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Who are we? Australasian Palaeontologists (AAP) is a specialist group of the Geological Society of Australia for palaeontologists working on Australia. AAP publishes 3 publications (see AAP Publication page), organises events including seminars and conferences (see AAP Events page) and awards outstanding palaeontologists and students (see AAP Awards page). AAP is also managing the Fossil National Species List (NSL), and the contributing to the NOW database (AAP Databases page).
The Queensland Palaeontological Society formed by Dorothy Hill and Jack Woods in 1962 was the beginning of AAP. In 1969, Martin Gleissner, Mac Dickins and Max Banks formed the GSA Specialist Group ‘Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy”, which then merged with the Queensland Palaeontological Society in 1974 as ‘The Association of Australasian Palaeontologists’. In 2015 members elected to shorten the name from The Association of Australasian Palaeontologists to Australasian Palaeontologists.
How to Join AAP First join the GSA under the Member tab on the GSA website. With your primary GSA membership, you will be able to select a journal subscription to either AJES or Alcheringa.
To be part of AAP, you must select one of the following specialist group affiliations:
‘Palaeontology (Alcheringa)’ - $40.00 ‘Palaeontology (No Alcheringa) (AAP)’ - $15.00 ‘Palaeontology Student (No Alcheringa) (AAP)’ - $4.95
If you are only a member of GSA but not AAP, you will not be eligible for the AAP awards and will not receive correspondence about AAP activities.
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Chair Nicholas Campione University of New England
Vice Chair Phil Bell University of New England
Secretary Matthew McCurry
Treasurer Daniel Mantle