Corporate Body

Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (1974 - )

From
5 February 1974
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Learned society, Palaeontology and Professional Association
Alternative Names
  • Australasian Palaeontologists (Subsequent name, 2015 - )
Website
https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/
Location
Sydney, New South Wales

Summary

The Association of Australasian Palaeontologists was established in February 1974 with the amalgamation of the Specialist Group in Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy within the Geological Society of Australia, and the Queensland Palaeontographical Society. Its principal purpose is to promote the study of palaeontology and associated sciences through publications, regular meetings, sponsoring student events, and funding a program of grants and awards. The focus is on the Australasian region. Members voted to shorten the Association's name to Australasian Palaeontologists in 2015. The Association maintains the Australian Fossil National Species List

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Publications of the Association include:
Alcheringa (ISSN 0133-5518), vol. 1 (1975) - );
Memoirs of the Association of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (ISSN 0810-8889), nos., 1-48 (1983 - 2015); continued by:
Australasian palaeontological memoirs (ISSN 2205-8877);
Nomen nudum (ISSN 0159-818X), no. 1 (1973) - .


Awards made by the Association include:
Robert Etheridge jnr Medal: for outstanding contributions to Australasian palaeontology;
Mary Wade Prize: for the best paper published in the previous two years in an Association publication by an early career researcher;
AP Dorothy Hill Award: for the best paper within a calendar year by a mid-career member of the Association.

Timeline

 1962 - 1974 Queensland Palaeontographical Society
       1974 - Association of Australasian Palaeontologists

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Association of Australasian Palaeontologists - Records, 1969 - 1976, MS 104; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

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