NORTH AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGY CONFERENCE—2005
JUNE 19-26
TH

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA CANADA

Photo: Squally Point is a raised Late Quaternary beach, resting on Permo-Triassic sandstone, Bay of Fundy.

The Conference will consist of five days of talks and posters, with a choice of day trips mid-week, as well as major field trips pre- or post-conference. The day trips will be to some excellent sites within a two hour drive of Halifax. These will include:

Horton Bluff (Dev/Carb boundary-early tetrapod trackways)
Wassen's Bluff (Tria/Jur-link fossil between dinosaurs and mammals)
Joggins (Carboniferous-world heritage site)
Arisaig (a world class Silurian invertebrate site)

Major field trips will include the Gaspé Peninsula (Quebec), led by Pierre Bourque and Patricia Gensel.

Tentatively, day trips will be comprised of stops in New Brunswick around Atholville (plants, etc.), Miguasha (fishes, plants), Port-Daniel area (reef and reef dwelling organisms), travel to Gaspé for stops at Forillon Park and Cap-aux-Os (plants, invertebrate macrofauna), Percé (brachiopods, trilobites) and New Richmond (stromatolites). While traveling back from northern New Brunswick to Halifax, with stop in the Bathurst area (carboniferous outcrop).

These are preliminary trips – more may be added by request to the organizers. Please suggest possible symposium topics and organizers to David B. Scott.

Housing will be available at Dalhousie University Residences (59$ Canadian/night), plus many local hotels. (See these websites for Dalhousie housing and for information about Dalhousie University.)

Dr. David B. Scott, local organizer
Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H3J5 CANADA

More information will soon be appearing on the webpage below:
NORTH AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGY CONFERENCE—2005