Molluscan Paleontology: A west coast perspective

WESTERN SOCIETY OF MALACOLOGISTS

Annual Meeting, June 6-10, 2003

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

The 36th annual meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists will be held at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California.

A symposium entitled "Molluscan Paleontology: A west coast perspective" is tentatively scheduled for Monday morning, June 9, which will spotlight current fossil molluscan research in western North America organized by Lindsey T. Groves (LACM).

A field excursion to collect in the highly fossiliferous Miocene, Topanga Formation is tentatively planned but details are pending.

Oral presentations should be limited to 20 minutes, including time for questions and/or discussions. Abstracts should be submitted electronically by May 1, 2003 and will be published in the WSM Annual Report. Please contact Lindsey T. Groves privately for additional information about this session. Questions pertaining to the meeting (ie., registration, accommodations, etc.) should be directed to WSM President Ángel Valdés.

See you in June!

Lindsey T. Groves

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Malacology Section

900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007

(213) 763-3376 (voice)

(213) 746-2999 (fax)

lgroves@nhm.org