Presents
Location: Stanford University
This will be the 427th meeting since 1954
Fossil species were once considered central to the process of reconstructing the tree of life, but today such relationships are established mostly by molecular sequence data (e.g., DNA) derived from living organisms. Fossils, however, provide key features that can impact phylogenetic tree structures and they can also directly inform our understanding of the timing of morphological changes, which the modern biota alone cannot. In this presentation, I will demonstrate an integrative approach for incorporating fossil species into the tree of life, focusing on venomous marine snails belonging to the hyperdiverse genus Conus.
Jonathan Hendricks
Jonathan Hendricks has a B.S. in Geology & Geophysics and Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in Geological Sciences. Before arriving at San Jose State University as an Assistant Professor in 2008, Jonathan was a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Kansas. He is also a Research Associate at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York. HendricksŐ research interests include invertebrate paleontology and zoology, especially Cenozoic mollusks, macroevolution, paleobiogeography, and phylogenetic systematics. His current research focuses on the Neogene fossil record of cone snails from tropical America, especially the Dominican Republic and Panama.
Reservations: The preferred way to make reservations is simply to email Mike Diggles at mdiggles@usgs.gov by Nov. 4, tell him you will attend, commit to pay, and bring your payment to the meeting. Mike always emails a confirmation; if you don’t get one, assume email crashed yet again and email him a second time. A check made to “PGS” is preferred, payable at the meeting.
If you want to pay in advance:
Everyone (including Stanford folks now) Please make dinner reservations by Nov. 4. Contact Mike Diggles, at U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-951 Menlo Park, CA 94025, Tel.: (650) 329-5404. Send check made out to “PGS” to Mike.
Dinner is $35.00. Includes wine (5:30 to 6:15 PM.) and dinner (6:15-7:30 PM.).
For students from all universities and colleges, the dinner, including the social 3/4-hour, is $8.00 and is partially subsidized thanks to the School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (Note, no-show reservations owe the full price).
Doris, whose wonderful crew prepares our meals, asked that we let you know that people who are late RSVPing and people who show up without a reservation will be welcome but that they will be eating on paper plates with plastic utensils (food supply permitting).
Dues for Academic Year 2011-2012 ($10.00) should be sent to Mike Diggles, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-951, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Mike’s phone: (650) 329-5404.
Officers: Mireya Berrios, President; Joe Colgan, Vice President; Mike Diggles, Secretary-Treasurer; Elizabeth Miller, PGS Stanford University Coordinator
Date created: October 26, 2011
Last modified: October 26, 2011
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