Roy Plotnick to Speak on Experimental Paleontology This Fri

ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage,  – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map)

Roy Plotnick, Phd, University of Illinois Chicago Geology Department, will speak on Experimental PaleontologyPaleontology is  usually viewed as the antithesis of an
experimental science. But in at least two areas, fossil
preservation and functional morphology, there is a long history of
experimental research. This talk will focus on experimental
studies of the functional morphology of brachiopods, crinoids, and
Ediacaran fronds.

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