Lyell meeting 2004

[Colin McHenry <cmchenry@westserv.net.au>]

One for the Poms...


Geological Society of London
Joint Committee for Palaeontology

Dinosaur Palaeobiology
Burlington House
11 February 2004
Joint meeting between The Geological Society of London, the Palaeontological
Association, the Palaeontographical Society, The Micropalaeontological
Society and The Linnean Society of London
The conference will explore the latest in scientific understanding of the
dominant animals of the Mesozoic.  How did they become so large?  How did
dinosaurs move?  How diverse were they?  What did they eat?  Were they
warm-blooded or not?  Were the images in Walking with Dinosaurs realistic or
not?  How was their evolution affected by Mesozoic palaeogeography?
Provisional Programme
10:30  Registration and coffee
11.00  David Norman (University of Cambridge, UK): Evolution of the
dinosaurs
11:30  Paul Upchurch (University College London, UK): Biogeographic history
of the dinosaurs
12.00  Angela Milner (Natural History Museum, UK): The Dinosaurian origin of
Birds - a state of the art review
12:30  Lunch
14:00  Paul Barrett (Natural History Museum, UK): Dinosaur herbivory: from
functional morphology to macroevolution
14:30  Emil Rayfield (University of Cambridge, UK): Biomechanical approaches
to feeding, skull form and function in carnivorous dinosaurs
15:00  Donald Henderson (University of Calgary, Canada): Stability and
agility in dinosaurs
15:30  Tea
16:00  Kristi Curry-Rogers (Science Museum of Minnesota, USA): Dinosaur
growth and physiology
16:30  Eric Buffetaut (CNRS, Paris, France): Dinosaur eggs and babies: facts
versus fiction
17:00  Mike Benton (University of Bristol, UK): Extinction of the dinosaurs
17:30  Wine and canape reception
19.00  Close
Technical Convenors
Professor Michael J. Benton (University of Bristol) mike.benton@bris.ac.uk
Dr Paul Barrett (Natural History Museum, London) p.barrett@nhm.ac.uk.
Registration is free for members of the above named organisations.  Please
contact the conference office for a registration form.
For further details contact: Jessica Canfor, Conference Co-ordinator
Address: Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG
Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 9944
Fax: +44 (0)20 7494 0579
Email: jessica.canfor@geolsoc.org.uk





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