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Cretaceous Symposium
To All;
Attached is a copy of the registration form being sent out next week on
our Lower -"Middle" Cretaceous symposium to be held next fall. It is
possible for people to register for the symposium or order the
proceedings volume by sending this form back to me over the internet
andusing their credit card. The prepublication price for the book is a
very good deal.
Note; the Guidebook Web Site for the fieldtrip is not completed
as yet.
Jim Kirkland Ph. D.
Dinamation Int'l Society
LOWER AND MIDDLE
CRETACEOUS
TERRESTRIAL
ECOSYSTEMS:
FILLING THE GAP
An International Symposium
To Present New Findings
On The Lower and Middle Cretaceous
Terrestrial Biota
to be held at the
Dinamation?s
Dinosaur Discovery Museum
550 Jurassic Court
Fruita, Colorado 81521
October 7 & 8, 1998
THE GRAND VALLEY, WESTERN COLORADO
Fruita, Colorado is located 10 miles west of Grand Junction,
Colorado in the Grand Valley of the Colorado River in western
Colorado near the Colorado-Utah border. The Grand Valley is world
known for its mountain biking trails, peaches, microbrewers, and fine
wines. The south side of the valley is rimmed by the red Triassic and
Jurassic cliffs of the Colorado National Monument and the north side of
the valley by the extensive Cretaceous escarpment known as the Book
Cliffs. Additionally, the valley is within 150 miles of Dinosaur National
Monument, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Monument,
and the central Rocky Mountains.
The Late Jurassic Morrison Formation preserves abundant
dinosaur remains. There are several self guided hiking trails in the area,
where dinosaurs can be viewed in situ. Dinosaur Hill south of Fruita,
Riggs Hill (type locality of Brachiosaurus) south of Grand Junction, and
the Trail through Time by the Mygatt-Moore Quarry near the Utah-
Colorado stateline. There is also the Dry Mesa Quarry, Split Rock Trail,
and Fruita Paleontological Area, where guided tours are conducted.
Both Dinamation?s Dinosaur Discovery Museum and the Museum of
Western Colorado?s Dinosaur Valley in Grand Junction have extensive
exhibits of the areas fossil record. There are also Lower Cretaceous
exposures within one mile of the symposium location.
TRAVEL
Those not attending the SVP field trip should fly into the
Grand Junction Airport. It is served by Delta Airlines out of Salt Lake
City, Utah and United Airlines out of Denver, Colorado. Those
attending the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting or going on
the field trip should plan on flying into Salt Lake City, Utah and
returning via Grand Junction, Colorado. Booking the Grand Junction
leg as a round trip from Salt Lake City vs. a one way back to Salt Lake
City will provide considerable savings. Additionally for those attending
the SVP meeting Delta is offering discounted fairs through Flying
Colors at (800) 477-4402.
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Super 8 Motel in Fruita, is across the Street from the
Dinamation Dinosaur Discovery Museum. Attendees may reserve
housing there on the attached registration form. For other hotels in the
area contact the Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau, 740
Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, CO 81506, 1 (800) 962-2547.,
http://www.grand-junction.net
COLLECTIONS
Opportunities to study extensive collections of ?middle?
Cretaceous vertebrate fossils will be possible during the SVP field trip at
the College of Eastern Utah, Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah and
during the symposium at Dinamation in Fruita, Colorado and at the
Museum of Western Colorado in Grand Junction, Colorado.
THE SYMPOSIUM
More than 30 papers on biostratigraphy,
biogeography, and terrestrial faunas are being
presented. The proceedings volume will be distributed to
those attending the meeting.
LOWER TO MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS:
FILLING THE GAP
edited by
James I. Kirkland & Spencer Lucas
New Mexico Museum of Natural History &
Science Bulletin
The preliminary table of contents includes
15 papers on North America, 6 papers on Europe,
6 papers on Asia, 3 papers on Africa 2 papers on
Australia, 2 papers on South America, and 4
overview papers. Taxonomic groups to be covered
includes invertebrate and vertebrate ichnofossils,
charophytes and ostracods, insects, fishes,
amphibians, lizards, crocodilians, pterosaurs,
dinosaurs, and mammals. Additionally four new
dinosaurs are described from western North
America. Other papers provide reviews of
important and in some cases undescribed Early and
?Middle? Cretaceous faunas. This volume will be a
must for anyone interested in the transition from
the faunas of the Late Jurassic to those of the Late
Cretaceous.
The symposium follows the
1998 Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
in Salt Lake City , Utah Sept 30-Oct 3, 1998.
and a SVP sponsored post-meeting
field trip, Oct. 4-6, 1998
LOWER TO MIDDLE
CRETACEOUS
TERRESTRIAL FAUNAS
OF THE CENTRAL
COLORADO PLATEAU
For information regarding attending the SVP
Annual Meeting and the SVP sponsored field trip
contact:
SVP Business Office
401 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611-4267
phone: (312) 321-3708
FAX; (312) 321-3700
e-mail: svp@sba.com
To review a guidebook for an earlier version of this
fieldtrip prepared for the 1997 GSA Annual
Meeting check out:
http://www.rmwest.com/cretaceous/
LOWER TO MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: FILLING THE GAP
Registration Form
Name__________________________________________________
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Address_________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________
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e-
mail____________________________________________________
______ Early Registration (before August 15)
Registration (inc. proceedings volume)..$100.00____________
______ Late Registration (after August 15)
Registration (inc. proceedings volume)..$125.00____________
_____ Proceedings Volume Only
(inc. postage).........................................$
40.00____________
_____ Lodging Fruita, Super 8 Motel Oct. 6, 7, 8.
double occupancy...................................$
75.00____________
_____ Lodging Fruita Super 8 Motel Oct. 6, 7, 8
single
occupancy....................................$150.00____________
TOTAL ____________
Method of Payment
______ Check enclosed, make payable to Dinamation Int?l Society
Bill my: ____ DISCOVER _____ VISA _____ MASTERCARD
Card Number
_____________________________________________
Exp. Date ________________________________
Cardholder?s name (print)
_______________________________________________________
__
Cardholder?s Signature
_______________________________________________________
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send to Cretaceous Symposium; Dinamation International Society, 550
Jurassic Court, Fruita, CO 81521 USA; (970) 858-7282,
FAX (970) 858-3532, e-mail dis @gj.net