Northeast-Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium

The famous Gilboa fossils.

The 33rd Northeast-Midcontinent Paleobotanical was held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from May 14th to 15th, 2016. Talks were presented on the 14th, including "A Tribute to Tom Taylor" given by Gar Rothwell. This was followed by a slate of interesting research presentations. I presented a sole-authored talk, "Water clovers and their pretenders," related to my current research.

On May 15th, the meeting continued with a field trip to the Catskill Mountains. Stops were related to Devonian fossil plant sites of New York. We saw some of the famous Gilboa fossils and visited a site where ancient rooting structures were exposed. Thank you to the organizers of the colloquium and the field trip for a fantastic meeting!

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