The Paleontological Society

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Paleontological Society Centennial Celebration at the Houston GSA meeting October 4th-9th, 2008!

 

The Paleontological Society Position Statement: Evolution

flipperEvolution is both a scientific fact and a scientific theory. More information.

 

 

Journals

Journal of Paleontology  Paleobiology   Palaeontologia Electronica

Other Society Publications

 

What's New

Centennial Campaign in support of grants for research undertaken by students, our investment in the future of paleontology. More information.

Your voluntary contributions help substantially to advance the science of paleontology, to expand our knowledge of lost worlds! Your donations to The Paleontological Society can be mailed to the Secretary (address below) or submitted by credit card at this protected site: donate now. Thanks so much for your support! It is greatly appreciated.

North American Paleontological Convention, 2009, in Cincinnati. Proposals for symposia and field trips are currently being solicited for NAPC 2009, which will take place on the University of Cincinnati campus, June 21 to June 26.  Preliminary details and information about submission of proposals can be found at the meeting website: http://www.napc2009.org/ .  For additional information, feel free to contact Arnie Miller, chair of the organizing committee (arnold.miller@uc.edu ), or Carl Brett, who (of course) is organizing the field-trip agenda (brettce@email.uc.edu).

lapel pinFuture Research Directions in Paleontology
The report of the NSF-funded workshop on Future Research Directions in Paleontology has been published, discussed at the GSA meeting in Denver, and since widely distributed. The full report is available here. More information.

 

Priscum Special GSA 2007 edition. The latest issue of Priscum, the society's online newsletter, is still available.

NAPC 2009 - http://www.napc2009.org/. Meeting dates are June 21-26. The upcoming deadline for symposium proposals is September 15 (additional information available at our website).