Abbreviation | SVP |
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Predecessor | Section on Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontological Society |
Formation | December 1940 |
Founded at | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Type | non-profit |
Legal status | charitable 501(c)(3) |
Purpose | scientific |
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Membership (2017) | 2,300 |
President | Margaret Lewis |
Vice President | Stuart Sumida |
Past President | Jessica Theodor |
Main organ | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |
Website | vertpaleo |
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) is a professional organization that was founded in the United States in 1940 to advance the science of vertebrate paleontology around the world.[1]