IP Lab visits Ann Arbor for NAPC 2024

We are back from a week full of science, colleagues and amazing talks at the 12th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC 2024) organized by Matt Friedman and colleagues at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor! The IP lab had a great representation with oral presentations by Sarah Losso on her comprehensive work on the Ordovician Walcott-Rust Quarry from New York, Jared Richards showcasing a new Ordovician luolishaniid lobopodian and its macroecological significance, and invited presentations by Javier Ortega-Hernández to talk about fossils nervous systems and what they can tell us about early animal evolution. The MCZ Museum Staff was also represtened in the conference, with Collections Manger Jessica Cundiff providing an overview of the history and holdings of the Invertebrate Paleontology collection. To top it all up we had an opportunity to visit the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History and its impressive exhibits featuring enormous models of extinct organisms, with Quetzalcoatlus being a personal favorite! Thanks to our colleagues for putting together such a spectacular international meeting, and we look forwars to NAPC 2028 in Knoxville Tennessee!