63rd Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy
The Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA) annual conference was held at the University of Southampton National Oceanography Centre at the beginning of September. This is the first year we’ve attended this event, and covered a wide range of topics in vertebrate palaeontology. We spoke to several people, which you can listen to here, including information on Romanian and Hungarian fossils, ceratopsian dinosaurs, ankylosaur histology, sesamoid bones, sharks and more.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 48:33 — 66.7MB)
Artists impression of sexual selection in Protoceratops. Image credit Rebecca Gelernter, www.nearbirdstudios.com
Skeletal reconstruction of Protoceratops. Image credit Dave Hone.
Barbat River in the Haţeg Basin, one of the localities in Romania. Imge credit Liz Martin.
Artists impression of the unnamed short-necked azhdarchid pterosaur found in Romania. Image credit Mark Witton.
Sophie Regnault (Royal Veterinary College) uses dissection, diagnostic imaging and histology to investigate sesamoid bone morphology and evolution. Image credit Chris Basu.
Artists impression two apatosaurs using their necks to fight. Image credit Brian Engh.
Sarah Strachan (University of Southampton) on fieldwork in Romania.
Top image: Delegates at SVPCA in front of the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton. Image credit Jessica Lawrence Wujek.
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