DVPS Speaker for 10/26/06: Dr. Lauck (Buck) Ward on Ecphora Evolution

[Patti Kane-Vanni <pkv1@erols.com>]

The Delaware Valley Paleontological Society
(In conjunction with our regular monthly meeting)
Presents:
Dr. Lauck (Buck) Ward
" Succession and Inferred Evolution of Ecphora "

Dr. Lauck W. Ward will speak about the evolution of the fossil snail, 
ecphora.  Dr. Ward is the Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at The 
Virginia Museum of Natural History.  He's the leading authority of molluscan 
biostratigraphy in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain.  He's named many of the 
stratigraphic layers of the Coastal Plain from Delaware through Georgia. 
Dr. Ward has also named many genera, including the genus Chesapecten, and 
has described numerous species of mollusks.

Date:    Thursday, October 26, 2006
Time:    7:30 P.M.
Place:   The Academy of Natural Sciences www.acnatsci.org (Close to GSA 
meeting)
In Philadelphia, 19th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway.  The Commons 
Room, 19th St. Entrance

(Free and open to the public. "Paleo-stuff" on display and for sale.)
Q&A and Discussion immediately following the talk
For further information contact DVPS Vice-President Patti Kane-Vanni at
paleopatti@hotmail.com , pkv1@erols.com  or our website at www.DVPS.org

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