EAVP

The European Association of Vertebrate palaeontologists ( EAVP ) is a society for the promotion of vertebrate paleontology in Europe.

Society

The European Association of Vertebrate palaeontologists ( EAVP ) was founded in 2003 as a society for people with an interest in vertebrate paleontology. They emerged from the European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology. The EAVP has over 100 members who are vertebrate paleontologist for the most part.

EAVP sees itself as a forum for paleontologists in a traditionally multilingual and multicultural area, and defines "Europe" not politically, but geographically and culturally. From a legal perspective EAVP is a registered association in Germany.

Objectives

Are the objectives of the EAVP

  • The creation and support of international projects with European involvement in the field of vertebrate paleontology,
  • The support of students in participating in such projects to ensure the next generation in vertebrate paleontologists in Europe
  • To provide financial resources for this purpose or even to be organized by European foundations and other sponsors,
  • To obtain a plurality of methods,
  • To promote contacts and cooperation between European vertebrate paleontologists, by an annual workshop of the EAVP is organized in a different European country, as a continuation of the European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology.

Workshops

Every year the EAVP a workshop in another European country. To celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, the EAVP also conducted an additional workshop at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels.

Publications

The official journal of the EAVP is Oryctos, publishes a journal with peer review, the French and English contributions to all areas of vertebrate paleontology and comparative anatomy, as well as contributions to the history of this research discipline. In addition, a band with the summaries of the papers will be published in each workshop.

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