Work like this is breaking down the barriers between palaeontology and zoology even further.
The conference will include presentations and keynote lectures from members of the palaeontology and palaeobiology community.
In the field of palaeontology, for example, the stock of crocodiles is rising.
Simpson provided the palaeontology with a classic study of the evolution of horses.
He said: "The collapsed site of La Cotte is world famous for the archaeology and palaeontology that it contained, " he said.
Dr Neil Clark, palaeontology curator at the Hunterian, said little research had been done on the specimen since it was first listed in 1919.
Their findings have been published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
Dr Norman MacLeod, the keeper of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, London, UK, told the BBC that the iridium anomaly could be attributed to other factors.
The event will be the Palaeontology Association's 55th annual meeting.
But Ms Hellawell revealed on September 23rd, at the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology's annual meeting, that she and her team had found evidence that toxic algae were responsible for the mass deaths.
Lago Barreales is unique in Latin America palaeontology in that it is an excavation site that receives overnight guests - albeit in rustic trailers (which only add to the awesome sense of adventure).
The question is one of the most hotly contested in palaeontology and revolves around an apparent gap in the fossil record immediately prior to the K-T boundary - the distinct layer of geological sediments separating the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods, and associated with a massive asteroid impact and global extinction event.
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