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Lindley Hall, home of the Paleontological Institute, on the beautiful University of Kansas campus.
PALEO NEWS:
The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the immediate availability of three new articles in Treatise Online.
Access to Treatise Online is free to members of the Palaeontological Association, Paleontological Society, and SEPM, as well as members of subscribing libraries; all others can purchase downloads. (more...)
AND THAT'S NOT ALL:
The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the newest volume in the Paleontological Contributions series. Richard A. Robison (University of Kansas) and Loren E. Babcock (Lund University and Ohio State University) collaborated to produce "Systematics, paleobiology, and taphonomy of some exceptionally preserved trilobites from Cambrian Lagerstätten of Utah," Paleontological Contributions number 5. This contribution describes one new genus and 25 new species from the Spence, Wheeler, Marjum, and Weeks formations in Utah. All Paleontological Contributions articles are freely available online in PDF format.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE:
Paul Selden, director of the Paleontological Institute at KU, has been awarded a Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Foundation in Germany. The Humboldt Research Award is for outstanding academics at the peak of their careers and in leading positions. The award is granted to researchers whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.
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