Of the two finds-which were made less than a week apart-the plant- eating beast would have lived many millions of years before the carnivore ever existed.
NSF-funded scientists from universities in California, South Dakota, and Illinois, whose research was supported by the U.S. Antarctic Program, will describe the highly unusual circumstances involved in making their finds and the significance of the finds to other dinosaur research.
NSF is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering, with an annual budget of nearly $6 billion. NSF manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, which coordinates almost all U.S. research on the southernmost continent and in the surrounding oceans.
The event will be Webcast live at http://www.connectLive.com/events/nsf . Members of the news media may call in to pose questions at 1-888 882-news
Who:
Judd Case, dean of science and professor of biology
at Saint Mary's College of California
James E. Martin, curator of vertebrate
paleontology at the Museum of Geology, South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology
William Hammer, Fritiof Fryxell Endowed Chair of Geology, Augustana College, Illinois
What:
The discovery of two news species of dinosau
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Contact: Peter West
pwest@nsf.gov
703-292-7761
National Science Foundation
23-Feb-2004