Paleonet: Seminar - Cutting edge approaches to dinosaur ecology and behaviour

[Mark Purnell]

Please find below details of a forthcoming public meeting that may be of
interest to list members (esp. those located in the UK). The talks will be
accessible to students and may provide a useful supplement to undergrad
palaeo courses (in addition to updating you on the latest developments in
this fast moving area). Please feel free to distribute this information.

Further details, including how to order tickets, are online at
http://www.charnia.org.uk/saturday_school_2008.htm

A pdf flyer/poster is available from
https://swww2.le.ac.uk/Members/map2/images/SatSemFlier2008

DYNAMIC DINOSAURS! CUTTING EDGE APPROACHES TO ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
 
Organised by The Geology Section (C) of the Leicester Literary and
Philosophical Society

Saturday 15 March 2008
9.00 am ­ 5.00 pm
University of Leicester

Everyone knows about dinosaurs, don¹t they? We have all seen them chasing
across the big screen, or in various natural history-style programmes on the
television. But what do we really know about these apparently familiar
animals, and how can scientists determine where they lived, what they looked
like, how fast they ran, what they ate, and how their brains worked? New
research, new technologies, and new fossils have led to major changes in the
way dinosaurs are studied, and are revolutionising our understanding of many
areas of dinosaur biology. We have brought together a group of leading
international dinosaur experts, all skilled in communicating in an
understandable way, to address this exciting area of science. They will
present a series of fully illustrated, accessible talks and discuss the
latest developments in dinosaur research; developments which will challenge
what we all think we already know about these iconic animals.

PROGRAMME
Dr David M. Unwin (Museum Studies, Univ. of Leicester)
Feathered dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, and birds

Dr Angela C. Milner (Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London)
The evolution of bird brains and flight

Laura B. Porro (Earth Sciences, Univ. of Cambridge)
Chewing machines: modelling feeding in early herbivorous dinosaurs

Vince Williams (Geology, Univ. of Leicester)
Duck-billed dentistry: evidence for hadrosaur diet from tooth microwear

Dr Phillip L. Manning (The Manchester Museum, Univ. of Manchester)
ŒThe bounce has gone from my bungee¹: reconstructing dinosaur biomaterials

Dr Paul Upchurch (Earth Sciences, University College, London)
Dinosaur evolution on a dynamic Earth: new approaches to geographic and
palaeoecological questions

Dr Bill Sellers (Life Sciences, Univ. of Manchester)
Running with dinosaurs: physics, physiology and fossils

Dr John R. Hutchinson (Royal Veterinary College, Univ. of London)
Into the unknowns: estimates, assumptions and validation in dinosaur
biomechanics

Followed by Discussion, Concluding Remarks & Reception.

TO ORDER TICKETS
Tickets for the Seminar are £18.00 with a buffet lunch or £12.00 without
lunch. If you would like tickets, please download a from from
http://www.charnia.org.uk/saturday_school_2008.htm











Dr Mark A. Purnell
Department of Geology
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
UK
Tel +44 116 252 3645 Fax +44 116 252 3918
www.le.ac.uk/gl/map2/