Pterosaurs: The Natural History Museum Talk, September 2013

HyPtA D does the NHM logo. What's a HyPtA D? You need to buy Pterosaursto find out, or attend the Pterosaurs NHM event in September. HyPta D image from Witton (2013); NHM logo borrowed from here.

Those of you with long-term memories may recall that, this September 10th (2013), the critically-acclaimed tome Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy is being celebrated with a public lecture at none other than the Natural History Museum, London. Details of the event have now crystalised and been made public over at the NHM's website. The talk will take place at 19:00-20:00 in the Neil Chalmers Seminar Room and cover all things pterosaurian: our changing understanding of these animals since their discovery, current ideas on many aspects of their palaeobiology, lots of palaeoart and photographs of specimens and, no doubt, some over-the-top PowerPoint animations which I'll spend hours tweaking for no obvious benefit. I'll do my best to keep to time (I have an excellent track record for punchy, concise talks, honest) so I can field questions at the end of the talk.

Note that the event is for NHM Members Only, will cost £5.50 per ticket, and booking is required. Details about membership with the NHM can be found here, and further information on the event and NHM memberships are available from your telephone, at +44(0)20 7942 5792.

I'm already looking forward to this, and hope to see many of you there.

UPDATE: I've just realised that the NHM's Lorna Steel, a pterosaur worker herself, is giving a behind the scenes tour of the NHM's extensive pterosaur collections on the same day as this talk (10/09/13) for NHM members, also for a mere £5.50. It seems that, if pterosaurs are your thing and you're an NHM member, you'll really want to be in London on the 10th of September.

Reference

• Witton, M. P. 2013. Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy. Princeton University Press.