DPS Monthly Meeting for September In Person and ZOOM

The regular monthly meeting for the DPS for September will be September 14 on ZOOM.  The speaker and the topic will be:

Mosasaur Origins

The DPS will meet next on Wednesday, September 14th, at 7PM Central time, in person and on Zoom.  We will be back at our normal meeting place, the Boonesville Auditorium (Room 125) of the Ellison Miles Building (Bldg H) at Brookhaven Campus of Dallas College (3939 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch).  Mike Polcyn, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of the Study of Earth and Man at SMU, will speak on “The Origin and Early Evolution of Mosasaurian Squamates ”.  His talk explores the basal relationships of mosasaurs and their nearest relatives, including recently published data that helps clarify where the group fits in the squamate tree of life.

For remote attendees, you are welcome to join our Zoom meeting by clicking on this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83765036222 or start the Zoom app and enter the Meeting ID: 837 6503 6222.  You then need to enter the Passcode: 618114.  As usual, pease mute your audio until you are ready to speak, especially during the presentation.  You can post questions for Mike in the chat box, starting with uppercase QUESTION so they are easy to identify, or unmute yourself at the end to ask your questions yourself.  We hope to see you online.