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Phytosaur skull in the park's fossil prep lab.

A Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium will be held at Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona from April 10-12, 2008.

The symposium will include both invited and volunteered platform and poster presentations. Fossil preparators and collections professionals will present papers regarding care and preservation of fossil resources, to compliment a day of workshops and field trip through the park and collections facilities. Conference attendees will receive a copy of a proceedings volume, including papers generated by the meeting.  

Symposium Papers and Workshops

Petrified Forest National Park was established in 1906 to protect petrified wood and other fossils from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation in northeastern Arizona. These fossils have been researched for over 100 years resulting in the publication of hundreds of papers, forming a cornerstone for Late Triassic paleontological studies in North America.

Registration Fee: $65. Covers all events and includes a copy of proceedings volume.

Registration Form (please print, complete, and return to the address listed below)

Conference Events

April 9
7:00 pm - Early Registration. Mesa Grill and Sports Bar, Holbrook

April 10
7:30 - 8:00 am - Registration. Petrified Forest National Park
8:00 am - Tours of the preparation lab and collections facilities, followed by a highlight tour of the park, including a hike to fossil localities.
6:30 pm - Welcome Reception. The Mesa Italian Restaurant, Holbrook

April 11
8:00 am - 5:30 pm - Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium. Petrified Forest National Park
6:00 - 8:00 pm - BBQ Social. Petrified Forest National Park

April 12
9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Workshops
6:00 pm - Dinner Reception. The Mesa Italian Restaurant, Holbrook

Directions

The Mesa Restaurants are located at 2318 Navajo Blvd, at the northern end of Holbrook AZ, between I-40 exits 286 and 289.

Petrified Forest National Park is 25 miles east of Holbrook. All events will be taking place at the northern end of the park at the Painted Desert Visitor Center, located off I-40, Exit 311. Do not use Hwy 180, as that puts you at the south park entrance and about an hour late for events. If arriving from the south via Hwy 77 North, continue past the Hwy 180 turn-off, through Holbrook, and onto I-40 East.

For more information contact:

Matthew Brown
Fossil Preparator
Phone: 928-524-6228 ext. 281
or
William Parker
Park Paleontologist
Phone: 928-524-6228 ext. 262

Petrified Forest National Park
PO Box 2217
Petrified Forest, AZ 86028

Fax: 928-524-3567