Annual Meeting

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About the 2009 Annual Meeting Logo

This year's logo is designed by paleontologist Laura Säilä. The logo depicts a reconstruction of Thecodontosaurus, a medium-sized Late Triassic prosauropod dinosaur, which is also called the "Bristol Dinosaur."Thecodontosaurus was first found in 1834 in the limestone quarries of Durdham Down, Clifton, Bristol, and was only the fourth dinosaur genus to be named from anywhere in the world. During World War II, the Bristol City Museum was hit by a bomb and most of the best-preserved material of Thecodontosaurus was destroyed. However, in the 1970s more bones were found in cave deposits at Grovesend Quarry and subsequently the bone-bearing rocks were donated to the University of Bristol Earth Sciences department that now runs "The Bristol Dinosaur Project." The logo also features the Clifton suspension bridge, a famous Bristol landmark designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel who, along with Charles Darwin, has been voted into the top five of the "100 Greatest Britons" of all time.

SVP 2009 annual meeting logo