January 7 - Lindy Elkins-Tanton (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Siberian flood basalts and the end-Permian extinction: Is there a kill mechanism?

January 14 - Stephen Frost (University of Oregon)
Neogene Paleontology of East African Primates

January 21 - Samantha Hopkins (University of Oregon)
Paleoecology in Oregon's Juntura Basin: revisiting the roles of habitat change and volcanism in the evolution of vertebrates

Special Tuesday Seminar, Noon in 200 Cascade
January 27 - David Krinsley (University of Oregon)
Rock Varnish

January 28 - Nick Pyenson (University of British Columbia)
A bonebed in the valley and carcasses on the coast: integrating geology and ecology to understand the evolution of cetacean communities in the North Pacific Ocean

February 4 - Mark Clementz (University of Wyoming)
When did whales get wet? Identifying semiaquatic mammals from the fossil record through stable isotope analysis of tooth enamel

Special Monday Seminar, 4PM in Pacific 123
February 9 - Blaire Van Valkenburgh (University of California Los Angeles)
Sociality in sabertooths? New evidence from Rancho La Brea

February 11 - Erwan Martin (University of Oregon)
Rare isotope insights into climatic impact of supereruptions: sediment record from Lake Tecopa

February 18 - Scott Foss (Utah BLM)
Reconstructing Entelodonts

February 25 - Andrew Lee (The Ohio University)
Bone histology reveals sexual maturity of dinosaurs and evidence of predator-prey growth race

March 4 - Greg Wilson (University of Washington)
Dying dinosaurs & exploding mammals: Hell Creek’s window on the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction and aftermath

March 11 - Ted Fremd (John Day Fossil Beds National Monument)
Topic in Mammalian Paleobiology