Dear all,

tomorrow, Juan López Cantalapiedra (Paleobiology Department of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain) will give a talk about

The diversification of the ruminants and its connections to ecology.

A short description of Juan’s research:

” One of the main questions in paleontology and evolution refers to diversification patterns. Whether speciation and extinction events are bunched in time, concomitant with climatic or tectonic episodes, or whether such events are affected by evolutionary innovations are major issues in macroevolution that still remain little understood. In my thesis, I tackled these problems using a phylogenetic framework and ruminants as my study group. Specifically, I studied the impact of diet and ecological specialization on their speciation rates. I also discovered that the most important shifts in ruminant diversification occurred in concert with other faunal pulses and climatic events. ”

http://biochange-lab.academia.edu/JuanLCantalapiedra/About
http://pmmv.com.es/node/17

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 24.1.2012, C108 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu

Dear all,

Kurtén Club starts again this spring. Björn Kurtén Club is a forum for everyone intressed in paleontology. Main participants are paleontology students, researchers and professors. This year, we have every other week a presentation/introduction, held either by one of the group members or a visiting lecturer, and every other week a group meeting/conversation session. Visit our blog for more information: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/bk-club/ .

First meeting will be held tomorrow, 17.1.2012, at 16.00(-17.00) in room B112 (near Mikael’s office), Physicum, Kumpula. Next meetings will be held every Tuesday at the same time in the C108 (unless otherwise announced). Exceptionally this January and February every other meeting will be held in C108 and every other in B112. The program will be available on Kurtén Clubs blog. Suggestions for possible topics and speakers are most welcome.

Tomorrow, Hui Tang will talk about
News from AGU.

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 17.1.2012, B112 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu

Dear all,

there’s no meeting today. Kurtén Club will have a holiday season break and continue after mid-January.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Best,
Allu

Dear all,

tomorrow we will have our traditional chocolate trilobite session and also organise the shelves in C108 to make room for our article collection.

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 13.12.2011, C108 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu

Dear all,

there’s no meeting today.

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!

Best,
Allu

Dear all,

tomorrow we will have a group meeting / conversation session.

Main topic will be the SVP meeting 2011. All of you who were there are most welcome to come and share your news and acquired info.

If you have interesting articles that consider your or the groups work, feel free to bring them with you.

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 22.11.2011, C108 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu

Dear all,

tomorrow, Tuomas Jokela will give a talk about

Mesowear analysis of large herbivore teeth from the late Miocene of Greece & Iran.

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 18.10.2011, C108 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu

Dear all,

tomorrow, Aino Tuomola will give a talk about

A New Anguimorph Lizard from Early Cretaceous of Öösh, Mongolia.

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 11.10.2011, C108 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu

Dear all,

tomorrow we will have a group meeting / conversation session.

If you have interesting articles that consider your or the groups work, feel free to bring them with you.

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 4.10.2011, C108 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu

Dear all,

next Tuesday, Mikko Haaramo will give a

News flash (Top 10 articles since last time).

Time & Loc.:
16.00, 27.9.2011, C108 Physicum

Welcome,
Allu