IPC7

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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/

🎉 Meet our IPC7 Travel Grant recipients! Congratulations to Aurore Canoville, who has been awarded an IPC7 Travel Grant supported by The Anatomical Record to participate in the symposium "Advances on the Histology of the Mineralised Tissues of Vertebrates."

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🎉 Meet our IPC7 Travel Grant recipients! Congratulations to Voltaire Dutra Paes Neto, who has been awarded an IPC7 Travel Grant Voltaire is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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🎉 Meet our IPC7 Travel Grant recipients! Aatreyee Saha, who has been awarded an IPC7 Travel Grant! Aatreyee is a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Congratulations, Aatreyee—we look forward to seeing you at IPC7! www.ipc7.site

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🎉 Meet our IPC7 Travel Grant recipients! Congratulations to Kabi Raj Paudyal, one of the recipients of the IPC7 Travel Grant supported by the International Palaeontological Association (IPA)! Congratulations, Kabi — we look forward to seeing you at #ipc7

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👋 Meet the Team! Today we're introducing Julien Benoit, a member of the IPC7 Local Organising Committee. Julien is an Associate Professor at the Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. Check our website 👉www.ipc7.site #IPC7

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📣 We’re thrilled to announce that the 6th Circular of the IPC7 is now available! Don’t miss out on the latest updates as we prepare to welcome paleontologists from around the world to Cape Town, South Africa in 2026! 📥 Download -> www.ipc7.site

👋 Meet the Team! Today we're introducing Yonatan Sahle Chemere, a member of the IPC7 Local Organising Committee. Yonatan is a Paleolithic archaeologist from the University of Cape Town Stay tuned to meet more of the team behind IPC7 👉www.ipc7.site

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📢 Coming to #IPC7? Let everyone know! 🎉 We've created ready-to-share social media graphics for all IPC7 attendees and presenters. 🦕 Download your favourite flyer from our website, share it on your social media, and help us spread the word! www.ipc7.site

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Got great news yesterday: abstract acceptance for the @ipc7.bsky.social (International Palaeontological Congress) meeting in Cape Town, South Africa! I'm giving a talk in theme session "Ichnology - Traces as Multi-disciplinary Lenses into the Deep Past." www.ipc7.site

The 7th International Palaeontological Congress

The 7th International Palaeontological Congress (IPC7), 30 November – 3 December 2026, Cape Town, South Africa.

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👋 Meet the Team! Today we're introducing Miengah Abrahams, a member of the IPC7 Local Organising Committee. Miengah leads the Continental Trace Studies research group at the University of Cape Town, where she studies trace fossils and ancient environments to better understand Earth's past.

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Post-Conference Field Trip ⛏️ ✨Trans-Karoo Excursion: from ice floes to desert dunes✨ 🗓️ 4 - 12 December 2026 📍 Start/End: Cape Town 👩‍🏫 Leader: Roger Smith and Bruce Rubidge 💰 ~R42 760 per person single. ~R39 045 per person sharing 👥 15 participants www.ipc7.site

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👋 Meet the Team! Today we're introducing Cameron Penn-Clarke, a member of the IPC7 Local Organising Committee. Cameron is a researcher at the Evolutionary Studies Institute Stay tuned to meet more of the team behind IPC7! Check our website 👉www.ipc7.site

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👋 Meet the Team! Behind IPC7 is an incredible team working to make the congress happen. Romala is the first palaeontologist to study South Africa's fossil marine mammals, and her current research focuses Mio–Pliocene faunas and their palaeoecology. 👉www.ipc7.site

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👋 Meet the Team! Behind IPC7 is an incredible team working to make the congress happen. Today we're introducing Rob Gess, a member of our Local Organising Committee and a leading researcher on Devonian ecosystems and early vertebrates. Stay tuned to meet the rest of the team! www.ipc7.site

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We are thrilled to announce that IPC7 has received more than 700 abstract submissions from researchers around the world! A huge thank you to everyone who submitted their work and contributed to making IPC7 such an exciting and truly international event. www.ipc7.site

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Good opportunity to promote the upcoming #Ichthyosaur symposium at @ipc7.bsky.social, organized by @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social and Judith Pardo. They have extended the deadline so there is still a week to submit your abstract! www.ipc7.site

The 7th International Palaeontological Congress

The 7th International Palaeontological Congress (IPC7), 30 November – 3 December 2026, Cape Town, South Africa.

ipc7.site

Tom Sharpe@tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

And as it's #FossilFriday, here's the large Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris which Lyell saw at Mary Anning's shop on 3 July 1823, drawn on that day by French geologist Constant Prévost whom Lyell was accompanying on a tour of southwest England.

We extended the deadline for the Palaeoart Exhibition! We’re offering FREE stand/booth space for you to exhibit your art at the conference. Let’s bring science to life! 📩 DM us or email to get involved! Deadline: 13-July-2026 Check our website -> www.ipc7.site

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