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IPC7 - The 7th International Palaeontological Congress
🗓️ When? 30 November – 3 December, 2026
📍Where? Cape Town, South Africa
👇More info in our web
https://www.ipc7.site/
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🎉 Join us for the 7th International Paleontological Congress in Cape Town! 🇿🇦

Paleontologists from around the world will gather to share discoveries, ideas, and inspiration.

Don't miss this unforgettable event!
🔗 ipc7.site

#IPC7 #Paleontology
Symposia 🔍

There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:
✨The Precambrian: the earliest chronicles of life on Earth✨
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
There will be 29 themed symposia + one general symposium at the IPC7.
Today we highlight:
✨Origins: Triassic and Early Jurassic dinosaurs✨

To participate, contact the conveners:
Jonah N. Choiniere — Jonah.Choiniere@wits.ac.za Paul M. Barrett — p.barrett@nhm.ac.uk @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
There will be 29 themed symposia + one general symposium at the IPC7.

Today we highlight:

✨The History and pre-history of palaeosciences, geomyths, and indigenous palaeontology

To participate , contact the convener:
🔸Julien Benoit — julien.benoit@wits.ac.za
October 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Symposia 🔍
There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:
✨New directions in palaeoanthropological research in Southern Africa✨
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:
✨Flight evolution in vertebrates✨

📩 To participate in this symposium or get more information, contact the convener:
🔸Michael Pittman —mpittman@cuhk.edu.hk
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
These are just half of the amazing symposia that will be held at the upcoming IPC7!

If you’d like to participate, get in touch with the conveners of each symposium — more symposia will be announced soon!
Visit our website to explore all the details: ipc7.site
October 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Symposia 🔍

There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:

✨Vegetation change and plant-insect interaction from the Palaeozoic until modern times - Case studies from Africa and beyond✨
October 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Symposia 🔍

There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:
✨Advances on the histology of the mineralised tissues of vertebrates✨
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

Today we highlight:
✨Filling knowledge gaps in the Early Palaeozoic Biodiversification✨

To participate, contact the conveners:
🔸Rocks and the Rise of Ordovician life IGCP735 — ddmograptus@gmail.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
There will be 29 themed symposia + one general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:
✨Cenozoic vertebrates of Africa✨

To participate in this symposium, contact the convener:
🔸Alberto Valenciano — albvalen@ucm.es
🔸Adam Hartstone-Rose — adamhrose@ncsu.edu
September 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Symposia 🔍

Among our 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium, we are pleased to feature:

✨ Life in the Phanerozoic Oceans: Evolution, diversity and ecology in deep time marine ecosystems✨

📩 To participate in this symposium or get more information, contact the conveners: 👇
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Symposia 🔍
The IPC7 will feature 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium!

✨ Today we showcase:
Paleoneurology, cognition, and behaviour of vertebrates, from fish to hominins

📩 To participate in this symposium, contact the conveners:
🔸@ameliebeaudet.bsky.social
🔸 julien.benoit@wits.ac.za
September 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by IPC7
IPC7 will host 29 themed symposia plus one open general symposium.

🌟Today we feature:
Ichnology – traces as multi-disciplinary lenses into the deep past

For participation or further details:
Miengah Abrahams — miengah.abrahams@uct.ac.za
Emese Bordy — emese.bordy@uct.ac.za
September 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
IPC7 will host 29 themed symposia plus one open general symposium.

🌟Today we feature:
Ichnology – traces as multi-disciplinary lenses into the deep past

For participation or further details:
Miengah Abrahams — miengah.abrahams@uct.ac.za
Emese Bordy — emese.bordy@uct.ac.za
September 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
IPC7 will held 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium.

Today we feature:

✨Ichthyosaur evolution and biology✨

📩 To participate in this symposium, contact the conveners:

Lene Liebe Delsett — l.l.delsett@nhm.uio.no @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social
Judith Pardo-Pérez — judith.pardo@umag.cl
September 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Among the 29 themed symposia + one general symposium 👇

✨The Evolution and Diversification of Life in the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian✨

For more info, contact the conveners:
Erik Sperling — esper@stanford.edu
Scott Evans — sevans@amnh.org
Lidya Tarhan — lidya.tarhan@yale.edu
September 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🔍 Symposia

IPC7 will host 29 themed symposia plus one open general symposium.

🌟 Today we feature:
Pangea in crisis: life on land during the Permian–Triassic

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September 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
There will be 29 themed symposia + an general symposium at the IPC7!

We highlight 📢 Evolution of brain and cranial anatomy through five major extinctions✨

To participate contact the convener:
Sanjukta Chakravorti — csanjukta.pal23@gmail.com and sanjukta.chakravorti@smns-bw.de
August 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Among our 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium, we are pleased to feature:

✨ Communicating palaeosciences

To participate, contact the conveners:
Marina Joubert (marinajoubert@sun.ac.za) @marinajoubert.bsky.social
Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan (anusuya.chinsamy-turan@uct.ac.za) @palaeo-prof.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Reposted by IPC7
Symposia 🔍

The IPC7 will feature 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium.

✨ Today we showcase:
Devonian stratigraphy, environments and palaeontology with focus on Gondwana
August 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Symposia 🔍

The IPC7 will feature 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium.

✨ Today we showcase:
Devonian stratigraphy, environments and palaeontology with focus on Gondwana
August 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:
Major biotic events during the Ordovician and Silurian and their dynamics

To participate:
Zhan Renbin — rbzhan@nigpas.ac.cn
Alycia Stigall — stigall@utk.edu

🔗 More info 👉 www.ipc7.site
August 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Reposted by IPC7
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing details of the 29 exciting symposia taking place at the IPC7

📢 Today we highlight:
Recent advances in Mongolian Cretaceous Palaeontology and Geology

🎤 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Philip J. Currie

📧 Ryan T. Tucker — tucker@sun.ac.za

🔗More info 👉 www.ipc7.site
August 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing details of the 29 exciting symposia taking place at the IPC7

📢 Today we highlight:
Recent advances in Mongolian Cretaceous Palaeontology and Geology

🎤 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Philip J. Currie

📧 Ryan T. Tucker — tucker@sun.ac.za

🔗More info 👉 www.ipc7.site
August 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We’re thrilled to announce the venue for our Icebreaker Event!

It will take place at the iconic Iziko South African Museum, located in the heart of Cape Town.

Stay tuned for more updates 👉 www.ipc7.site

#IPC7 #Paleontology #CapeTown #Icebreaker #IzikoMuseum
July 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM