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<div><font size="1" face="Tahoma">Dr. Christopher A. Norris</font></div>
<div><font size="1" face="tahoma">Division of Vertebrate Paleontology</font></div>
<div><font size="1" face="tahoma">Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History</font></div>
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<div><font size="1" face="tahoma">New Haven, CT 06520-8118</font></div>
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<div><font size="1" face="Tahoma">Past President<br>
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections<br>
<a href="http://www.spnhc.org/">www.spnhc.org</a></font></div>
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