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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Scientific & education soc. for professionals, students, artists, preparators and others interested in vert. paleo.

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🚨Abstract deadline update🚨 #2024SVP abstract deadlines have been extended to Monday, May 20th at 11:59pm US Eastern Time
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SVP will take legal action to block cuts to Grand Staircase-Escalante & Bears Ears National Monuments
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Hi all, you'll be pleased to know that 'Hell' and 'bone' are now permitted on the Q&A function #2020svp Please use responsibly! 😀🦴🦴🦴
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As a society we are committed to diversity and equity in our science and condemn racism. We stand with our Black and BIPOC members. Yet we know we need to do better, to educate, and to promote and amplify voices. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackInNature #BlackAFinSTEM #BlackandSTEM
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We are delighted that President Biden has asked the Department of Interior to review the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments.
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Congratulations to Danielle Dufault, winner of the #2022SVP Lanzendorf-National Geographic Prize PaleoArt Prize for 2D Art.
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Yet another amazing fossil discovery from the threatened Grand Escalante NM! Beautiful Ankylosaurid dinosaur #SaveGrandStaircase
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It’s #FossilFriday AND #2022SVP abstract acceptance day! Keep an eye on your email! We looking forward to seeing you all and hearing about your exciting research in Toronto!
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Congratulations to our #2022SVP Romer Prize Winner Armita Manafzadeh.
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SVP resists fossil sale! SVP has written to Aguttes auction house requesting halt to their sale of a scientifically important theropod dinosaur, and specimen be put into the public trust.
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Paleo assessment just out for the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite which was recently damaged. @BLMUtah #preservepubliclands
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Hey SVPers! Masking *will* be required at the upcoming in-person annual meeting! Info like this and more is on the meeting webpage! Masking will be a great way to help protect our fellow Society members as we gather in Toronto. We look forward to seeing you there! #2022svp
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SVP reacts to the Myanmar coup and calls for a moratorium on amber fossils acquired since February 2021 #WhatsHappenningInMyanmar
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SVP is pleased to announce the winners of our student presentation prizes: the Romer Prize goes to Lucas Weaver, and the Colbert Poster Prize to Noe-Heon Kim, and an honorable mention to Emily Carlisle for the Colbert. Thanks to our hardworking judges and students!
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Happy #DarwinDay ! Today is Charles Darwin's 214th birthday and we celebrate his theory of #evolution by natural selection, which is central to vertebrate paleontology. Darwin collected many #fossil #vertebrates on his voyage on the Beagle that helped shape his ideas on evolution
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Please join us during the virtual meeting for the Future Vertebrate Paleontology discussion panel! Moderator Dr. Laura Wilson will be chatting with a fantastic group of innovative researchers on their work, their outlooks, plus taking audience questions.
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Help the National Museum of Brazil rebuild - donate specimens! If your institution has material that it is willing to donate, please upload formal letters that describe the material to:
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🚨 Improvements and changes at our flagship publication, the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @JVP_vertpaleo 🚨. Here’s why you should consider publishing with the journal, a 🧵 (1/8)
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Congratulations to Matt Friedman( @Friedman_Lab ), winner of the #2022SVP Carroll Award for Early to Mid-Career Research.
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Congratulations to our #2022SVP Colbert Prize winner Meghan Forcellati.
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Update: #2020SVP will be held virtually! Looking forward to seeing you all remotely!
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SVP members’ support and assistance requested concerning Burmese amber and publishing privately-owned fossil specimens! See SVP Executive Committee’s letter that was sent to editors of over 300 scientific journals and publishers worldwide:
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Please join us in welcoming @PaleoCameron to our lineup of guest speakers at the upcoming SVP Virtual Meeting! To learn more about the virtual meeting and sign up to attend, please visit the webpage linked below.
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SVP is concerned about Aguttes' auction of a theropod dinosaur skeletons in Paris in June, which is claimed to be a potentially previously unknown species. Looking into it....
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Quick reminder that there will be a strict masking mandate in effect during the swiftly approaching annual meeting in Toronto. This is one part of a strategy to try and reduce the risk to attendees. We appreciate your helping minimize infection risk for your colleagues!
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Tune in to @PBS Wednesday 10/9 c for @Ehmee Prehistoric Road Trip, to see great fossils and spot some of our members!
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Meet Emily Graslie ( @Ehmee ), your guide on a Prehistoric Road Trip through a billion years of our planet's history. #PrehistoricRoadTripPBS premieres Wed, June 17 at 9/8c!
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We're thrilled to be partnering with the @SternbergMuseum to welcome @Ehmee as our closing keynote speaker for the 2023 virtual meeting! Interested in joining us? Find out more about the virtual meeting on our website!
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Congratulations to David Krause, winner of the #2022SVP Romer-Simpson Lifetime Achievement Award!
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Please join us during the virtual meeting for the State of the Dinosauria discussion panel! Moderator ReBecca Hunt-Foster will be chatting with a fantastic group of dinosaur-focused paleontologists about recent discoveries, plus taking audience questions.
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SVP takes action in DC! SVP Executive Committee and DC members visited members of the House Committee on Natural Resources this week to discuss why Grand Staircase and Bears Ears national monuments are important for paleontological science.
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Moderator @mrforcellati will lead a conversation with four other Squamata-focused paleontologists about recent discoveries and research advances in this order of Reptilia. This event will include an audience Q&A portion.
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Join us tonight for a special lecture by science writer Riley Black ( @Laelaps )! The lecture event will be in the Metropolitan Centre Ballroom on the Conference Centre Second Level, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm.
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Q&A in @sciencemagazine highlights SVP's action against threat to fossil-bearing National Monuments
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As leadership we need to educate ourselves and have a responsibility for educating our members. We need to listen, and we need to promote and amplify the experiences of underrepresented groups in our community. We will strive to do this. Send thoughts to: svp @vertpaleo .org
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SVP is really excited share "200 Years of Dinosaurs: New Perspectives on an Ancient World", an international conference hosted by members @Tweetisaurus and @NHMdinolab at the @NHM_London in January 2024! Abstract submissions are now open!
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With our #2022SVP virtual meeting around the corner, we're excited to let membership know about an event that the @SternbergMuseum is putting on in their GatherTown virtual museum from November 7th-13th! It will include: - Photo & meme contests - Puzzle rooms - A racetrack 1/2
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SVP supports #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia we encourage our members to spend time on June 10 learning and reflecting on systemic racism in science – excellent resources and information can be found here
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We're really excited about our new SVP Futures Award! If you are able to, please take a moment to donate to support #BIPOC undergrad research & help us meet our $16,000 #2020SVP match challenge! Details at
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We're immensely excited to be hosting @SkeleCrewPaleo for a panel discussion/Q&A on what sparked their motivation to create The Skeleton Crew, their philosophy for running the channel, and the positive impacts that they hope to impart on young paleo professionals and enthusiasts.
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SVP urges @Artcurial to reconsider and cancel the sale of scientifically important dinosaur skeletons. Scientifically important vertebrate fossils are part of our collective natural heritage and deserve to be held in public trust.
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SVP has a relatively new Code of Conduct and we have new procedures to go with it. We thought we would take some time here and share the basic steps in an ethics allegation (a thread). 1/12 #2022SVP
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SVP is thrilled to celebrate the 🚨FULL INSTALLMENT🚨 of the Rules of the U.S. Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRPA)! A thread (1/n)
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@SteveBrusatte has joined our lineup of virtual meeting speakers! He will be discussing working as the paleo consultant for @JurassicWorld_ : Dominion, what the job entailed, & the fun he had with the cast and crew. Visit the webpage below to register!
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Please join us during the virtual meeting for the Colonialism in Vertebrate Paleontology discussion panel! Moderator @sealsandsass will be chatting with a fantastic group of paleontologists about impacts, awareness, and community action initiatives.
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Trump admin takes next steps in shrinking precious National Monuments inc. important fossil sites. SVP and partners continue to pursue legal action. #SaveGrandStaircase
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78th Annual meeting began on #NationalFossilDay ! #2018SVP in Albuquerque.
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Moderator Dr. Devra Hock-Reid will lead a conversation with four other professionals formally trained in academic paleontology about successfully moving into non-academic career fields. Make sure to bring your questions for the audience Q&A portion!
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New interview on blog, by Christian Kammerer @Synapsida w/ @ZoeLescaze on history of paleoart!
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SVP files second law suit, this time for @BearsEars16 National Monument! #MonumentsForAll
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Happy 22nd Birthday to Grand Staircase National Monument! SVP and partners are working to #SaveGrandStaircase . Learn more about its amazing value for #paleontology :
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Moderator Dr. Julie Meachen will lead a conversation with four other mammal-focused paleontologists about recent discoveries and research advances in this field of vertebrate paleontology. The event will include an audience Q&A portion.
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We're excited to welcome everyone to part two of our annual meeting with the virtual meeting in the @SternbergMuseum virtual museum this week! The virtual meeting program should be going out to all in-person and virtual registrants by this Tuesday. #2023SVP
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Important paleontology gets done on public lands, like Grand Staircase- Escalante. Those protections are under fire
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Congratulations to Roland B. Sookias ( @rsookias ), winner of the #2022SVP Education and Outreach Grant.
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Standing together, standing for #MonumentsForAll ! Read letter here:
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We've been getting questions about where our Virtual Meeting event recordings will be... So here it is! All of our talks + panels being recorded will be posted on our new YouTube channel over the coming weeks as we get them edited and uploaded! #2023SVP
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Vertebrate paleontology is a truly global science that knows no national borders. SVP on US Immigration Ban
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Goodbye ABQ! What a great place to celebrate fossil discovery. Thanks again to the host committee for a wonderful meeting and congratulations to all the awards winners. How ‘bout we do this again next year? We hear Brisbane is lovely this time of year...
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#2022SVP attendees can save 20% off @ROMtoronto admission when they buy their tickets at and enter the promo code: ROM20 when buying tickets! This includes their feature expedition Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature! Thanks, ROM!
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SVP has posted new guidelines for documentation of amber specimens from Myanmar in compliance with our moratorium. They can be found at in the Myanmar Amber resources section, in three documents
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Congratulations to Márcio L. Castro ( @marciolcastro ), winner of the #2022SVP Lanzendorf-National Geographic Prize PaleoArt Prize for Scientific Illustration.
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From the President: Why SVP Cares About the Grand Staircase #GrandStaircase #GSENM #blmpaleo
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SVP reacts to upcoming @Discovery series – why do you never show women or BIPOC paleontologists, and why are you glorifying sale of fossils outside the public trust? @halfyardtv @DiscoveryInc @RedArrowTV #BlackandSTEM
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Congratulations to Maria Camila Vallejo-Pareja, winner of the #2022SVP Estes Graduate Research Grant.
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SVP abstract deadline is extended by two weeks to May 14th. We understand your research may not be as complete as you had hoped and that preliminary results may be subject to change. The impacts of the pandemic on research will be taken into account in programming decisions.
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Following SVP's 21st April 2020 statement on amber containing fossil inclusions from Myanmar, we have collated information and resources for members on Myanmar amber. Please see this webpage for further information. .
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On June 1st, SVP released a short statement on our website and via social media condemning racism in our field in any form, affirming our support for and committing to doing better for our BIPOC members. (1/2)
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Congratulations to Eloise Hunt ( @PalaeoHunt ), winner of the #2022SVP Wood Student Research Award.
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The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology takes professional conduct seriously. Hear something, See something, Say something. Report to officers of the Ethics Committee: David Polly (pdpolly @indiana .edu), Anjali Goswami (a.goswami @nhm .ac.uk), or 1/2
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Our first video is up on our YouTube channel! Dr. @SteveBrusatte 's talk "My Travels in Jurassic World" from the ongoing Virtual Meeting!
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Congratulations to Benjamin Paysnoe, winner of the #2022SVP Lanzendorf-National Geographic Prize PaleoArt Prize for Sculpture.
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The program of events for #2020SVP in now available: -- It's been tough to schedule the live events for an international meeting, but remember that talks and posters can be viewed anytime Sun 11 Oct - Sat 17 Oct with asynchronous Q&A Mon-Fri. (1/2)
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Mining claim staked on important fossil sites in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument! "GSE was created to protect paleontological resources" SVP Pres. SVP is legally contesting reduction of the Monument by Trump Admin. #SaveGrandStaircase
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Congratulations to our #2022SVP Jackson School of Geosciences Travel Grant awardees!
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Hey SVPers! The #2022SVP Annual Meeting Program Guide is now available online! See below for the link and for some important opening pages.
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SVP President Jessica Theodor and Vice President Margret Lewis on the raptor skeleton sold at action at Christie's and the importance of keeping fossils in the public trust
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Hey SVP members! The annual meeting is right around the corner and there's no time like the present to quickly review our Code of Conduct. … We're excited to see you in Toronto! Let's make this a great return to our in-person conference! #2022SVP
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Interview w/ @AaronLeBlanc6 , winner of the 2017 Romer Prize for best student talk: #2017svp
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We appreciate hearing from the one person at #2022SVP about their positive COVID test result. We are urging all attendees who either have symptoms or a pos. test result to please respect your fellow attendees & refrain from attending tonight’s Awards Banquet & Trivia Quiz event.
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Congratulations to #2022SVP Taylor and Francis Award for Best Student Article in SVP first place winner Anne Kort ( @VirtPaleo ), and second place winner Simone Glovanardi.
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Congratulations to Christian Masnaghetti, winner of the #2022SVP Lanzendorf-National Geographic Prize PaleoArt Prize for Digital Modeling Animation.
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#SVP2020 is going virtual! More info below.
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Keynote speaker Dr. Laura Wilson will be presenting on her experience building a research program and overseeing museum collections at a small rural teaching institution without a large dedicated institutional budget.
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🚨 Paleo job alert 🚨 The Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University invites applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor of Paleontology. For complete job announcement and application procedures, go to:
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Congratulations to Tim Tokaryk, winner of the #2022SVP Morris-SkinnerPrize!
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We are paleontologists @Might_Be_Giants #2017svp
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Interview w/Christopher Griffin of @VTechmeetsPaleo , 2nd place SVP Taylor & Francis Student Paper Award: #2017SVP
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New SVP memoir out today!
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Out today is a landmark 350-fossil study, carried out across 15 years The exciting findings will become 𝙩𝙝𝙚 reference point for the origin of rhino, tapir and horse🐴 Evolutionary discovery👇 @SVP_vertpaleo @LukeTHolbrook #FossilFriday #Cambaytherium
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📢 Abstracts Portal for SVP Annual Meeting opens APRIL 1. Deadline for submissions MAY 31. Get your abstract together for a talk, poster, or online only poster! 📢
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To everyone following this thread, be assured SVP is taking this very seriously, we are aware of this case and actively investigating. We cannot comment further at this time.
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Matthew Aaron Brown
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I shared an office with Bill while this was happening and had front row seats to the carnage. The absolute failure of our institutions to protect people was eye opening, and this included @SVP_vertpaleo ’s response.
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We’re excited to welcome Danny Anduza to our lineup of guest speakers at the upcoming SVP Virtual Meeting! You can learn more about the virtual meeting and sign up to attend via the webpage linked below.
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Congratulations to Tony Barnosky ( @tonybarnosky ) and Ken Rose, winners of our #2022SVP Honorary Membership Awards.
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We’re excited to welcome @DrNeurosaurus to our lineup of guest speakers at the upcoming SVP Virtual Meeting! You can learn more about the virtual meeting and sign up to attend via the webpage linked below.
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Paleontologist doing as paleontologists do #2016svp
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SVP has written to the auction house Christie's New York concerning the high-profile sale of the Tyrannosaurus rex specimen known as STAN. [] You can read the letter here:
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Thank you everyone in attendance who is helping protect fellow #2022SVP attendees by following the masking requirement! Responsible public health policy can help decrease the spread of COVID, and reduce risk to everyone (especially our at-risk attendees).
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Meet Morturneria, a plesiosaur from Antarctica that ate like a whale! Published by O'Keefe and co-authors in JVP
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