Date/Time
Date(s) - Thu 29 October
15:00
Location
CO304, Cotton Building, VUW
Talk by Professor Derek Briggs
Yale University
The importance of exceptional preservation in revealing the history of life on Earth is widely recognized. Different environmental settings yield soft-bodied fossils at different times through the fossil record. Selected examples illustrate the importance of these discoveries in revealing various facets of life in the past.
Bio: Derek Briggs is the leading expert globally on the preservation and evolutionary significance of exceptionally preserved fossil biotas, ranging from Cambrian arthropods to colour patterns in dinosaurs. He is the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Curator of the Peabody Museum at Yale University.
Online: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/415592912031574?p=GiBNpMovO2wCC6FtOw