24th Annual Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium

March 16-18, 2007

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

Program | Field Trip | Abstracts | Registration | Lodging | Travel to Dallas | Helpful Websites | Event Photos

The Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium (MPC) is held on a different campus each year, providing an informal forum for paleobotany students and professors to meet with others interested in fossil plants for social interaction and exchange of information and ideas. For background and historical overview of the MPC, including its occasional drift to the extreme margins of the North American "midcontinent", see http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~rothwell/MPC/index.htm.

Program

Friday (March 16)
• Open house
• Registration and Reception

Saturday (March 17)
• Main Programs
• Banquet (Dinner & Speaker) Banquet Informaton PDF

Sunday (March 18)
• Optional field trip led by Bill DiMichele and Dan Chaney to the Wichita Falls area. The vegetation and climate change associated with the Pennsylvanian-Permian boundary will be the focus of the trip.

Learn more about the field trip to the Pennyslvanian-Permian Deposits of the Jacksboro Area.

Abstracts

View the current abstract submissions [269 Kb PDF]

Registration

Click here to register!

Lodging

Shuttles will be arranged between the SMU campus and a local hotel. Housing may also be arranged by request for visiting graduate students to stay overnight at the homes of local faculty and students.

Additional information about lodging can be found here.

Travel to Dallas

Dallas is served by two major airports: Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field.
Southern Methodist University is located in the University Park area of Dallas:

For more information please contact: Bonnie Jacobs at bjacobs@smu.edu

Helpful Websites