Symposium on Turtle Evolution
The Symposium on Turtle Evolution is a meeting of turtle morphologists, evolutionary biologists, and paleontologists, which is organised by different institutions since 1983.
List of conferences
| Year | Name | City / Country | Organizers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6th Turtle Evolution Symposium | Tokyo / Japan | School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University + Paleontological Society of Japan |
| 2015 | 5th Turtle Evolution Symposium | Rio de Janeiro / Brazil | Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, and Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro |
| 2012 | Symposium on Turtle Evolution | Tübingen / Germany | Geowissenschaften, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 2009 | Gaffney Turtle Symposium | Drumheller, Alberta / Canada | Royal Tyrell Museum |
| 2003 | Symposium on Turtle Origins, Evolution and Systematics | St. Petersburg / Russia | Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1983 | First International Symposium on Fossil Turtles | Paris / France | N.N. |
Besides these symposiums, there have been additional smaller meetings:
- 1995: session during the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (Edmonton, Canada),
- 1996: session during the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (New York, USA)
- 2003: one-day symposium during the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology organized by the International Society of Vertebrate Morphology (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2014: Meeting of Central European Turtle Evolutionary Biologists, organized by Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)
References
- Brinkman D, Holroyd P., and Gardner J (editors) (2012). Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series. Springer
- Danilov IG and Parham JF (2006). Report on the 3rd Symposium on Turtle Origins, Evolution and Systematics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003. Fossil Turtle Research Vol. 1, 2006, pp. 5 – 10, http://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_et_al_2006b.pdf
- de Broin, Jiménez-Fuentes (1984, eds.). Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial I. Studia Palaeocheloniologica I
- Joyce WG, Corsini J, Werneburg I, and Rabi M (editors) (2012). Symposium on Turtle Evolution 2012. Program and Abstracts. TOBIAS-lib Hochschulserver der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen 2012, http://tobias-lib.uni-tuebingen.de/volltexte/2012/6210/
- Moustakas-Verho J, Gilbert S (organizers) (2013). The Origin and Evolution of Turtles. In: "Program & Abstracts of the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Barcelona 2013". Anatomical Record 296 (Special Feature): 170-174. (Special Issue to be edited in the Journal of Experimental Zoology B)