News Release Date: April 18, 2012
Contact: Jennifer Reynolds, Media Specialist • (909) 307-2669 ext. 278 • jreynolds@sbcm.sbcounty.gov
Matt Benoit • (909) (909) 607-8257 • mbenoit@jsd.claremont.edu
For release: Immediately
Event date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Guest Lecture on Big Fossil Cats
How do you make a huge cat? Find out at a guest lecture, “Big Fossil Cats,” with Dr. Matthew Benoit at the San Bernardino County Museum on Wednesday evening, April 25, 2012. The lecture starts at 7:30 p.m. and is free to the public.
“Lions, tigers, jaguars, and their kin are powerful, frightening animals,” said Benoit. “It is difficult to study the development and growth of fossil and endangered species, because lab studies and large sample sizes are difficult to put together. Large organisms, such as lions and tigers, are nearly impossible to raise in controlled settings. To address questions of size change and shape change in fossil and endangered felids, I look at measurements of their skulls.”
Dr. Benoit, a graduate of Yale University, is presently a visiting instructor at the Keck Science Department of the Claremont Colleges.
The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. Parking is free. For more information, visit
www.sb countymuseum.org. The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities. If assistive listening devices or other auxiliary aids are needed in order to participate in museum exhibits or programs, requests should be made through Museum Visitor Services at least three business days prior to your visit. Visitor Services’ telephone number is 909-307-2669 ext. 229 or (TDD) 909-792-1462.
Back
