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UCMP Joins Campanile Centennial Celebration with a Spotlight on Mckittrick Tar Seep Fossils FEB 2015 Newsletter of the University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP NEWS FEB 2015 UCMP well represented at the 2014 SVP and GSA meetings In the fall of 2014, UCMP was a major presence at the annual meetings of two pro- fessional societies, the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the Society of Ver- tebrate Paleontology (SVP). Student atten- dance at the conferences was close to an all time high, thanks in part to the generosity of UCMP donors whose support helps to fund travel grants and awards earned by students. Eighteen UCMPers presented at the GSA th Sarah Tulga meeting—the Society’s 126 —in Vancou- Melissa Mast, one of UCMP’s undergraduate curatorial assistants, with a selection of McKittrick ver, British Columbia, Canada, on October fossils taken from the Campanile for cleaning and curation. 19–22. Members of four different labs at- tended the meeting including the Padian Labs’ Ashley Poust, Sara ElShafie, Liz Fer- UCMP joins Campanile centennial rer, and recent graduate Sarah Tulga (talk). Undergraduate student Eric Holt from the celebration with a spotlight on Barnosky Lab presented a poster. From the Finnegan Lab were Seth McKittrick tar seep fossils Finnegan (talk and co-author on two others) The Campanile will celebrate an important from the Institute of Museum and Library and grad students Emily Orzechowski (talk milestone in 2015—the 100th anniversary Services (IMLS) will help shine new light on and co-author on a poster) and Caitlin Boas of the bell tower (formally know as Sather fossils from a lesser known but stratigraphi- (poster and co-author on two others). Cindy Tower)—and the UCMP figures prominent- cally significant tar seep in the San Joaquin Looy (talk and co-author on three others) ly in the rich and colorful history of this Bay Valley: the Pleistocene-Holocene McKittrick came with Adjunct Curator/Adjunct Assis- Area landmark. For many decades, five levels seep from Kern County, CA. Excavations tant Professor Ivo Duijnstee (talk) and Looy of the tower have been home to fossils col- at McKittrick by UCMP scientists in the see MEETINGS on page 5 lected in the early 1900s, many of which are 1930s yielded thousands of bones of extinct from Pleistocene tar pit and seep localities in and extant mammals, birds, and reptiles. California. These collections contain well- Due to the importance of these finds, the known and charismatic fossils of saber-tooth area was eventually designated a California IN THIS ISSUE cats, ground sloths, dire wolves, and camels, State Historical Landmark. These fossils among others. These fossils are highlighted span a key climatic transition and extinction UCMP publications ........ p. 2 in a UC Berkeley Media Relations video fea- event near the Pleistocene-Holocene yet the Tidbits ........................... p. 3 turing Assistant Director for Collections and collection has never been properly curated. Research Mark Goodwin, where he dispels Work is already underway by undergradu- Clemens Oral History ..... p. 4 the myth that the floors are “just dusty old ates Elyanah Posner, Eric Holt, Melissa Friends of UCMP ............ p. 6 Mast, and Michael Tom under the direction rooms.” A new UCMP grant focused on the Director’s letter ............. p. 7 Campanile fossils comes with renewed inter- of Senior Museum Scientist Pat Holroyd, est in their history. Next short course ......... p. 8 Funds recently awarded to the UCMP see CAMPANILE on page 4 2014 UCMP publications Communicating science to both col- the Spheroolithidae from the Cretaceous Lang, H. Kerp, C.V. Looy, S.G. Lucas, K. leagues and the general public is an es- Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China. Krainer, and S. Voigt. 2014. A compositionally sential ingredient of the UCMP mission. Historical Biology 26(2):183–194. doi: unique voltzian conifer-callipterid flora from 10.1080/08912963.2013.792811 Through journals, presentations at pro- a carbonate-filled channel, Early Permian age, Robledo Mountains, New Mexico, and its fessional meetings, articles in the popular Benca, J.P. 2014. Cultivation techniques for terrestrial clubmosses (Lycopodiaceae): broader significance.In S.G. Lucas and W.A. press, interviews, workshops, lectures, DiMichele (eds.), Carboniferous-Permian and even science cafés, members of the Conservation, research, and horticultural op- portunities for an early-diverging plant lineage. Transition in the Robledo Mountains, South- UCMP community share their research American Fern Journal 104(2):25–48. doi: ern New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of that ultimately contributes to a greater 10.1640/0002-8444-104.2.25 Natural History and Science Bulletin 65. 7 pp. understanding of the history of life. This (delayed in appearing online) Benca, J.P., M.H. Carlisle, S. Bergen, and list of 2014 peer-reviewed articles rep- C.A.E. Strömberg.* 2014. Applying mor- DiMichele, W.A., S.G. Lucas, C.V. Looy, C.S. resents a portion of that effort. UCMP phometrics to early land plant systematics: Chaney, and S. Voight. 2014. Early Permian alums are indicated by asterisks. A new species of Leclercqia (Lycopsida) from fossil floras from the red beds of Prehistoric Washington State. American Journal of Botany Trackways National Monument, southern New Alupay, J.S.,* S.P. Hadjisolomou, and R.J. 101(3):510–520. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1300271 Mexico. In S.G. Lucas and W.A. DiMichele Crook. 2014. Arm injury produces long-term (eds.), Carboniferous-Permian Transition behavioral and neural hypersensitivity in oc- Berke, S.K., D. 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