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PALEO NEWS:       The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the newest volume in the Paleontological Contributions series: Walls, Bradley J., and Alycia L. Stigall. 2012. A field-based analysis of the accuracy of niche models applied to the fossil record. Paleontological Contributions 6:1–12, 3 fig., 4 tables, 3 appendices. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/8950.

Paleontological Contributions is an online-only, open-access, rapid publication journal, available free of charge to anyone with internet access.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL:       The article "A golden orb-weaver spider (Araneae: Nephilidae: Nephila) from the Middle Jurassic of China," authored by Paul A. Selden, director of the KU Paleontological Institute, and ChungKun Shih and Dong Ren, was the top-most downloaded article from Biology Letters in 2011.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE:       New Paleontological Institute merchandise is available! Check out our variety of mugs.

   Last Updated 5/16/2012