ozraptor4 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ozraptor4) wrote,@ 2007-04-13 16:46:00 |
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CAVEPS and billabongbugs
Heh, its been about a bazillion years since I've had the time to update my journal. Currently in an exhausted state after a SUPERLATIVE 11th CAVEPS (Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics). The whole con was a palaeo-geeks dream come true with incredible new data on Devonian fish (my presentation on the Gogo ray-fins was well received), stem-tetrapods (Jason Down's with the branchial skeleton of Tiktaalik, Jenny Clack with new Ventastega material), Mesozoic reptiles (Queensland pterosaur with a 12.5m wingspan) and early whales (Oligocene New Zealand had Sabertooth dolphins!)
On a somewhat different tangent, one animal I've longed to keep is the shield-shrimp Triops, an ancient 3-eyed crustacean found in ephemeral desert pools. Their eggs are dessication proof and widely available in US petstores but I've had no success in locating a source in Australia... until now!
http://www.billabongbugs.com/
Will definately be getting some of these babys!
Heh, its been about a bazillion years since I've had the time to update my journal. Currently in an exhausted state after a SUPERLATIVE 11th CAVEPS (Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics). The whole con was a palaeo-geeks dream come true with incredible new data on Devonian fish (my presentation on the Gogo ray-fins was well received), stem-tetrapods (Jason Down's with the branchial skeleton of Tiktaalik, Jenny Clack with new Ventastega material), Mesozoic reptiles (Queensland pterosaur with a 12.5m wingspan) and early whales (Oligocene New Zealand had Sabertooth dolphins!)
On a somewhat different tangent, one animal I've longed to keep is the shield-shrimp Triops, an ancient 3-eyed crustacean found in ephemeral desert pools. Their eggs are dessication proof and widely available in US petstores but I've had no success in locating a source in Australia... until now!
http://www.billabongbugs.com/
Will definately be getting some of these babys!
