

Svp 2017 free#
I didn't have anything to present this year, given that my recent research has been focused on invertebrates, so I was free to focus on what everyone else was saying. The playground was a nice diversion, but the meat of the conference was of course the presentations. Individuals represented are Tristan Stock ( Leaellynasaura), Arthur Jarrett Brown (blue Triceratops), Bobby Ebelhar (green Triceratops), Meig Dickson ( Kulindadromeus), myself ( Albertonykus), Austin Deans ( Machairasaurus), Tut Tran ( Amphicyon), and Kevin Sievers (" Diplotomodon"). Many of the conference-goers (including some of my associates) were particularly taken by the museum's playground.įun on the playground at the SVP welcome reception. The welcome reception that evening took place at the Telus Spark science museum.

The day after the Tyrrell field trip, the conference proper began in earnest. Having been on my bucket list for a long while, the Tyrrell proved more than worth the visit, though it was at the cost of missing out on an alternate field trip that included a visit to the type locality of Albertonykus (as more than one participant on that other trip was eager to inform me afterward). I chose the trip going to the Royal Tyrrell Museum, which deserves a post all on its own. Exciting enough, in fact, to entice me into joining an SVP field trip for the first time. This year's meeting took place in Calgary and, as one might expect, its location provided many exciting field trip opportunities. Another SVP has come and gone, this time slightly earlier in the year than we're accustomed to.
