Ancient Life and Modern Approaches-Abstracts of the Second International Palaeontological Congress June 17-21, 2006, Beijing, China

Ancient Life and Modern Approaches-Abstracts of the Second International Palaeontological Congress June 17-21, 2006, Beijing, China

A total of 680 abstracts, submitted by participants from over 50 countries, are presented in this volume, a number far surpassing our expectations. The are grouped in the proposed congress session programme (i.e., Plenary, Special, General and Topical sessions). Although some of sessions may not run for oral presentation in the final congress programme, the session titles and their designated abstracts are retained in this book

Foreword

Preface
Plenary Session

Special Session
1. Palaeoembryology and developmental biology in Earth history
2. Geo-biodiversity: taxa, morphology and ecology
3. The EARTHTIME project
4. Evo-devo, palaeontology and evolution
5. Fossil microbial communities and their geological processes
6. Past and present global changes and biotic saltations
GENERAL SESSION
1. Palaeobotany
2. Microflora
3. Inverterbrate palaeontology
4. Vertebrate palaeontology
5. Fossil llagrastatten
6. Trace fossil and ichnofacies
7. Palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography, palaeogeography and palaeoclimate
8. Reef evolution
9. Computer analysis of fossil data and morphometrics
10. Impact stratigraphy, chemostratigraphy
11. High resolution biostratigraphy
12. Integrative stratigraphy
13. Palaeoanthropology
14. Micropalaeontology
TOPICAL SYMPOSIA
1. Earliest evidence of life on Earth
2. Neoproterozic palaeobiology and geobiology
3. Cambrian radiations and extinctions
4. Ordovician World: temporal and spatial changes in physical and biotic environments (IGCP 503)
5. Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography, palaeogeography and climate (IGCP 491)
6. Early vascular plant diversity and environmental interactions
7. Devonian land-sea interaction: evolution of ecosystems and climate (IGCP 499)
8. Late Palaeozoic: the end-Permian extinction following a 100 m.y. long stabiligy
9. Triassic marine vertebrates and ecosystem: evolution, migration interaction with invertebrate and palaeoenvironmental-palaeo geographic changes
10. Life and environment of Triassic Time (IGCP 467)
11. Triassic-Jurassic boundary events (IGCP 458)
12. Marine and mon-marine Jurassic: biodiversity and ecosystem (IGCP506)
13. Reconstructing the Lower Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem-evidence from the Jehol Biota in China and its lateral equivalents in other areas
14. Dawn of the Danian (65-61 Ma) (IGCP 522) (cancelled)
15. Neogene climatic and biotic changes in Eastern Eurasia
16. Mammals: phylogeny, divergence and biogeography
17. The evolutionary history of vent, seep and other chemosynthetic ecoysystems
18. Ancient molecules and isotope signals: methodology and application
19. Black smokers and cold seep faunas (merged to session 17)
20. Evolution of the pelagic realm
21. Stratigraphy of orogeny belts
22. Workshop on palaeontological education in universities and museums in the 21st Century
23. Workshop on Palaeontological Parks-the world-wide conservation of outstanding fossil sites
24. Sharing information sources of palaeontology and stratigraphy
25. The part, present, and future of palaeontology in China
26. Cretaceous biota and K/T boundary in the Heilingjiang River area and its adjacent regions
Other Abstracts
Author Index