur Events
Sea Dragons of Avalon
a Palaeontological Association seminar will take place on Friday 31st July, entitled 'Sea Dragons of Avalon:
the early radiations of the marine reptiles and recovery from the Triassic-Jurassic faunal crisis, with special reference to
Street in Somerset and the wider British record'. An excellent line-up of speakers will review the geology and palaeontology
of the British Lias. It is hoped that much new data will be prevented. Fossils and posters will be on display for the duration
of the meeting.
Prior to the seminar, on the evening of Thursday 30th July, world-renowned ichthyosaur expert Dr Ryosuke
Motani will be giving a talk entitled 'Street's town symbol: the ichthyosaur two centuries since its discovery', and after the
seminar - on Saturday 1st August - there will be fieldtrips to local quarries and other areas of interest. The meeting will be
of great interest to anyone involved in the geology of the Lias, the evolution and/or diversity of British Mesozoic marine fossils,
on the faunal and environmental changes that occurred across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary, or on the history of research
on the Lias.
Full information about the meeting can be found at the Palaeontological Association.
Some additional information can be found here.
Gaffney Turtle Symposium 09
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The Gaffney Turtle Symposium will recognise the contributions of Gene Gaffney by bringing together palaeontologists,
geologists and palaeontological enthusiasts to share the results of recent research on fossil turtles. All aspects of turtle evolution,
palaeobiology and palaeoecology will be treated. Technical sessions will be followed by a field trip to Dinosaur Provincial Park. There will
be a published abstracts volume in conjunction with the symposium. A separate Fritsch volume in honour of Gene Gaffney, presenting the
results of the symposium, is also planned
See tyrrellmuseum.com for more information.
October 17-18th, 2009 (Fieldtrip Dinosaur Provincial Park October 19th), Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
Super Saturday Story Time
Super Saturday Story Time at Waterstones
See the book of the month, Tyrannosaurus Drip
by Julia Donaldson & David Roberts
(details here).
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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