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SPRING 2002

Sebastian Apesteguía
"Dinosaurs and Associated Fauna from "La Buitrera," a New Early Late Cretaceous Locality from Patagonia, Argentina"
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires, Argentina

Andrea Arcucci
"Search for Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs in Central Argentina"
Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina

Brent Breithaupt
"Documentation of Middle Jurassic Dinosaur Tracks"
University of Wyoming Geological Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Lisa Buckley
"A Localized Dinosaur Paleoecological Study of the Hell Creek Formation in Carter County, Montana"
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Thomas Carr and Thomas Williamson
"North American Tyrannosauridae: Phylogeny and Biogeography"
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and New Mexico Museum of Natural History, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Colette Cherry
"Bone Histology of the Primitive Dinosaur Thecodontosaurus antiquus"
University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K.

Tim Fedak
"Nova Scotia Prosauropod Palaeohistology and Systematics"
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Anthony Fiorillo
"Vertebrate Taphonomy of a Dinosaur-Bearing Bonebed in the Prince Creek Formation of Northern Alaska"
Dallas Museum of Natural History, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

Sandra Jasinoski
"The Evolution and Functional Morphology of the Theropod Shoulder Apparatus"
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Alexander Kellner
"Dinosaurs from the Continental Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil"
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
"Ornithomimosaurian Phylogeny"
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Fukui, Japan

Andrew Lee
"Kinetics and Kinematics of the Alligator Forelimb: Inferences on Ceratopsid Forelimb Posture and Gait"
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

Richard McCrea
"Comparative Dinosaur Palaeoichnology of Western Canada"
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Karen Moreno Fuentealba
"Searching for New Dinosaur Footprints and Casts from the Baños del Flaco Fm. (Tithonian-Upper Jurassic), Chile"
Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Christopher Noto
"Creating a Worldwide Dinosaur Fossil Database"
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

Christopher Ott
"Possible New Occurrence of Anatotitan copei from the Hell Creek Formation, Carter County, Montana"
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Diego Pol
"Efficient Data Management of Phylogenetic Information"
Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Leonardo Salgado
"Lower Cretaceous Dinosaurs of North Patagonia"
Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina

Phil Senter
"Phylogenetic Position of Avialae and Protobirds"
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.A.

Matthew Vickaryous
"Evolution and Development of the Dinosaurian Pectoral Apparatus and Sternum"
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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FALL 2002

Ana Maria Bravo Arce
“Dinosaur Eggshells from Lower and Upper Cretaceous of Spain: Diversity and Taphonomy”
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Karin Rattlingourd Herrmann
“The Phylogenetic Relationships, Taxonomy, and Biogeography of Thyreophoran Dinosaurs”
The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Christine Missell
“Thermoregulatory Adaptations of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis: Evidence from Oxygen Isotopes”
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.

David Parris
“Faunal Sequence of the Upper Cretaceous in the Elk Mountain Basin area, Wyoming and Montana
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey , U.S.A.

Bernardino Perez-Moreno
Pelecanimimus polyodon: Anatomical Description and Phylogenetic Analysis”
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Rudyard Sadleir
“The Anatomy of Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis, Collections Visit to China
Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.

Blaine Schubert and Peter Ungar
“Tyrannosaurid Microwear”
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Francois Therrien and Matthew O'Neill
“Rethinking Ceratopsid and Stegosaurian Limb Posture and Locomotion”
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Xu Xing
“Preparing New Small Dinosaur Material from the Jurassic of Xinjiang, China
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, China

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SPRING 2003

Sebastian Apesteguía
"Small-Sized Dinosaurs from "La Buitrera" (Early Late Cretaceous), Northern Patagonia, Argentina"
Museo Provincial "Carlos Ameghino," Cipolletti, Río Negro, Argentina

Andrea Cambiaso
"Basal Iguanodontian Ornithopods from Argentina and Antarctica"
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ariana Carbajal
"New Theropod Braincase"
Museo Carmen Funes, Plaza Huincul, Neuquén, Argentina

Anthony Fiorillo
"Vertebrate Paleoecology of the Late Cretaceous of Northern Alaska
Dallas Museum of Natural History, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

Casey Holliday
"The Evolution of Jaw Muscles in Archosaurs, with Special Emphasis on Birds, Crocodilians, and Dinosaurs"
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.

Takehito Ikejiri and Gabe Bever
"A Digitally Rendered Endocast and Braincase Anatomy of Camarasaurus (Sauropoda)"
Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, U.S.A.

Lu Junchang
"Salvage of Oviraptorid Dinosaurs from Heyuan Basin, Southern China"
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

Adriana Mancuso
"The Los Rastros Fm.: the Stratigraphic and Environmental Context of the Origin and Diversification of Dinosaurs"
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Teresa Manera de Bianco
"Sauropod Embryonic Remains in Silicified Eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Northern Patagonia, Argentina"
Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina

Katherine McCarville and Gale Bishop
"Investigating Dinosaur Urination Scout Marks"
South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.A.

Timothy Myers
"Taphonomy of the Mother's Day Site and its Implications for Sauropod Herding Behavior"
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

Fernando Novas
"Maniraptoran Theropods from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia"
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia," Buenos Aires, Argentina

Justin Sipla
"Semicircular Canal Dimensions and the Origin of Flight in Birds"
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

Nancy Stevens
"Mesozoic Paleontology in Northwestern Namibia"
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.

David Varricchio
"Paleontologic Exploration of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Wayan and Blackleaf Fms. of Idaho and Montana"
Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Anton Wroblewski
"21st Century Analysis of a Jurassic Killing Field"
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Lindsay Zanno
"Phylogenetic Assessment of a New Species of Basal Therizinosaur"
University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

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FALL 2003

Margaret Hall
"Anatomical Correlates of Activity Pattern in Birds and Non-Avian Dinosaurs"
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

Debra Jennings
"Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Morrison Formation Deposits, Big Horn Basin, Wyoming"
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.

Ricardo Melchor
"Paleoecology and Behavior of Small Late Triassic Theropod Dinosaurs: Ichnological Evidence from Bird-Like Footprints and Associated Ichnofauna of NW Argentina"
Universidad de La Pampa, La Pampa, Argentina

Karen Moreno
“Morphology of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Footprints: Integrating Foot Anatomy and Kinematics"
University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K.

Oliver Rauhut
"Lower Cretaceous Vertebrate Remains from the Huaniman Area, Cerro Barcino Formation"
Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Leonardo Salgado
"Excavation of an Articulated Lower Cretaceous Sauropod from the La Picaza Locality, Southern Region of Neuquén Province, Argentina
Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina

Tanya Samman
"Cervical Functional Morphology of Coelurosaurian Dinosaurs"
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Phil Senter
"Phylogenetic Position of Deinocheirus"
Lamar State College, Orange, Texas , U.S.A.

Justin Sipla
“High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography of Bird and Theropod Semicircular Canals"
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York , U.S.A.

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SPRING 2004

Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Candeiro
"Abelisauroidea, Allosauroidea, and Spinosauroidea Teeth from Gondwanan Landmasses"
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lisa Buckley
"Variation in Tooth Morphology in Theropod Dinosaurs: Documenting Individual and Ontogenetic Variation in Coelophysis bauri Teeth"
South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.A.

Richard Butler
"A Reappraisal of the Phylogeny of the Ornithischia - Museum Work in China"
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

Andrew Farke
"Finite Element Modeling of Ceratopsid Dinosaur and Bovid Mammal Horncores"
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

Tim Fedak
"The Description and Systematics of the Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs of North America, Including a New Taxon from the Early Jurassic of Nova Scotia"
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Justin Georgi
"The Semicircular Canals of Dinosaurs: Tracking Major Transitions in Locomotion"
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

ReBecca Hunt
"A Ceratopsian Dinosaur from the Javelina Fm. (Maastrichtian), Big Bend National Park, Texas"
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A.

Jacqueline Kozisek
"A Study of Camarasaurus lentus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) Torso and its Biomechanical Implications"
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Matthew Lamanna
"The Impact of Epicontinental Seaways on Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Evolution in Southern South America"
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

David Lovelace and Scott Hartman
"CT-Scan of Jurassic Maniraptoran, Morrison Fm., Central Wyoming"
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Susannah Maidment
"The Stegosaurs of Asia"
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

Jesus Marugán-Lobón
“Theoretical Approximation to the Morphology of the Skull of Theropod Dinosaurs with the Use of Geometric Morphometric Tools"
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Benjamin Scherzer
"The Taphonomy of the "Sun River Bonebed," Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Fm. of Montana"
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.

Justin Sipla
"The Semicircular Canals of Birds and Pterosaurs: Adaptations to Powered Flight"
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

Holly Woodward
"Bone Histology of the Sauropod Dinosaur Alamosaurus sanjuanensis from the Javelina Fm., Big Bend National Park"
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A.

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FALL 2004

Sebastian Apesteguía
"Endemic South American Dinosaurs from "La Bonita" (Early Campanian), Northern Patagonia, Argentina"
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Aizek Asanbekovich Bakirov
"Excavation of a Partial Sauropod Skeleton and Other Dinosaurs at the Middle Jurassic Sarkamyshsai Locality, Northern Fergana Valley of Kyrgyzstan"
National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Terry Gates
"Taxonomy and Paleoecology of North American Hadrosauridae"
University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Ursula Göhlich
"A New Theropod from the Upper Jurassic of the Solnhofen Area in Bavaria, Germany"
University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Christopher Heesy and Margaret Hall
"Inferring Binocular Visual Field Overlap in Non-Avian Dinosaurs Based On Extant Diapsid Scaling Models"
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York, U.S.A.

Frankie Jackson
"Titanosaur Reproductive Biology"
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.

Mark Loewen
"Hindlimb Ontogeny, Functional Morphology, and Locomotor Function of the Late Jurassic Theropod Dinosaur Allosaurus"
University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Daniel Perea
"Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from Tacuarembó Formation (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous), Uruguay"
Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

David Rubilar
“Dinosaurs of the Atacama Desert"
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile

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SPRING 2005

David Evans

“Ontogeny and Variation in Hypacrosaurus altispinus (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae)”

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 
Margaret Hall

“Inferring Binocular Visual Field Overlap in Non-Avian Dinosaurs Based on Extant Diapsid Scaling Models”

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.


Tobin Hieronymus

“The Facial Integument of Pachyrhinosaurus

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.


Andrew Lee

“Evolution of Quadrupedality in Dinosaurs: Quantifying the Relative Importance of Phylogeny, Ontogeny, and Mechanics on Bone Histology”

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.


Joseph Sertich

“Dinosaurs of Kenya’s Rift Valley: A New Cretaceous Vertebrate Fauna”

University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.


Justin Sipla

“Vestibular Adaptations to Locomotor Behavior in Sauropod Dinosaurs”

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.


Eric Snively

“Computer Simulations of Tyrannosaurid Feeding Mechanics”

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada


Matthew Vickaryous

“Skeletal Anatomy of the Late Cretaceous Ankylosaurs Panoplosaurus and Edmontonia: A Reevaluation of Taxonomy, Systematics, and Biomechanics”

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


Mathew Wedel

“Pneumatization of the Postcranial Skeleton in Apatosaurus and Haplocanthosaurus

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.


Lindsay Zanno

“Reconstructing the Phylogenetic and Paleobiological History of Therizinosaurs: Identifying Trends Within Coelurosauria”

University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

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FALL 2005

Lisa Buckley

“In Search of British Columbia's Dinosaurs: Exploration for Dinosaurian Skeletal Remains in Northeastern British Columbia

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Tatsuya Hirasawa

“Kinematics of Theropod Rib Cages and Their Implications for Respiratory Systems”

University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan


Randall Irmis

“A Reappraisal of the Phylogeny of Early Dinosaurs”

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

 

Sterling Nesbitt

“The Rise of Dinosaurs in the Triassic of North America: New Insights Into the Origin of Dinosaurs”

Columbia University and American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, U.S.A.

 

Nathan Smith

“Early Jurassic Dinosaurs from Arizona: Illuminating the Timing and Tempo of the Triassic-Jurassic Faunal Transition”

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

 

Alan Turner

“Mesozoic Dinosaur Biogeography: Missing Data and the Effects of Sampling Biases”

American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, U.S.A.

 

Frank Varriale

“Testing Dinosaur-Angiosperm Coevolutionary Relationships with an Analysis of Marginocephalian Dental Microwear and Jaw Morphology”

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

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SPRING 2006

Andrew Farke

“Evolution of the Frontal Sinuses in Ceratopsian Dinosaurs”

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

 

Katrina Gobetz

“Dental Deposits in Herbivorous Dinosaurs as Potential Indicators for Diet and Paleoecology: Analysis of Biogenic Silica with New Methodology”

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.A.

 

Mark Loewen

“Stratigraphic and Paleontological Exploration in the Upper Cretaceous of the Ambilobe Basin, Northern Madagascar

University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

 

Timothy Myers

“Investigation of Faunal Response to Climate Change in the Late Jurassic of Portugal and Chemostratigraphic Correlation with the Morrison Formation (Western Interior, USA)”

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

 

Attila Ösi

“The Hungarian Continental Vertebrate Fauna and Biogeography During the Late Cretaceous”

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

 

Diego Pol and Gerardo Cladera

“Dinosaurs from the Chubut Group of Central Patagonia

Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina

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FALL 2006

Sebastian Apesteguía
"Before the Turnover: Endemic South American Dinosaurs from the Early Campanian of Northern Patagonia (La Bonita, Z-V Field), Argentina"
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Joseph Daniel

“Heads and Skulls as Sediment Sorters: An Actualistic, CT-Based Study in Taphonomy”

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.

Terry Gates
"Two New Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) Skulls from the Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument, Southern Utah: Description and Significance"
University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Jordan Mallon

“Inferring Niche Partitioning Among Herbivorous Dinosaurs from the Belly River Group of Alberta, Canada

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

Christopher Noto

“The Influence of Post-Burial Environment and Plant-Bone Interactions on Vertebrate Preservation: An Experimental Taphonomic Study”

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

 

Eric Roberts

“Zimbabwe Dinosaur Project: A First Look at Late Cretaceous Fluvio-Lacustrine Deposits, and Re-Examination of Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Localities in the Mid-Zambezi, Cabora Bassa, Mano Pools, and Lebombo Basins”

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Lindsay Zanno
"A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Review of Therizinosauroidea, with Taxonomic Revision and Redescription of the Genera Alxasaurus, Enigmosaurus, Nanshiungosaurus, and Therizinosaurus"
University of Utah and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

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SPRING 2007

Romain Amiot

Oxygen Isotope Composition of the Tooth Enamel of Spinosaurid Dinosaurs as an Ecological Indicator”

Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, China

 

Matteo Belvedere

“Ichnological Study of the Taghbalout Ichnosite (Demnat, Central High Atlas, Morocco)”

Università Degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy

 

Stephen Brusatte and Roger Benson

“Basal Tetanuran Phylogeny and Evolution: The Importance of Monolophosaurus and Neovenator

University of Bristol, Bristol, and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

 

Juan Canale

Phylogenetic Relationships of Carcharodontosauridae (Saurischia: Theropoda) and Related Basal Tetanurans”

Museo “Ernesto Bachmann”, Villa El Chocón, Neuquén, Argentina

 

Federico Fanti

“Dinosaur Faunas from the Peace Country of Northwestern Alberta: Paleobiogeographic Implications”

University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

 

Michael Habib

“Structural Properties of Archaeopteryx and the Origin of Avian Flight”

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

 

Shoji Hayashi

“Ontogeny of Bone Histology of Stegosaurus (Ornithischia: Thyreophora)”

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

 

Martin Kundrát

“Evolutionary Patterns of the Tail Abbreviation and its Bearing on Phenotypic Modulation of the Pelvic Region in Terrestrial and Volant Theropods”

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

Kyo Tanoue

“Comparative Anatomy and the Masticatory System of Basal Ceratopsia (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)”

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

 

John Whitlock

“Testing the Relationship of Skull Shape and Function in a Group of Sauropod Dinosaurs”

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

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FALL 2007

Ricardo Araújo and Rui Castanhinha

“Dinosaur Eggs and Embryos of the Lourinhã Formation (Upper Jurassic, Portugal)”

Museu da Lourinhã, Lourinhã, Portugal

 

Martin Ezcurra

“Redescription of the Coelophysoid Liliensternus liliensterni from the Triassic of Germany and the Early Evolution of Theropods”

Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Pablo Gallina

“Sauropod Dinosaurs and Associated Fauna from "La Bonita Hill", Northern Patagonia, Argentina

Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Rodolfo Garcia

“Prospecting of Unexplored Late Cretaceous North Patagonian Localities with Dinosaur Eggs, Potentially Holder of Embryonic Remains”

Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina

 

Justin Hall

Finite Element Modeling of the Lower Jaw in Extant Squamata and Theropoda: A Comparison of the Functional Morphology of the Intramandibular Joint”

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

 

Joel Hutson

“Why Don't Quadrupedal Ornithischian Forelimbs Look Like Sauropod Forelimbs? A Comparison of Saurischians and Ornithischians that Secondarily Evolved Quadrupedalism”

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.A.

 

Randall Irmis

“Investigating the Rise of Dinosaurs in Ethiopia

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

 

Jacob McCartney

“Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous of Mali and their Potential Biogeographic Implications”

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.

 

Brian Platt

“Linking Climate Change and Faunal Turnover In Dinosaurs of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation”

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.

 

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SPRING 2008

Karl Bates

“Locomotor Gait and Performance of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda): Integrating 3D Trackway Analysis and Musculoskeletal Modeling”

University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.

 

Kirstin Brink

“Ontogeny and Evolution of Hypacrosaurus stebingeri

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

Michael Burns

“External and Internal Structure of Ankylosaurid (Dinosauria; Ornithischia; Ankylosauridae) Osteoderms”

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

 

David Dufeau

“The Evolution of Cranial Pneumaticity in Dinosauria: Patterns of Paratympanic Sinus Development”

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.

 

Derek Larson

“Paleoecological Changes in the Upper Milk River Formation (Latest Santonian) Based On Microvertebrate Fossils”

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

 

Christopher Matson

“Paleoclimatology and Faunal Turnover in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada

University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

Holly Woodward

“Population Bone Histology and Growth Rate of the Hadrosaurid Dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum

Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.


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FALL 2008

Cecilia Apaldetti

“Exploration of a New Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic Dinosaur Locality In Northwestern Argentina

Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, Argentina

 

Matteo Belvedere

“Rediscovering Triassic Dolomites' Dinosaur Traces (Northeastern Italy)”

Università Degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy

 

José Carballido and Diego Pol

“Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Remains from the Early Cretaceous of Central Patagonia

Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina

 

Elisabete Fernandes de Almeida Malafaia

“The Portuguese Register of Upper Jurassic Theropod Dinosaurs: Paleobiogeographic Implications”

Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Michael Habib

“Biomechanical Contrasts of Cretaceous Birds and Pterosaurs”

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

 

Andrew McDonald

“The Anatomy of Eolambia and the Phylogeny of Iguanodontia”

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

 

Michael Pittman

Kentrosaurus aethiopicus, Dicraeosaurus hansemanni, and Dicraeosaurus sattleri: Important Insights Into the Evolution and Biomechanics of Stegosaur and Sauropod Tails”

University College London, London, U.K.

 

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SPRING 2009

Jonah Choiniere

“New Jurassic and Cretaceous Coelurosaur Specimens from China

The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

 

Jocelyn Falconnet

“The Origin and Diversification of Sauropods: A Complete and Articulated Large Sauropodomorph Specimen from the Early Jurassic Upper Elliot Formation of Lesotho

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

 

Philip Mannion

“Systematics, Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Rebbachisauridae (Dinosauria: Sauropoda)”

University College London, London, U.K.

 

Eric Morschhauser

“The Taphonomy of a Potential Population of Auroraceratops sp. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)”

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

 

Ashley Poust

“Description and Histology of Dromaeosaurids from the Yixian Formation, Early Cretaceous, China

Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.

 

Robin Sissons and Eric Snively

“Locomotor Ontogeny of Albertosaurus sarcophagus: Digitizing Limb Elements at the American Museum of Natural History”

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

 

Slimane Zitouni

“The Sauropod Dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic of the High Atlas Mountains (Ait Hani Basin, Bathonian, Morocco): Evolution, Phylogeny, and Palaeobiogeography”

University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco

 

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FALL 2009

Emalee Blumhagen

“Integration of Three-Dimensional Slab and Counterslab Laser Surface Scan Data of Fossil Non-Avian and Avian Theropods from the Cretaceous of China

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

 

Stephen Brusatte, Richard Butler, and Octávio Mateus

“Terrestrial Vertebrates Near the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary in Portugal: Excavation of New Bonebeds”

Columbia University and American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, U.S.A.; Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany; Universidad Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Victoria Egerton

“Paleobiogeography of a Gondwanan High-Latitude Cretaceous Biome”

Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

 

Rodolfo Garcia

“Continuation with the Prospecting of the Embryos Area and Excavation of the Adult Sauropod Remains from Late Cretaceous North Patagonian Localities”

Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina

 

Federico Gianechini

“Dromaeosaurid Theropods from Patagonia, Argentina: Collections Visit”

Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Alejandro Otero

“Restoration and Upgrade of the Dinosaur Collection at the Museo de La Plata, with Emphasis on Sauropod Remains”

Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

 

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