Media Advisory

TO:                    News Editors, Science Reporters and PSA Directors

FROM:                UAF Geology and Geophysics Department and American Association of Petroleum Geologists

SUBJECT:           "Dinosaurs on Ice" AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Series

LOCATION:         Room 201, Natural Sciences Building, UAF Campus

DATE & TIME:     Friday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m.

UAF's geology and geophysics department is hosting a presentation by the scientist whose field team was the first to discover evidence of Jurassic age dinosaurs at the South Pole. William Hammer, geology professor at Augustana College in Illinois, will present "Dinosaurs on Ice: Jurassic Dinosaurs from Antarctica" on Friday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 201, UAF Natural Sciences Building.

Six years ago Hammer's field team collected the first Jurassic dinosaurs from Mount Kirkpatrick near Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica. Most of the bones belong to a previously unknown, large carnivorous theropod dinosaur called Cryolophosaurus, or frozen crested reptile. The finding is the first from any southern continent, indicating the theropods were not restricted to roaming the Northern Hemisphere.

Hammer's lecture is one in a series presented by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists scheduled at 25 geological societies and universities across the nation this year.

FOR MORE INFORMATION contact: UAF Professor of Geology and Geophysics Don Triplehorn, (907) 474-6891

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