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Organised by:
Paläontologische Gesellschaft (PalGes) Palaeontological Society of China (PSC)
Georg-August University Göttingen, Geoscience Centre (GZG) Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IVPP)
Sponsored by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (MWK) Georg-August University Göttingen China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) The National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
中国和德国古生物学会 2013 年古生物学国际会议
Joint conference of the “Paläontologische Gesellschaft“ and the
“Palaeontological Society of China“
Palaeobiology & Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History
Göttingen, Germany, September 23-27, 2013
In order to encourage and promote greater understanding and education with regard to the scientific and professional aspects of Palaeontology, the “Paläontologische Gesellschaft” (PalGes) and the “Palaeontological Society of China” (PSC) initiated a memorandum of understanding in 2012 on holding a joint scientific conference in Göttingen (Germany). This represents the first academic conference on palaeontology between the two palaeontological societies of China and Germany.
The University of Göttingen, Germany, will host this first joint international conference of the PalGes and the PSC from September 23-27, 2013. Organising committee: Chairs: Professor Dr Joachim Reitner (PalGes, GZG) Professor Dr Yang Qun (PSC, NIGPAS)
Co-Chairs: PD Dr Michael Gudo (PalGes) Dr Mike Reich (PalGes, GZG) Professor Dr Zhou Zhonghe (PSC, IVPP) Professor Dr Wang Yongdong (PSC, NIGPAS)
Members: Professor Dr Ji Qiang (PSC, CAGS) Professor Dr Sun Ge (PSC, Shenyang Normal Univ.,
Jilin Univ.) Professor Dr Tong Jinnan (PSC, China Univ. Geosci.,
Wuhan) Professor Dr Wang Xiangdong (PSC, NIGPAS) Ms Shan Huachun (CFPF) Professor Dr Wang Bo (PSC, NIGPAS)
Local organising committee:
Professor Dr Joachim Reitner – Chair Dr Mike Reich – Vice-Chair
Gabriele Schmidt – Secretary Ines Ringel – Secretary Martina Plaettner – Secretary Gabriele Röder – Secretary
Dr Thomas Bode – logistics, computer technology Dr Alexander Gehler – public evening presentations Cornelia Hundertmark – logistics, advertising Gerhard Hundertmark – logistics, photography Qi Qinwen – logistics, translations Luo Cui – logistics, translations Vanessa J. Roden – translations Dr Nadine Schäfer – logistics, computer technology Tanja R. Stegemann – logistics, field trips, transports
Christine Berndmeyer – logistics Cornelia Conradt – logistics Wolfgang Dröse – logistics Axel Hackmann – logistics Dorothea Hause-Reitner – logistics Melanie Heinemann – logistics Luciana Macis – logistics Birgit Röring – logistics Holger Schwanke – logistics
Jessica Dassow, Monique Eckhardt, Sebastian Esch-struth, Admir Imsirovic, Anna Kral, Franziska Lengeling, Kathrin Froschhammer, Liu Jing, Jörn Piontek, Janna Rothe, Marie Schubart, Elzbieta Teschner – student assistants
Scientific committee: Dr Michael Amler (Cologne) PD Dr Gernot Arp (Göttingen) Professor Dr R. Thomas Becker (Münster) Dr Martin Blumenberg (Göttingen) Professor Dr Thomas C. Brachert (Leipzig) Professor Dr Olaf Elicki (Freiberg) PD Dr Peter Frenzel (Jena) Dr Alexander Gehler (Göttingen) Professor Dr Eberhard Gischler (Frankfurt) Professor Dr Kirsten Grimm (Mainz) Dr Helga Groos-Uffenorde (Göttingen) Dr Joachim J. Haug (Munich) Professor Dr Jochen Heinrichs (Munich) Professor Dr Daniel Jackson (Göttingen) Professor Dr Ji Qiang (Beijing) Dr Uwe Kaulfuss (Dunedin) Professor Dr Hans Kerp (Münster) PD Dr Steffen Kiel (Göttingen) Professor Dr Jürgen Kriwet (Vienna) Dr Cornelia Kurz (Kassel) Dr Evelyn Kustatscher (Bozen/Munich) PD Dr Oliver Lehnert (Erlangen) Professor Dr Li Guoxiang (Nanjing) Professor Dr Jih-Pai Lin (Nanjing) Professor Dr Luo Hui (Nanjing) Professor Dr Thomas Martin (Bonn) PD Dr Thomas Mörs (Stockholm) Professor Dr Volker Mosbrugger (Frankfurt) Dr Patrick J. Orr (Dublin) Professor Dr Jörn Peckmann (Vienna) Dr David Penney (Manchester) Dr Nadia-Valérie Quéric (Göttingen) Dr Mike Reich (Göttingen) Professor Dr Bettina Reichenbacher (Munich) Professor Dr Joachim Reitner (Göttingen) Professor Dr Frank Riedel (Berlin)
Vanessa J. Roden (Darmstadt) Dr Marta Rodríguez-Martínez (Madrid) PD Dr Ronny Rößler (Chemnitz) Dr Irina Ruf (Bonn) PD Dr Alexander R. Schmidt (Göttingen) Professor Dr Hans-Peter Schultze (Lawrence) Dr Leyla J. Seyfullah (Göttingen) Professor Dr Shen Shuzhong (Nanjing) Professor Dr Sun Bainian (Lanzhou) Professor Dr Sun Chunlin (Changchun) Professor Dr Sun Ge (Changchun/Shenyang) Dr Mark Sutton (London) Professor Dr Tong Jinnan (Wuhan) Professor Dr Wan Xiaoqiao (Beijing) Professor Dr Wang Jun (Nanjing) Professor Dr Wang Weiming (Nanjing) Professor Dr Wang Xiangdong (Nanjing) Professor Dr Wang Yongdong (Nanjing) Professor Dr Wang Yuan (Beijing) Professor Dr Wang Yuanqing (Beijing) Dr Hans Martin Weber (Bergisch-Gladbach) PD Dr Frank Wiese (Göttingen) Dr Oliver Wings (Hannover/Berlin) Professor Dr Gert Wörheide (Munich) Dr Klaus Wolkenstein (Göttingen) Professor Dr Rachel Wood (Edinburgh) Professor Dr Xie Shucheng (Wuhan) Professor Dr Xu Xing (Beijing) Professor Dr Yang Qun (Nanjing) Professor Dr Yuan Xunlai (Nanjing) Professor Dr Zhan Renbin (Nanjing) Professor Dr Zhang Xingliang (Xi’an) Professor Dr Zhou Zhonghe (Beijing) Professor Dr Zhu Maoyan (Nanjing) Professor Dr Zhu Shixing (Wuhan/Tianjin)
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Scientific programme: All symposia (in parallel sessions) are listed below. There will be also a German and an English public
evening lecture. All sessions will be held in the Geoscience Centre of the University of Göttingen (GZG, Northern campus of the university, Goldschmidtstr. 3/5) except for the German public evening lecture on Tuesday evening (September 24th) which will be held at the Assembly Hall of the university (“Aula am Wilhelmsplatz”, Wilhelmsplatz 2).
S0: Tilly Edinger Award of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft / Tilly-Edinger-Preis der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft
Convenors/Chairs: Joachim Reitner (Göttingen), Michael Gudo (Frankfurt), Mike Reich (Göttingen)
Oral presentations: Kathleen Bauer (Bozen/Munich), Kenneth De Baets (Erlangen), Jan Fischer (Thallichtenberg), Stephan Lautenschlager (Bristol), Richard Hofmann (Zurich), Luo Cui (Göttingen), Ben Yang (Berlin)
S1: Astrobiology & Archaean and Proterozoic world
Convenors/Chairs: Joachim Reitner (Göttingen), Martin Blumenberg (Göttingen) & Zhu Maoyan (Nanjing)
Keynote presentation: Zhu Maoyan (Nanjing) et al.: Insight into the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation, South China
Invited oral presentation: Zhu Shixing (Wuhan/Tianjin): The megafossils from the 1600-million-year-old Gaoyuzhuang Formation in Yanshan range, North China
S2: Biogeochemistry & unconventional preservations
Convenors/Chairs: Steffen Kiel (Göttingen) & Klaus Wolkenstein (Göttingen)
Keynote presentation: Patrick J. Orr (Dublin): Taphonomic pathways and the temporal and environmental distribution of late Neoproterozoic–early Phanerozoic exceptional biotas
S3: Molecular palaeobiology
Convenors/Chairs: Yang Qun (Nanjing) & Daniel Jackson (Göttingen)
Keynote presentation: Gert Wörheide (Munich): Molecular Paleobiology: on sponges and dinosaurs
Keynote presentation: Yang Qun (Nanjing) et al.: Calibrating the molecular tree with fossil dates
S4: Tempo and mode of the Cambrian Explosion
Convenors/Chairs: Olaf Elicki (Freiberg) & Li Guoxiang (Nanjing)
Keynote presentation: Li Guoxiang (Nanjing): Radiation patterns of early Cambrian Small Shelly Fossils (SSFs) in South China
Invited oral presentation: Jih-Pai Lin (Nanjing): Kaili Biota: Building a Bridge across the Taphonomic Divide
S5: Ordovician/Silurian boundary and Mid-Palaeozoic biodiversity
Convenors/Chairs: Mike Reich (Göttingen), R. Thomas Becker (Münster) & Oliver Lehnert (Erlangen)
Keynote presentation: Oliver Lehnert (Erlangen): The Early Palaeozoic – a time of dramatic climatic, environmental and evolutionary changes
Invited oral presentation: Mark Sutton (London) et al.: The Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte
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S6/7: Late Palaeozoic Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy
Convenors/Chairs: Wang Jun (Nanjing), Hans Kerp (Münster), Wang Xiangdong (Nanjing) & Michael Amler (Cologne)
Keynote presentation: Leyla J. Seyfullah (Göttingen): Tracing gymnosperms through the Palaeozoic: the road to China
Keynote presentation: Wang Jun (Nanjing) & Feng Zhuo (Kunming): Community reproductive ecology of the 300 mys vegetational Pompeii: detecting the phenology of the Wuda Tuff Flora, Inner Mongolia
Keynote presentation: Wang Xiangdong (Nanjing) & Qi Yuping (Nanjing): Updating the Carboniferous GSSPs research in South China
S8: Permian/Triassic boundary and mass extinctions
Convenors/Chairs: Jörn Peckmann (Vienna) & Tong Jinnan (Wuhan)
Keynote presentation: Evelyn Kustatscher (Bozen/Munich): How did the end-Permian extinction event affect the flora ?
Keynote presentation: Tong Jinnan (Wuhan): The Permian–Triassic Boundary Sequences in South China: Implication to the Great Transitional Events
S9: Triassic/Jurassic transition biodiversity and palaeoenvironment
Convenors/Chairs: Gernot Arp (Göttingen) & Wang Yongdong (Nanjing)
Keynote presentation: Wang Yongdong (Nanjing) et al.: Floral and ecological changes across the Triassic–Jurassic transition in the Sichuan Basin, SW China
S10: The Jurassic/Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems
Convenors/Chairs: Sun Chunlin (Changchun), Wang Yuan (Beijing) & Oliver Wings (Hannover/Berlin)
Keynote presentation: Sun Chunlin (Changchun) et al.: A new Bennettitaleans leaves and evidence of plant–insect interaction from the Middle Jurassic, China
Keynote presentation: Wang Yuan (Beijing) et al.: Juro–Cretaceous Amphibians and Lizards from China
S11: Mesozoic biota and ecosystem evolution of Xinjiang, NW China
Convenors/Chairs: Sun Ge (Changchun/Shenyang), Thomas Martin (Bonn) & Volker Mosbrugger (Frankfurt)
Keynote presentation: Sun Ge (Changchun/Shenyang) et al.: A general view of Sino–German cooperative study on Mesozoic ecosystems and strata in Xinjiang, China, during 1997–2012
S12: Mesozoic and Cenozoic palaeobotany and palynology
Convenors/Chairs: Volker Mosbrugger (Frankfurt), Jochen Heinrichs (Munich) & Sun Bainian (Lanzhou)
Keynote presentation: Jochen Heinrichs (Munich): Evolution of seed-free land plants in the late Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Keynote presentation: Sun Bainian (Lanzhou) et al.: Plant fossil from the Neogene in the Ninghai region of Zhejiang Province, China and palaeoclimatic implications
S13: Cenozoic stratigraphy and vertebrate palaeontology
Convenors/Chairs: Bettina Reichenbacher (Munich) & Thomas Mörs (Stockholm)
S14: Amber, chert, diatomite, and other exceptional windows into terrestrial palaeoecosystems
Convenors/Chairs: Eva-Maria Sadowski (Göttingen) & Alexander R. Schmidt (Göttingen)
Keynote presentation: David Penney (Manchester): Sub/Fossil Resin Inclusion Research: 21st Century Trends and Perspectives
Invited oral presentation: Uwe Kaulfuss (Dunedin): Foulden Maar and South Island amber (New Zealand) – two exceptional windows into Southern Hemisphere Cenozoic terrestrial ecosystems
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S15: Palaeontology in Quaternary Geosciences
Convenors/Chairs: Peter Frenzel (Jena), Frank Riedel (Berlin) & Wang Weiming (Nanjing)
Keynote presentation: Peter Frenzel (Jena): Palaeontology in Palaeoclimatological Research on the Tibetan Plateau
Keynote presentation: Wang Weiming (Nanjing) & Shu Junwu (Nanjing): Environmental and cultural dynamics since latest Pleistocene in Southeast China
S16: Fossil reefs – is the past a key to the future ?
Convenors/Chairs: Eberhard Gischler (Frankfurt) & Rachel Wood (Edinburgh)
Keynote presentation: Rachel Wood (Edinburgh): Ancient reefs – is the past a key to the future ?
Invited oral presentation: Marta Rodríguez-Martínez (Madrid) et al.: From tidal to mud mound deposits: the archaeocyath-bearing facies in the Cambrian record of Iberia (Western Gondwana margin)
S17: New methods of virtual and digital palaeontology
Convenors/Chairs: Mike Reich (Göttingen), Joachim J. Haug (Munich) & Mark Sutton (London)
Keynote presentation: Mark Sutton (London): Virtual Palaeontology: Past, Present and Future
Keynote presentation: Joachim J. Haug (Munich): Modern light-based documentation techniques in palaeontology
S18: Palaeontological museums and collections / Paläontologische Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Convenors/Chairs: Cornelia Kurz (Kassel) / Kirsten Grimm (Mainz)
S19: Frontiers in geobiology
Convenors/Chairs: Joachim Reitner (Göttingen), Xie Shucheng (Wuhan) & Zhang Xingliang (Xi’an)
Keynote presentation: Zhang Xingliang (Xi’an): Geological consequences of biological activities
Keynote presentation: Xie Shucheng (Wuhan) et al.: Reconstruction of paleoenvironmental change by microbial lipid biomarkers
S20: Open Symposium – Invertebrates & Micropalaeontology
Convenors/Chairs: Helga Groos-Uffenorde (Göttingen) & Frank Wiese (Göttingen)
S21: Open Symposium – Vertebrates
Convenors/Chairs: Jürgen Kriwet (Vienna) & Hans-Peter Schultze (Lawrence)
S22: Future perspectives in palaeontology
Convenors/Chairs: Thomas C. Brachert (Leipzig) & Alexander Gehler (Göttingen) Workshop:
(A): Geobiology / Histology – September 27, 2013, 15:15-17:15
Joachim Reitner, Nadia-Valérie Quéric, Wolfgang Dröse (all Göttingen)
– There are still some places available – 25 € Language:
The official language of the joint international conference will be English (and partly German and Chinese).
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a f
ossi
l gi
nkgo
phyt
e
10:1
0 Y
ang B
en;
Ste
iner
; Li
& K
eup
p:
Bio
stra
tigra
phy
and
litho
logi
cal g
aps
in t
he s
mal
l she
lly f
auna
l suc
cess
ion
of E
ast
Yunn
an
10:4
0 CO
FFEE
/ T
EA
S0
– T
illy
Edin
ger
Aw
ard
/ Ti
lly-E
ding
er-P
reis
C
hair:
Mic
hael
Gu
do
11:1
0 Lu
o Cui
: Po
ssib
le “
kera
tose
” de
mos
pong
e fo
ssils
in P
hane
rozo
ic c
arbo
nate
s
11:4
0 D
e B
aets
; S
kaw
ina
& K
lug
: Th
e ea
rlie
st a
ppea
ranc
e of
pea
rls
in t
he p
aleo
ntol
ogic
al r
ecor
d: c
lues
for
com
plex
par
asite
life
cyc
les
or f
ossi
l bi
ases
?
12:1
0 H
ofm
ann
: Th
e cu
riou
s ca
se o
f th
e Ea
rly
Tria
ssic
12:4
5 G
RO
UP
PHO
TOG
RAPH
, m
eetin
g po
int:
mai
n en
tran
ce G
ZG
13:0
0 LU
NCH
BREA
K
S0
– T
illy
Edin
ger
Aw
ard
/ Ti
lly-E
ding
er-P
reis
C
hair:
Mik
e R
eich
14:3
0 La
ute
nsc
hla
ger
: A n
ew lo
ok in
to fos
sil h
eads
– p
alae
oneu
rolo
gy in
the
dig
ital a
ge
15:0
0 Fi
sch
er:
Pala
eoec
olog
y an
d m
igra
tion
beha
viou
r of
fos
sil L
ate
Pala
eozo
ic t
o Ea
rly
Mes
ozoi
c sh
arks
rev
eale
d by
sta
ble
and
radi
ogen
ic is
otop
es
15:3
0 CO
FFEE
/ T
EA
9
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
S6
/7 –
Lat
e Pa
laeo
zoic
Pal
aeob
iolo
gy
and
Str
atig
raph
y
Cha
irs:
Han
s K
erp
& W
ang
Jun
S1
6 –
Fos
sil r
eefs
– is
the
pas
t a
key
to t
he f
utur
e ?
Cha
ir:
Eber
hard
Gis
chle
r
S2
– B
ioge
oche
mis
try
&
unco
nven
tiona
l pre
serv
atio
ns
Cha
irs:
Ste
ffen
Kie
l &
Kla
us W
olke
nst
ein
S1
5 –
Pal
aeon
tolo
gy in
Q
uate
rnar
y G
eosc
ienc
es
Cha
irs:
Fra
nk R
ied
el,
Pete
r Fr
enze
l &
Wan
g W
eim
ing
15:5
0 S
eyfu
llah
: Tr
acin
g gy
mno
sper
ms
thro
ugh
the
Pala
eozo
ic:
the
road
to
Chi
na [
keyn
ote]
Woo
d:
Anc
ient
ree
fs –
is t
he p
ast
a ke
y to
the
fut
ure
?
[key
note
] O
rr:
Taph
onom
ic p
athw
ays
and
the
tem
pora
l and
env
iron
men
tal
dist
ribu
tion
of la
te N
eopr
oter
ozoi
c–ea
rly
Phan
eroz
oic
exce
ptio
nal
biot
as
[ke
ynot
e]
Fren
zel:
Pal
aeon
tolo
gy in
Pal
aeoc
li-m
atol
ogic
al R
esea
rch
on t
he T
ibet
an
Plat
eau
[k
eyno
te]
16:2
0 Z
han
g D
ejun
; D
ing
& S
un
: Lo
ping
ian
plan
ts f
rom
the
Lin
xi
Form
atio
n in
the
Sol
un a
rea,
Inn
er
Mon
golia
Li
Qiji
an;
Li &
Kie
sslin
g:
Lith
istid
spo
nge-
Cal
athi
um p
atch
re
efs
on t
he Y
angt
ze P
latf
orm
: An
Early
Ord
ovic
ian
met
azoa
n-do
min
ated
con
stru
ctio
n at
the
daw
n of
the
rad
iatio
n
Sch
nei
der
; Lu
cas;
Rin
ehar
t &
Tr
üm
per
: Ta
phon
omy
of a
rthr
o-po
ds in
the
Car
rizo
Arr
oyo
foss
il la
gers
tätt
e, E
arly
Per
mia
n, N
ew
Mex
ico
Rie
del
; A
lbre
cht;
Ko
ssle
r; v
on
Rin
tele
n;
Sch
mid
t; S
chu
lth
eiß
&
Sh
eman
g:
Pala
eolim
nolo
gica
l and
ph
ylog
eogr
aphi
cal s
tudi
es o
n a
Qua
-te
rnar
y m
ega-
lake
sys
tem
in t
he
Kal
ahar
i, Bot
swan
a
16:3
5 Li
u F
eng:
Cor
rela
tion
of P
erm
ian
paly
nolo
gica
l ass
embl
ages
fro
m t
he
Nor
th C
hina
Cra
ton
and
its
pala
eobi
ogeo
grap
hic
impl
icat
ions
Z
han
g Y
uany
uan;
Li &
M
un
nec
ke:
Faci
es d
iffer
entia
tion
of
the
reef
com
plex
fro
m t
he L
ate
Ord
ovic
ian
Lian
glita
g Fo
rmat
ion
in
Bac
hu,
Tarim
, N
W C
hina
Fuch
s; K
eup
p &
Wilb
y: C
oleo
id
ceph
alop
ods
and
thei
r hi
gh-f
idel
ity
pres
erva
tion
in K
onse
rvat
-Lag
er-
stät
ten
Ko
ssle
r; R
aufu
ß;
Sch
nei
der
; R
ösle
r &
Bön
isch
: Pa
laeo
envi
ron-
men
tal s
tudi
es o
n th
e La
te S
aalia
n/
Eem
ian
lake
sys
tem
of
Jäns
chw
alde
(N
orth
ern
Ger
man
y, B
rand
enbu
rg,
Low
er L
usat
ia)
16:5
0 Z
han
g Y
i; Z
hen
g &
Nau
gol
nyk
h:
Cut
icle
s of
Lep
idop
teris
leav
es in
the
U
pper
Per
mia
n of
Sha
nxi,
Chi
na
Rod
ríg
uez
-Mar
tín
ez;
Men
énd
ez;
Mor
eno-
Eiri
s &
Per
ejón
: Fr
om
tidal
to
mud
mou
nd d
epos
its:
the
arch
aeoc
yath
-bea
ring
fac
ies
in t
he
Cam
bria
n re
cord
of
Iber
ia (
Wes
tern
G
ondw
ana
mar
gin)
[
invi
ted
talk
]
Hei
mh
ofe
r; M
eist
er;
Ber
nas
con
i;
Ari
zteg
ui;
Mar
till
& S
chw
ark:
N
ew in
sigh
ts in
to c
oncr
etio
n fo
rma-
tion
and
foss
il pr
eser
vatio
n in
the
Cre
tace
ous
San
tana
Lag
erst
ätte
Wan
g W
eim
ing
& S
hu
: En
viro
n-m
enta
l and
cul
tura
l dyn
amic
s si
nce
late
st P
leis
toce
ne in
Sou
thea
st
Chi
na
[key
note
]
17:0
5 W
ang J
un &
Fen
g:
Com
mun
ity
repr
oduc
tive
ecol
ogy
of t
he 3
00 m
ys
vege
tatio
nal P
ompe
ii: d
etec
ting
the
phen
olog
y of
the
Wud
a Tu
ff F
lora
, In
ner
Mon
golia
[
keyn
ote]
Eich
hol
t &
Bec
ker:
Mic
rofa
cies
and
D
evon
ian
reef
dev
elop
men
t in
the
O
ued
Che
rrat
Zon
e, M
oroc
can
Mes
eta
Wol
ken
stei
n;
Su
n &
Gri
esin
ger
: U
nrav
elin
g th
e Bee
troo
t Sto
ne
mys
tery
: st
ruct
ural
elu
cida
tion
of
the
first
bor
on-c
onta
inin
g fo
ssil
orga
nic
pigm
ents
17:2
0
Go
ng E
npu;
Zh
ang;
Gu
an &
Ch
en:
Ree
f de
velo
pmen
t an
d m
arin
e ec
o-sy
stem
s of
the
Lat
e Car
boni
fero
us
in S
outh
Gui
zhou
, Chi
na
10
17:3
5 to
18:
30
POSTE
R S
ESSIO
N &
BEE
R /
SN
ACKS
Pu
blic
eve
nin
g p
rese
nta
tion
/ Ö
ffen
tlic
her
Ab
end
vort
rag
C
hair:
Joac
him
Rei
tner
19:3
0 to
20:
15
Ron
ny R
ößle
r: “
Der
Ver
stei
nert
e W
ald
Che
mni
tz –
ein
Pom
peji
des
Perm
s /
The
Petr
ified
For
est
of C
hem
nitz
– a
Per
mia
n Po
mpe
ii”
[in
Ger
man
]
Ass
emb
ly H
all o
n t
he
Wilh
elm
spla
tz /
Au
la a
m W
ilhel
msp
latz
, W
ilhel
msp
latz
2,
37
07
3 G
ötti
ng
en
Wed
nes
day
Sep
tem
ber
25
th,
20
13
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
08:3
0 to
15:
30
CO
NFE
REN
CE
OFF
ICE
OPE
N
S1
7 –
New
met
hods
of vi
rtua
l and
di
gita
l pal
aeon
tolo
gy
Cha
irs:
Mik
e R
eich
& J
oach
im J
. H
aug
S1
0 –
The
Jur
assi
c/Cre
tace
ous
terr
estr
ial e
cosy
stem
s
Cha
irs:
Su
n C
hunl
in &
O
liver
Win
gs
S3
– M
olec
ular
pal
aeob
iolo
gy
Cha
irs:
Dan
iel J
acks
on &
Y
ang
Qun
S1
3 –
Cen
ozoi
c st
ratig
raph
y an
d ve
rteb
rate
pal
aeon
tolo
gy
Cha
irs:
Bet
tina
Rei
chen
bac
her
&
Thom
as M
örs
09:0
0 S
utt
on:
Vir
tual
Pal
aeon
tolo
gy:
Past
, Pr
esen
t an
d Fu
ture
[
keyn
ote]
W
ang B
o &
Zh
ang
: Ea
rly
Cre
ta-
ceou
s in
sect
fau
nas
from
Chi
na
Wö
rhei
de:
Mol
ecul
ar P
aleo
biol
ogy:
on
spo
nges
and
din
osau
rs [
keyn
ote]
M
örs
& R
egu
ero:
The
Fro
zen
Gar
den
of E
den:
Ver
tebr
ate
Pala
eont
olog
y in
the
Jam
es R
oss
Bas
in,
Ant
arct
ica
09:1
5
Wan
g M
aom
in;
Bét
hou
x; B
rad
ler;
Ja
cqu
es;
Cu
i &
Ren
: In
sect
und
er
cove
r: a
new
pha
smat
odea
n fr
om
the
Earl
y Cre
tace
ous
Jeho
l bio
ta
Alt
ner
& R
eich
enb
ach
er:
How
to
deal
with
pol
ymor
phis
m/
intr
aspe
cific
var
iatio
n
09:3
0 H
offm
ann
& G
öd
der
tz:
CO
NCH
– a
ne
wly
dev
elop
ed s
oftw
are
to
impr
ove
the
quan
titat
ive
mor
phol
ogic
al a
ppro
ach
for
spir
al
shel
ls
H
eth
ke;
Fürs
ich
& J
ian
g:
Ecos
yste
m e
volu
tion
of L
ake
Sih
e-tu
n: A
mul
tipro
xy a
ppro
ach
to t
he
Earl
y Cre
tace
ous
Liao
ning
Fos
sil
Lage
rstä
tte
(Chi
na)
Ma
Juny
e &
Yan
g:
Early
dive
rgen
ce
date
s of
dem
ospo
nges
bas
ed o
n m
itoch
ondr
ial g
enes
and
opt
imiz
ed
foss
il ca
libra
tions
Has
tin
gs:
Geo
met
ric
mor
phom
etri
c an
alys
is o
f M
iddl
e Eo
cene
cr
ocod
ylia
ns fro
m G
eise
ltal,
Sac
hsen
-Anh
alt
(Ger
man
y)
09:4
5 D
yno
wsk
i; H
agd
orn
; Tö
tzke
; N
ebel
sick
& R
oth
-Neb
elsi
ck:
Mut
able
col
lage
nous
tis
sue
in T
rau-
mat
ocrinu
s st
ems
? –
Evid
ence
fro
m
3D r
econ
stru
ctio
n
Su
n C
hunl
in;
Li;
Na;
Li;
Li &
C
hen
: A n
ew B
enne
ttita
lean
leav
es
and
evid
ence
of
plan
t–in
sect
inte
r-ac
tion
from
the
Mid
dle
Jura
ssic
, Chi
na [
keyn
ote]
Li C
hunx
iang
& Y
ang
: Ph
ylog
enet
ics
and
biog
eogr
aphy
of
the
woo
d-w
ardi
oid
fern
s, in
clud
ing
spec
ies
from
Him
alay
a
Hip
sley
& M
ülle
r: T
estin
g fo
r ph
ylog
enet
ic n
iche
con
serv
atis
m in
th
e fo
ssil
reco
rd o
f rh
ineu
rids
(A
mph
isba
enia
)
11
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
10:0
0
Kö
nen
& L
ang
er:
Hig
h re
solu
tion
mic
ro-c
ompu
ted
tom
o-gr
aphy
(m
icro
-CT)
and
3D
rec
on-
stru
ctio
n of
mod
ern
plan
kton
ic
fora
min
ifera
Y
ang Q
un;
Su
n &
Ma:
Cal
ibra
ting
the
mol
ecul
ar t
ree
with
fos
sil d
ates
[k
eyno
te]
Hie
lsch
er;
Sch
ult
z &
Mar
tin
: Com
pari
son
of a
ge s
tage
s an
d w
ear
face
ts a
t th
e m
olar
s of
fos
sil a
nd
exta
nt b
ats
(Mam
mal
ia:
Chi
ropt
era)
10:1
5
Sch
mie
d;
Sch
wer
man
n;
van
de
Kam
p;
dos
San
tos
Rol
o &
B
aum
bac
h:
Insi
de t
he C
low
n. S
yn-
chro
tron
X-r
ay m
icro
tom
ogra
phy
reve
als
extr
aord
inar
y de
tails
of in
-te
rnal
and
gen
ital s
truc
ture
s of
30
mill
ion
old
beet
les
Klie
tman
n;
van
den
Ho
ek
Ost
end
e; N
agel
& R
um
mel
: Q
uant
itativ
e ec
olog
ical
ana
lysi
s on
sm
all i
nsec
tivor
ous
mam
mal
s
10:3
0 CO
FFEE
/ T
EA
S1
7 –
New
met
hods
of vi
rtua
l and
di
gita
l pal
aeon
tolo
gy
Cha
ir:
Mar
k S
utt
on &
Joa
chim
T.
Hau
g
S1
0 –
The
Jur
assi
c/Cre
tace
ous
terr
estr
ial e
cosy
stem
s Cha
irs:
Wan
g Y
uan
& O
liver
Win
gs
S1
4 –
Am
ber,
che
rt,
diat
omite
, an
d ot
her
exce
ptio
nal w
indo
ws
into
ter
rest
rial
pal
aeoe
cosy
stem
s Cha
ir:
Ale
xand
er R
. S
chm
idt
S1
3 –
Cen
ozoi
c st
ratig
raph
y an
d ve
rteb
rate
pal
aeon
tolo
gy
Cha
ir:
Thom
as M
örs
&
Bet
tina
Rei
chen
bac
her
11:0
0 H
aug
: M
oder
n lig
ht-b
ased
doc
u-m
enta
tion
tech
niqu
es in
pa
laeo
ntol
ogy
[k
eyno
te]
Ho
rnu
ng
: Th
e Ber
rias
ian–
Earl
y Val
angi
nian
(Ea
rly
Cre
tace
ous)
ar
chos
aur
faun
a of
nor
thw
este
rn
Ger
man
y –
insi
ghts
into
com
po-
sitio
n, p
alae
oeco
logy
and
pal
aeob
io-
geog
raph
ical
rel
atio
nshi
ps
Bei
mfo
rde;
Fel
db
erg;
Nyl
ind
er;
Rik
kin
en;
Tuov
ila;
Dö
rfel
t;
Gu
be;
Jac
kson
; R
eitn
er;
Sey
-fu
llah
& S
chm
idt:
Dat
ing
the
dive
rsifi
catio
n of
Asc
omyc
ota
linea
ges
usin
g m
olec
ular
dat
a an
d fo
ssils
fro
m a
mbe
r an
d ch
ert
Wan
g S
hiqi
; H
e; C
hen
& D
on
g:
A
disc
ussi
on o
f “M
asto
don
gran
dinc
isi-
vus”
bas
ed o
n ne
w fin
ding
s fr
om t
he
Late
Mio
cene
of
the
Linx
ia B
asin
, Chi
na
11:1
5
Jäg
er;
Luo
& M
arti
n:
Rei
nves
tiga-
tion
of t
he p
ostc
rani
al s
kele
ton
of
Hen
kelo
ther
ium
gui
mar
otae
(Cla
do-
ther
ia,
Mam
mal
ia)
from
the
Lat
e Ju
rass
ic o
f Po
rtug
al u
sing
Mic
roCT
data
Wap
ple
r; G
rim
sson
& Z
ette
r:
Inse
ct-m
edia
ted
polli
natio
n in
di-
cate
d by
Pal
eoge
ne f
low
ers
and
inse
cts
from
Cen
tral
Eur
ope
Wol
f; M
ittm
ann
& B
ern
or:
The
Late
Mio
cene
Höw
eneg
g La
gers
tätt
e (H
egau
, G
erm
any)
: N
ew E
xcav
a-tio
ns a
nd I
nsig
hts
12
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
S1
6 –
Fos
sil r
eefs
– is
the
pas
t a
key
to t
he f
utur
e ?
Cha
irs:
Ebe
rhar
d G
isch
ler
&
Rac
hel W
ood
S2
2 –
Fut
ure
pers
pect
ives
in
pala
eont
olog
y
Cha
irs:
Ale
xand
er G
ehle
r &
Th
omas
C.
Bra
cher
t
S1
8 –
Pal
aeon
tolo
gica
l m
useu
ms
and
colle
ctio
ns /
Pa
läon
t. Ö
ffen
tlich
keits
arbe
it
Cha
irs:
Cor
nelia
Ku
rz /
Kirst
en G
rim
m
11:3
0 K
iel;
Kri
ng
s; L
oo
y; R
omer
o &
G
oed
ert:
On
the
orig
in o
f th
e ke
lp
fore
sts
Gol
ub
ić &
Rad
tke:
Dep
th d
istr
i-bu
tion
and
conv
erge
nt e
volu
tion
of
mic
robo
ring
org
anis
ms
Bra
cher
t: T
he ‘C
ritic
al T
empe
ra-
ture
s App
roac
h’ in
pal
aeoe
colo
gy
and
pala
eocl
imat
olog
y
Mu
dro
ch &
Ric
hte
r: D
igita
l in
vent
ory
of p
alae
onto
logi
cal o
bjec
ts
in n
atur
al h
isto
ry c
olle
ctio
ns –
Bes
t pr
actis
es
11:4
5 Fe
chn
er;
Falk
enst
ein
; S
verd
lova
&
Göß
ling
: U
sing
Fin
ite E
lem
ent
Ana
lysi
s fo
r re
cons
truc
ting
soft
-tis
sues
in o
rnith
isch
ian
dino
saur
s
Sán
chez
-Ber
ista
in;
Gar
cía-
Bar
-re
ra &
Rei
tner
: Pa
laeo
ecol
ogy
of
Teth
ysoc
arni
a ca
utic
a an
d as
soci
a-te
d m
icro
encr
uste
rs f
rom
the
Cip
it Bou
lder
s of
the
St.
Cas
sian
For
ma-
tion
(Low
er C
arni
an,
Upp
er T
rias
sic;
D
olom
ites,
Nor
thea
ster
n It
aly)
Ch
ello
uch
e; A
lber
ti &
Fü
rsic
h:
Kee
p it
cool
? –
Inv
estig
atin
g th
e pa
laeo
clim
ate
of t
he U
pper
Jur
assi
c W
atte
ndor
f Pl
atte
nkal
k (S
outh
ern
Ger
man
y)
Gri
mm
: U
nive
rsitä
tssa
mm
lung
en
am B
eisp
iel d
er J
ohan
nes-
Gut
enbe
rg-U
nive
rsitä
t M
ainz
12:0
0 M
ähle
r; S
chw
erm
ann
; W
utt
ke &
M
arti
n:
4D V
irto
psy
and
the
taph
o-no
my
of G
eotr
ypus
ant
iquu
s fr
om
Ensp
el (
Olig
ocen
e, G
erm
any)
Ch
en X
iaoh
ong
& G
on
g:
A c
oral
–m
icro
bial
ite p
atch
ree
f fr
om t
he L
ate
Car
boni
fero
us o
f La
ngpi
ng,
Gua
ngxi
, Chi
na
Geh
ler;
Pac
k &
Gin
ger
ich
: Tr
iple
ox
ygen
isot
ope
com
posi
tion
of
mam
mal
ian
bioa
patit
e fr
om t
he
Pale
ocen
e–Eo
cene
tra
nsiti
on –
a
com
bine
d pr
oxy
for
fluct
uatio
ns in
ai
r te
mpe
ratu
re a
nd a
tmos
pher
ic
CO
2 co
ncen
trat
ion
Rei
ch:
Die
uni
vers
itäre
n Sam
mlu
ngen
der
Geo
rgia
Aug
usta
12:1
5 R
uf;
Mai
er;
Rod
rig
ues
& S
chu
ltz:
Bra
silit
herium
rio
gran
dens
is (
Bra
si-
lodo
ntid
ae,
Cyn
odon
tia)
reve
als
new
in
sigh
t in
to t
he e
volu
tion
of t
he
mam
mal
ian
nasa
l cav
ity
Zh
ang Y
ongl
i; G
ong;
Gu
an;
Wils
on &
Ch
en:
Pale
oeco
logy
of
Upp
er C
arbo
nife
rous
ree
f-bu
ildin
g Cha
etet
es in
Nor
th C
hina
n
. n
.: n
. n.
12:3
0 LU
NCH
BREA
K
14:0
0 to
15:
00
Gen
eral
ass
emb
ly –
Pal
aeon
tolo
gic
al S
ocie
ty o
f C
hin
a
15:2
5
Mee
ting
poin
t fo
r th
e SCH
NAPP
S D
ISTI
LLER
Y TO
UR (
incl
. ta
stin
g an
d tr
ansp
ort
etc.
, ~
2.5
h):
mai
n en
tran
ce G
ZG
(de
part
ure
15:3
0)
15:5
0 M
eetin
g po
int
for
the
“Gui
ded
CIT
Y TO
UR”
(~1.
5 h)
: m
arke
t pl
ace
‘Gän
selie
sel’
foun
tain
(st
art
16:0
0)
16:0
5 M
eetin
g po
int
for
the
“Gui
ded
CIT
Y U
ND
ERG
RO
UN
D T
OU
R”
(~1.
5 h)
: m
arke
t pl
ace
‘Gän
selie
sel’
foun
tain
(st
art
16:1
5)
19:3
0 on
war
ds
CO
NFE
REN
CE
DIN
NER
– in
the
cel
lars
of
the
anci
ent
tow
nhal
l, re
stau
rant
“Bul
lerj
ahn”
, M
arkt
9,
3707
3 G
öttin
gen,
ww
w.b
ulle
rjah
n.in
fo
(dri
nks
are
not
incl
uded
in t
he c
onfe
renc
e di
nner
fee
)
13
Thu
rsd
ay S
epte
mb
er 2
6th
, 2
01
3
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
08:3
0 to
16:
30
CO
NFE
REN
CE
OFF
ICE
OPE
N
S6
/7 –
Lat
e Pa
laeo
zoic
Pal
aeob
iolo
gy
and
Str
atig
raph
y
Cha
irs:
Han
s K
erp &
Mic
hael
Am
ler
S1
1 –
Mes
ozoi
c bi
ota
and
ecos
yste
m e
volu
tion
of X
injia
ng,
NW
Chi
na
Cha
irs:
Tho
mas
Mar
tin
&
Vol
ker
Mos
bru
gg
er
S8
– P
erm
ian/
Tria
ssic
bou
ndar
y an
d m
ass
extin
ctio
n
Cha
irs:
Jör
n P
eckm
ann
&
Ton
g J
inna
n
S1
9 –
Fro
ntie
rs in
geo
biol
ogy
Cha
irs:
Joa
chim
Rei
tner
; X
ie
Shu
chen
g &
Zh
ang X
ingl
iang
09:0
0
Wan
Min
gli &
Wan
g:
Nan
shan
opte
ris
nerv
osus
gen
. et
sp.
no
v.,
a su
paio
id f
olia
ge f
rom
the
La
te P
erm
ian
Sun
an F
orm
atio
n in
Yu
men
, w
este
rn C
hina
Su
n G
e; M
osb
rug
ger
; S
un
; M
arti
n &
Ash
raf:
A g
ener
al v
iew
of
Sin
o–G
erm
an c
oope
rativ
e st
udy
on
Mes
ozoi
c ec
osys
tem
s an
d st
rata
in
Xin
jiang
, Chi
na,
duri
ng 1
997–
2012
[k
eyno
te]
Ton
g J
inna
n: T
he P
erm
ian–
Tria
ssic
Bou
ndar
y Seq
uenc
es in
Sou
th
Chi
na:
Impl
icat
ion
to t
he G
reat
Tr
ansi
tiona
l Eve
nts
[k
eyno
te]
Zh
ang X
ingl
iang
: G
eolo
gica
l co
nseq
uenc
es o
f bi
olog
ical
ac
tiviti
es [
keyn
ote]
09:1
5
Luth
ard
t; R
ößle
r; S
chn
ei-
der
; K
retz
sch
mar
; M
erb
itz
&
Hen
gst
: Fi
rst
Earl
y Pe
rmia
n Pa
leos
ol E
cosy
stem
– T
he P
etrifie
d Fo
rest
of
Che
mni
tz (
Ger
man
y)
09:3
0 R
ößle
r; Z
iero
ld;
Mer
bit
z &
D
un
lop
: Fi
rst
arth
ropo
ds f
rom
an
Earl
y Pe
rmia
n fo
rest
eco
syst
em
reve
al e
colo
gica
l div
ersi
ty a
t th
e Che
mni
tz F
ossi
l Lag
erst
ätte
(S
axon
y, G
erm
any)
Zh
ang J
iang
uang
; H
orn
un
g;
Len
z;
Hin
der
er &
Wan
g:
Sed
imen
tolo
gy
and
trea
tmen
t of
hug
e m
icro
foss
il da
tase
ts t
o re
cons
truc
t pa
laeo
-en
viro
nmen
t an
d pa
laeo
clim
ate
in
terr
estr
ial s
ettin
gs:
A M
esoz
oic
case
st
udy
(Jun
ggar
and
Tar
im B
asin
s,
NW
-Chi
na)
Zh
ang H
ua;
Sh
en;
Cao
& Z
hen
g:
Ori
gins
of
mic
rosp
heru
les
from
the
Pe
rmo–
Tria
ssic
bou
ndar
y ev
ent
laye
rs in
Sou
th C
hina
Li
u W
ei &
Zh
ang
: O
xida
tion
of p
yrite
by
Acid
ithio
baci
llus
ferr
o-ox
idan
s an
d Aci
dith
ioba
cillu
s th
io-
oxid
ans:
com
pari
son
with
abi
otic
ox
idat
ion
09:4
5 C
ui Yi
ngyi
ng;
Bét
hou
x; G
u;
Pro
kop;
Sch
nei
der
& R
en:
The
Xia
heya
n en
tom
ofau
na (
Nam
uria
n,
Late
Car
boni
fero
us;
Nin
gxia
, Chi
na):
dis
cove
ries
and
pe
rspe
ctiv
es
Su
n G
e; M
iao
& M
osb
rug
ger
: Th
e La
te T
rias
sic
and
Mid
dle
Jura
ssic
flo
ras
from
the
Jun
ggar
Bas
in in
Xin
jiang
, N
W C
hina
Zh
eng Q
uanf
eng
& C
ao:
Mic
robi
ali-
tes
and
mic
robe
s ne
ar t
he P
erm
ian–
Tria
ssic
bou
ndar
y of
Sou
th C
hina
Wan
g H
ongm
ei;
Yu
n;
Zhou
; X
ian
g &
Don
g:
Geo
mic
robi
olog
y in
a
dark
olio
gotr
ophi
c ka
rst
cave
in
cent
ral C
hina
10:0
0 A
mle
r &
Wey
er:
The
“Pos
idon
ia
venu
sta”
gro
up –
wid
espr
ead
biva
lves
in la
te D
evon
ian
and
early
Mis
siss
ippi
an p
elag
ic fac
ies
Joyc
e; R
abi;
Li;
Xu
& C
lark
: A
toot
hed
turt
le f
rom
the
Lat
e Ju
rass
ic
of X
injia
ng A
uton
omou
s Pr
ovin
ce,
Chi
na,
and
its p
hylo
gene
tic im
ply-
catio
ns
Nü
tzel
: G
astr
opod
s at
the
end
-Pe
rmia
n m
ass
extin
ctio
n X
ie S
huch
eng;
Eve
rsh
ed;
Hu
ang;
Pan
cost
& Y
anag
: Rec
onst
ruct
ion
of p
aleo
-env
iron
men
tal c
hang
e by
m
icro
bial
lipi
d bi
omar
kers
[
keyn
ote]
14
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
10:1
5 B
aars
: Str
atig
raph
y an
d oc
curr
ence
s of
the
Car
boni
fero
us
cora
l gen
us C
yath
oclis
ia (
Rug
osa)
in
the
Bri
tish
Isle
s
R
abi;
Zh
ou
; W
ing
s; S
un
&
Joyc
e: E
xcep
tiona
lly c
ompl
ete
xinj
iang
chel
yid
turt
les
from
the
Tu
rpan
Bas
in a
nd t
heir
impl
icat
ions
fo
r m
oder
n tu
rtle
origi
ns
Wan
g Y
ue;
Sad
ler;
Sh
en;
Erw
in;
Zh
ang;
Wan
g;
Wan
g;
Cro
wle
y &
H
end
erso
n:
Qua
ntify
ing
the
pro-
cess
and
abr
uptn
ess
of t
he e
nd-
Perm
ian
mas
s ex
tinct
ion
10:3
0 CO
FFEE
/ T
EA
S6
/7 –
Lat
e Pa
laeo
zoic
Pal
aeob
iolo
gy
and
Str
atig
raph
y
Cha
irs:
Mic
hael
Am
ler
&
Wan
g X
iang
dong
S1
1 –
Mes
ozoi
c bi
ota
and
ecos
yste
m e
volu
tion
of X
injia
ng,
NW
Chi
na
Cha
ir:
Su
n G
e
S8
– P
erm
ian/
Tria
ssic
bou
ndar
y an
d m
ass
extin
ctio
n
Cha
irs:
Ton
g J
inna
n &
Jö
rn P
eckm
ann
S1
9 –
Fro
ntie
rs in
geo
biol
ogy
Cha
irs:
Joa
chim
Rei
tner
; X
ie
Shu
chen
g &
Zh
ang X
ingl
iang
11:0
0 Li
n W
ei:
Late
Vis
ean
to S
erpu
k-ho
vian
Rug
ose
Cor
als
from
Sou
th
Chi
na
Mar
tin
; A
veri
anov
; W
ing
s &
Su
n:
The
Late
Jur
assi
c m
icro
vert
ebra
te
asse
mbl
age
of L
iuhu
angg
ou in
the
so
uthe
rn J
ungg
ar B
asin
(Xin
jiang
, N
orth
wes
t Chi
na)
Li
ang L
ei;
Ton
g;
Hu
ang &
Ti
an:
Low
er T
rias
sic
cono
dont
and
ca
rbon
isot
ope
stra
tigra
phy
at
Min
gtan
g se
ctio
n, L
uodi
an,
sout
hern
G
uizh
ou
Lü X
iaox
ia;
Yan
g;
So
ng;
Li;
Yu
an;
Li;
Yan
g;
Yan
g;
Din
g &
Xie
: Sou
rces
and
dis
trib
utio
n of
iso-
pren
oid
glyc
erol
dia
lkyl
gly
cero
l te
trae
ther
s in
the
sed
imen
ts f
rom
th
e ea
st c
oast
al S
ea o
f Chi
na:
App
li-ca
tions
of
GD
GT-
base
d pa
leo-
ther
mom
etry
in s
hallo
w m
argi
nal
seas
11:1
5 W
ang X
iang
dong
& Q
i: U
pdat
ing
the
Car
boni
fero
us G
SSPs
res
earc
h in
Sou
th C
hina
[
keyn
ote]
Wu
Wen
hao;
Zh
ou
; W
ing
s;
Sek
iya
& D
ong
: A n
ew g
iant
Ju
rass
ic d
inos
aur
from
Sha
nsha
n of
Tu
rpan
-Ham
i Bas
in,
Xin
jiang
, Chi
na
Ku
stat
sch
er:
How
did
the
end
-Pe
rmia
n ex
tinct
ion
even
t af
fect
the
flo
ra?
[k
eyno
te]
Fä
rber
; W
issh
ak;
Bel
lou
; P
yko
& F
reiw
ald
: Sea
sona
l bi
oero
sion
pat
tern
s al
ong
a ba
thym
etri
cal t
rans
ect
in t
he I
onia
n Sea
, Ea
ster
n M
edite
rran
ean
S1
– A
stro
biol
ogy
& A
rcha
ean
and
Prot
eroz
oic
wor
ld
Cha
irs:
Joa
chim
Rei
tner
&
Mar
tin B
lum
enb
erg
11:3
0
Win
gs;
Mar
tin
& S
un
: Ju
rass
ic
Ver
tebr
ates
fro
m t
he T
urpa
n Bas
in
Z
hu
Mao
yan;
Lu
; Y
in;
He
&
Rei
tner
: In
sigh
t in
to t
he E
diac
aran
D
oush
antu
o Fo
rmat
ion,
Sou
th
Chi
na [
keyn
ote]
15
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
S2
1 –
Ope
n Sym
posi
um –
Ver
tebr
ates
Cha
irs:
Jür
gen
Kri
wet
& H
ans-
Pete
r S
chu
ltze
11:4
5 La
ng J
iabi
n; W
ang
& C
hen
: La
te
Car
boni
fero
us c
onod
onts
fro
m
sout
heas
tern
Lia
onin
g
Sch
ult
ze &
Arr
atia
: O
ur k
now
ledg
e of
fos
sil s
arco
pter
ygia
ns a
nd t
he
Chi
nese
con
trib
utio
n
Sch
nee
bel
i-H
erm
ann
; K
ürs
ch-
ner
; K
erp;
Bom
fleu
r; H
och
uli;
B
uch
er &
War
e: P
erm
ian–
Tria
ssic
flo
ral c
hang
e in
Am
b, P
akis
tan
12:0
0 C
hen
Bo;
Joa
chim
ski;
Sh
en;
Lam
ber
t; L
ai;
Wan
g;
Ch
en &
Y
uan
: Pe
rmia
n ic
e vo
lum
e an
d pa
laeo
clim
ate
hist
ory:
insi
ghts
fro
m
oxyg
en is
otop
es o
f co
nodo
nt a
patit
e
Kri
wet
& S
chw
arz:
Phy
loge
netic
im
plic
atio
ns o
f to
oth
repl
acem
ent
patt
erns
in s
tem
-gro
up t
eleo
sts
(Neo
pter
ygii)
C
hu
Dao
liang
; To
ng;
Yu
; S
hi &
So
ng
: Bio
stra
tigra
phy
of t
he
terr
estr
ial P
erm
ian–
Tria
ssic
seq
uen-
ces
in w
este
rn G
uizh
ou,
Sou
th C
hina
Wan
g W
ei;
Zh
ou
; G
uan
; Y
uan
&
Ch
en:
Inte
grat
ed is
otop
ic s
tudi
es o
f th
e Ed
iaca
ran
succ
essi
ons
in s
hallo
w
and
deep
wat
er f
acie
s of
Sou
th
Chi
na
12:1
5 S
hel
ton
: A n
ew m
etho
d to
det
er-
min
e vo
lum
e of
spi
ral b
rom
alite
s:
mor
phom
etri
cs o
f Lo
wer
Per
mia
n (A
rche
r City
For
mat
ion)
het
erop
olar
br
omal
ites
Bu
chw
itz
& V
oig
t: R
econ
side
ratio
n of
phy
loge
netic
app
roac
hes
for
char
acte
r-ri
ch t
etra
pod
trac
ks
Sch
olz
e &
Sch
nei
der
: M
ultis
trat
igra
phic
rei
nves
tigat
ion
of
the
Perm
ian–
Tria
ssic
bou
ndar
y (P
TB)
in c
ontin
enta
l dep
osits
of
Cen
tral
Ger
man
y
G
uan
Che
nggu
o; Z
ho
u;
Wan
g;
Wan
; Y
uan
& C
hen
: Fl
uctu
atio
n of
she
lf ba
sin
redo
x co
nditi
ons
in e
arly
Edi
acar
an:
evid
ence
fro
m L
antia
n Fo
rmat
ion
blac
k sh
ales
in S
outh
Chi
na
12:3
0 LU
NCH
BREA
K
M
EETI
NG
AK P
aläo
bota
nik/
Paly
nolo
gie
(Cha
irs:
Ale
xand
er S
chm
idt
& L
eyla
J.
Sey
fulla
h,
GZG
, le
ctur
e ro
om 1
6-5)
S1
2 –
Mes
ozoi
c an
d Cen
ozoi
c pa
laeo
bota
ny a
nd p
alyn
olog
y
Cha
irs:
Vol
ker
Mos
bru
gg
er &
Jo
chen
Hei
nri
chs
S2
1 –
Ope
n Sym
posi
um –
Ver
tebr
ates
Cha
irs:
Jür
gen
Kri
wet
& H
ans-
Pete
r S
chu
ltze
S8
– P
erm
ian/
Tria
ssic
bou
ndar
y an
d m
ass
extin
ctio
n
Cha
irs:
Ton
g J
inna
n &
Jö
rn P
eckm
ann
S1
– A
stro
biol
ogy
& A
rcha
ean
and
Prot
eroz
oic
wor
ld
Cha
ir:
Zh
u M
aoya
n
14:0
0 H
ein
rich
s: E
volu
tion
of s
eed-
free
la
nd p
lant
s in
the
late
Mes
ozoi
c an
d Cen
ozoi
c [k
eyno
te]
Sch
wer
man
n;
Mar
tin
& K
ullm
er:
Form
and
fun
ctio
n of
the
mol
ar
dent
ition
of Cre
tace
ous
Alp
hado
n (D
idel
phim
orph
ia,
Mar
supi
alia
)
La
aß;
Frey
& K
aest
ner
: Th
e in
ner
ear
of K
awin
gasa
urus
(S
ynap
sida
, Ano
mod
ontia
) –
an
adap
tatio
n to
gro
und
vibr
atio
n de
tect
ion
?
D
ud
a; B
lum
enb
erg;
Thie
l;
Sim
on
; Z
hu
; R
ieg
el &
Rei
tner
: G
eobi
olog
y of
a c
arbo
nate
sys
tem
w
ith E
diac
ara-
type
org
anis
ms:
The
Shi
bant
an M
embe
r (D
engy
ing
For-
mat
ion,
Sou
th C
hina
)
14:1
5
S
chw
erm
ann
& v
on
Koe
nig
swal
d:
Den
tal m
orph
otyp
es
and
func
tiona
l diff
eren
ces
in e
arly
ar
tioda
ctyl
evo
lutio
n
Frö
bis
ch:
Ano
mod
onts
(Te
trap
oda,
Th
erap
sida
) as
a m
odel
gro
up t
o st
udy
the
end-
Perm
ian
mas
s ex
tinct
ion
and
its a
fter
mat
h
Rei
tner
; D
ud
a; W
ilsky
; S
chäf
er
& V
an K
ran
end
on
k: V
arie
d 3.
5 G
a ca
rbon
ates
on
earl
y Ea
rth
– m
icro
-bi
al m
edia
ted
min
eral
izat
ion
vers
us
hydr
othe
rmal
ori
gin
16
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
S
20
– O
pen
Sym
posi
um –
Fo
ssil
Inve
rteb
rate
s &
M
icro
pala
eont
olog
y Cha
ir:
Fran
k W
iese
14:3
0 W
ang X
in:
Sch
mei
ssne
ria:
A
Jura
ssic
ang
iosp
erm
or
a m
embe
r of
G
inkg
oale
s ?
Vo
ss:
Bre
akin
g w
ith t
radi
tiona
l co
ncep
ts –
a n
ew c
lass
ifica
tion
for
the
orde
r Siren
ia (
Mam
mal
ia)
Jan
uss
en;
Hau
sch
ke;
Laaß
&
Hof
f: M
esoz
oic
non-
rigi
d he
xact
i-ne
llid
spon
ges
– a
rari
ty o
r ov
er-
look
ed ?
Kno
wn
and
new
fos
sils
fr
om t
he L
ate
Cre
tace
ous
of
Nor
ther
n G
erm
any
and
Den
mar
k
Frit
z: T
he W
orki
ng G
roup
“O
rigi
n of
Li
fe”
of G
öttin
gen
Aca
dem
y of
Sci
ence
s an
d H
uman
ities
S1
0 –
The
Jur
assi
c/Cre
tace
ous
terr
estr
ial e
cosy
stem
s Cha
ir:
Oliv
er W
ing
s
14:4
5
Li Y
unfe
ng;
Su
n;
Ch
en &
Li:
N
ew m
ater
ial o
f Sol
enite
s (C
zeka
now
skia
les)
fro
m t
he E
arly
Cre
tace
ous
of s
outh
ern
Jilin
, Chi
na
Wit
zman
n;
Sch
war
z-W
ing
s;
Ham
pe;
Fri
tsch
& A
sbac
h:
Path
olog
ic c
asca
de in
the
ver
tebr
al
colu
mn
of a
phy
tosa
ur (
Arc
hosa
uro-
mor
pha)
fro
m H
albe
rsta
dt
Ifri
m;
Wie
se &
Sti
nn
esb
eck:
In
ocer
amid
s an
d bi
ozon
atio
n in
the
El
Ros
ario
sec
tion,
Coa
huila
, no
rth-
east
ern
Mex
ico:
a p
oten
tial G
loba
l Str
atot
ype
Sec
tion
and
Poin
t fo
r th
e Tu
roni
an–C
onia
cian
bou
ndar
y (U
pper
Cre
tace
ous)
Wan
g Y
uan;
Do
ng &
Eva
ns:
Jur
o–Cre
tace
ous
Am
phib
ians
and
Liz
ards
fr
om C
hina
[
keyn
ote]
15:0
0 B
omfl
eur
& M
cLou
gh
lin:
A p
erm
i-ne
raliz
ed r
oyal
fer
n (O
smun
dace
ae)
from
the
Jur
assi
c of
Skå
ne,
Sw
eden
Foth
: O
n th
e in
fluen
ce o
f he
tero
chro
nic
patt
erns
in t
he c
rani
al
shap
e of
sau
risc
hian
din
osau
rs
Rad
tke:
The
ultr
astr
uctu
ral
cons
truc
tion
of M
esoz
oic
amm
onoi
d sh
ell w
all
15:1
5
Sh
elto
n &
San
der
: Com
pariso
n of
po
stcr
ania
l bon
e hi
stol
ogy
of
carn
ivor
ous
and
herb
ivor
ous
pely
cosa
ur g
roup
s
Mal
etz:
Gra
ptol
ite T
axon
omy
- W
here
are
we
now
?
R
adtk
e; T
isch
ling
er &
M
un
nec
ke:
A n
ew fin
ding
of
a La
te
Jura
ssic
liza
rd w
ith s
oft
tissu
e pr
eser
vatio
n fr
om E
ttlin
g (S
olnh
ofen
Arc
hipe
lago
)
15:3
0 CO
FFEE
/ T
EA
16:0
0 to
18:
00
Gen
eral
ass
emb
ly –
Pal
äon
tolo
gis
che
Ges
ells
chaf
t H
onou
rs li
st:
Ado
lf S
eila
cher
(Ja
ekel
Med
al);
Pal
aeon
tolo
gic
al S
ocie
ty o
f C
hin
a (J
aeke
l Med
al);
Kla
us V
ogel
(H
onor
ary
mem
bers
hip)
; Lu
o Zhe
xi (
Cor
resp
ondi
ng m
embe
rshi
p);
Hel
mut
Tis
chlin
ger
(Zitt
el M
edal
)
18:0
0 to
19:
00
POSTE
R S
ESSIO
N &
BEE
R /
SN
ACKS
17
Pu
blic
eve
nin
g p
rese
nta
tion
/ Ö
ffen
tlic
her
Ab
end
vort
rag
C
hair:
Ale
xand
er R
. S
chm
idt
19:0
0 to
19:
45
Han
s K
erp
: “T
he R
hyni
e Che
rt –
sna
psho
ts o
f an
ear
ly t
erre
stri
al e
cosy
stem
/ D
ie R
hyni
e Che
rt-L
ager
stät
te –
Mom
enta
ufna
hmen
ein
es
früh
en t
erre
stri
sche
n Ö
kosy
stem
s” [
in E
nglis
h]
Frid
ay S
epte
mb
er 2
7th
, 2
01
3
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
08:3
0 to
13:
30,
14:3
0 to
15:
00
CO
NFE
REN
CE
OFF
ICE
OPE
N
S1
4 –
Am
ber,
che
rt,
diat
omite
, an
d ot
her
exce
ptio
nal w
indo
ws
into
te
rres
tria
l pal
aeoe
cosy
stem
s
Cha
irs:
Eva
-Mar
ia S
adow
ski &
Ale
xand
er R
. S
chm
idt
S1
2 –
Mes
ozoi
c an
d Cen
ozoi
c pa
laeo
bota
ny a
nd p
alyn
olog
y
Cha
irs:
Su
n B
aini
an &
Jo
chen
Hei
nri
chs
S5
– O
rdov
icia
n/Si
lurian
bo
unda
ry a
nd M
id-
Pala
eozo
ic b
iodi
vers
ity
Cha
ir:
Mik
e R
eich
S9
– T
rias
sic/
Jura
ssic
tr
ansi
tion
biod
iver
sity
and
pa
laeo
envi
ronm
ent
Cha
irs:
Ger
not
Arp
&
Wan
g Y
ongd
ong
09:0
0 P
enn
ey:
Sub
/Fos
sil R
esin
Inc
lusi
on
Res
earc
h: 2
1st C
entu
ry T
rend
s an
d Pe
rspe
ctiv
es
[ke
ynot
e]
Li
Rui
yun;
Su
n &
Wu
: Fo
ssil
liver
wor
ts f
rom
Inn
er M
ongo
lia,
Chi
na,
and
thei
r bi
ogeo
grap
hic
sign
ifica
nce
Leh
ner
t: T
he E
arly
Pal
aeoz
oic
– a
time
of d
ram
atic
clim
atic
, en
viro
nmen
tal a
nd e
volu
tiona
ry
chan
ges
[k
eyno
te]
Wan
g Y
ongd
ong;
Tia
n;
Jian
g;
Xie
; H
uan
g &
Li:
Flo
ral a
nd
ecol
ogic
al c
hang
es a
cros
s th
e Tr
iass
ic–J
uras
sic
tran
sitio
n in
the
Sic
huan
Bas
in,
SW
Chi
na [k
eyno
te]
09:1
5
D
on
g C
hong
; S
un
; X
u &
Y
ang
: A n
ew S
peci
es o
f Cup
ress
a-ce
ae (
sens
u la
to)
from
the
Low
er
Cre
tace
ous
of n
orth
east
ern
Chi
na
and
its p
olle
n tu
be
09:3
0 S
chm
idt:
Tra
p an
d ha
bita
t:
mic
roor
gani
sms
from
tre
e re
sin
and
ambe
r
Su
n Y
uew
u; Z
hao
; W
an &
Gao
: Apt
ian
Flor
as in
eas
tern
and
cen
tral
Ji
lin,
Chi
na a
nd t
he A
tmos
pher
ic
pCO
2
Su
tton
; S
ivet
er;
Siv
eter
&
Bri
gg
s: T
he S
ilurian
Her
efor
dshi
re
Lage
rstä
tte
[i
nvite
d ta
lk]
Li
Liq
in;
Wan
g &
Liu
: La
te
Tria
ssic
pal
ynof
lora
s an
d th
eir
pala
eoen
viro
nmen
tal s
igni
fican
ce
from
Xua
nhan
of
Sic
huan
Pro
vinc
e,
sout
hwes
tern
Chi
na
09:4
5 K
ettu
nen
& R
ikki
nen
: Fo
ssil
fila-
men
tous
mic
rofu
ngi a
s am
ber
incl
usio
ns
H
ori
kx;
Din
is &
Hei
m-
ho
fer:
A h
igh-
reso
lutio
n an
gio-
sper
m p
olle
n re
cord
cov
erin
g Ea
rly
to L
ate
Alb
ian
mid
-lat
itude
coa
stal
de
posi
ts (
Lusi
tani
an B
asin
, Po
rtug
al)
Fen
g Z
huo;
Yan
g;
Ch
en;
Wei
; Li
u
& D
ing
: Pl
ant–
inse
ct a
ssoc
iatio
ns
from
the
Lat
e Tr
iass
ic Y
ipin
glan
g flo
ra,
sout
hwes
tern
Chi
na
18
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
10:0
0
Sad
ow
ski;
Bei
mfo
rde;
D
örf
elt;
Gu
be;
Hei
nri
chs;
N
asci
mb
ene;
Ran
a; R
eitn
er;
Rik
kin
en;
Sch
äfer
; S
eyfu
llah
; S
ing
h &
Sch
mid
t: F
ungi
fro
m a
n Eo
cene
dip
tero
carp
for
est
C
ors
; H
eim
ho
fer;
Ad
atte
; H
och
uli;
Hu
ck &
Bov
er-A
rnal
: Spo
re–p
olle
n as
sem
blag
es s
how
de
laye
d te
rres
tria
l coo
ling
in t
he
afte
rmat
h of
OAE
1a
Wal
liser
(†);
Cor
rig
a; C
orra
din
i &
H
aud
e: L
ager
stät
ten
of b
uoy
crin
oids
(Scy
phoc
rini
tidae
, Ec
hino
-de
rmat
a) t
hriv
ing
in U
pper
Silu
rian
gy
res
of n
arro
win
g oc
eans
bet
wee
n Afr
ica,
Am
eric
a an
d Chi
na
Tian
Nin
g; W
ang;
Zh
ang &
Jia
ng
: N
ew d
ata
of f
ossi
l Osm
unda
ceou
s fe
rns
(Fili
cale
s) f
rom
the
Mid
dle
Jura
ssic
of
wes
tern
Lia
onin
g, N
E Chi
na a
nd t
heir
evo
lutio
nary
si
gnifi
canc
e
S4
– T
empo
and
mod
e of
the
Cam
bria
n Ex
plos
ion
Cha
ir:
Ola
f El
icki
10:1
5 K
aulf
uss
; Le
e; B
ann
iste
r;
Lin
dq
vist
; C
on
ran
; M
ilden
hal
l;
Ken
ned
y; P
erri
chot
; M
arau
n &
S
chm
idt:
Fou
lden
Maa
r an
d Sou
th
Isla
nd a
mbe
r (N
ew Z
eala
nd)
– tw
o ex
cept
iona
l win
dow
s in
to S
outh
ern
Hem
isph
ere
Cen
ozoi
c te
rres
tria
l ec
osys
tem
s
[inv
ited
talk
]
Xu
Yan
& C
ui:
Evi
denc
e fr
om t
he
Earl
y Cre
tace
ous
pale
owild
fire
in
Huo
linhe
Coa
lfiel
d
Ru
st &
Dra
pat
z: P
alae
obio
logy
of
the
Tent
acul
itoid
s fr
om t
he L
ower
D
evon
ian
Hun
srüc
k Sla
te (
Ger
man
y)
Li G
uoxi
ang:
Rad
iatio
n pa
tter
ns o
f ea
rly
Cam
bria
n Sm
all S
helly
Fos
sils
(S
SFs
) in
Sou
th C
hina
[
keyn
ote]
10:3
0
Hel
ling &
Bec
ker:
A L
ower
Dev
o-ni
an t
rilo
bite
fau
na f
rom
a C
arbo
ni-
fero
us o
listo
stro
me
at T
aour
irt
n‘Khe
llil (
Tine
rhir
reg
ion,
SE
Mor
occo
)
10:4
5 CO
FFEE
/ T
EA
S1
4 –
Am
ber,
che
rt,
diat
omite
, an
d ot
her
exce
ptio
nal w
indo
ws
into
te
rres
tria
l pal
aeoe
cosy
stem
s Cha
ir:
Ale
xand
er R
. S
chm
idt
S1
2 –
Mes
ozoi
c an
d Cen
ozoi
c pa
laeo
bota
ny a
nd p
alyn
olog
y
Cha
irs:
Joc
hen
Hei
nri
chs
&
Su
n B
aini
an
S5
– O
rdov
icia
n/Si
lurian
bo
unda
ry a
nd M
id-
Pala
eozo
ic b
iodi
vers
ity
Cha
irs:
R.
Thom
as B
ecke
r &
O
liver
Leh
ner
t
S4
– T
empo
and
mod
e of
the
Cam
bria
n Ex
plos
ion
Cha
irs:
Li G
uoxi
ang
& O
laf
Elic
ki
11:1
5 K
ern
; R
asse
r; S
tach
ura
-Su
chop
-le
s; K
ova
r-Ed
er;
Neb
elsi
ck;
Rot
h-N
ebel
sick
; B
ech
ly;
Sch
wei
-g
ert
& Z
ieg
ler:
Und
erst
andi
ng t
he
pale
oenv
iron
men
t of
the
Mid
-Mio
-ce
ne R
ande
ck M
aar
lake
: re
cap
and
new
dat
a
Su
n B
aini
an;
Xia
o; L
i; L
i; M
a;
Wan
g &
Xu
: Pl
ant
foss
ils fro
m t
he
Neo
gene
in t
he N
ingh
ai r
egio
n of
Zhe
jiang
Pro
vinc
e, C
hina
and
pa
laeo
clim
atic
impl
icat
ions
[k
eyno
te]
Liao
Wei
hua;
Ji &
Wu
: A D
evon
ian
ceri
oid
cora
l fro
m C
oqên
, Ti
bet,
Chi
na
N
a Li
n &
Kie
sslin
g:
Test
ing
the
evol
utio
nary
-arm
s-ra
ce
hypo
thes
is f
or t
he C
ambr
ian
radi
atio
n
11:3
0
Fi
sch
er &
Bec
ker:
Mor
phom
etry
, ta
xono
my,
aut
ecol
ogy
and
pala
eobi
ogeo
grap
hy o
f Pr
iono
-ce
ratid
ae (
Am
mon
oide
a)
Elic
ki;
Mán
gan
o; H
ofm
ann
&
Alt
um
i Th
e Cam
bria
n Ec
olog
ical
In
nova
tion:
wha
t bi
ota
of t
he
Med
iterr
anea
n G
ondw
ana
tell
us
abou
t ea
rly
Phan
eroz
oic
ecos
yste
ms
19
MN
08
MN
09
MN
14
MN
15
S2
0 –
Ope
n Sym
posi
um –
Fos
sil
Inve
rteb
rate
s &
Mic
ropa
laeo
ntol
ogy
Cha
ir:
Hel
ga G
roos
-Uff
enor
de
S9
– T
rias
sic/
Jura
ssic
tr
ansi
tion
biod
iver
sity
and
pa
laeo
envi
ronm
ent
Cha
irs:
Ger
not
Arp
&
Wan
g Y
ongd
ong
11:4
5
Git
ter;
Gro
ss &
Pill
er:
Hig
h-re
solu
tion
anal
yses
and
rec
on-
stru
ctio
n of
the
aut
ecol
ogy
of
ende
mic
Lak
e Pa
nnon
ost
raco
ds
(Lat
e M
ioce
ne;
Sty
rian
Bas
in,
Aus
tria
)
Voi
gt;
Kog
an;
Bu
chw
itz;
Fi
sch
er;
Moi
san
; S
chn
eid
er;
Sp
ind
ler;
Bro
sig;
Pre
uss
e &
S
cho
lze:
The
con
tinen
tal T
rias
sic
Mad
ygen
Lag
erst
ätte
(so
uthw
est
Kyr
gyzs
tan,
Cen
tral
Asi
a)
Har
ten
fels
; R
ytin
a &
Bec
ker:
Fa
men
nian
con
odon
t fa
unas
in
olis
tost
rom
es a
t Ta
ouri
rt n
'Khe
llil
(Tin
erhi
r re
gion
, SE
Mor
occo
) –
lost
D
evon
ian
at t
he "
Sou
ther
n Var
isca
n Fr
ont"
Fatk
a; L
aib
l &
Noh
ejlo
vá:
Cam
bria
n La
gers
tätt
en in
the
Bar
rand
ian
area
(Cze
ch R
epub
lic)
12:0
0
Qu
Hai
ying
; W
an &
Xi:
Non
-M
arin
e os
trac
od b
iost
ratig
raph
y (U
pper
Cre
tace
ous–
Earl
y Te
rtia
ry)
of t
he S
K1
(n)
bore
hole
, Son
glia
o Bas
in,
nort
heas
t Chi
na
Kle
in &
Gri
eble
r: L
ife h
isto
ries
and
gr
owth
pat
tern
s of
Tri
assi
c Sau
ropt
eryg
ia
Qie
Wen
kun
& W
ang
: Sed
imen
tary
an
d ca
rbon
isot
opic
rec
ords
of
the
Dev
onia
n–Car
boni
fero
us b
ound
ary
in S
outh
Chi
na
Zh
ao F
angc
hen:
Div
ersi
ty a
nd
spec
ies
abun
danc
e pa
tter
ns o
f th
e Ea
rly
Cam
bria
n (S
erie
s 2,
Sta
ge 3
) Che
ngjia
ng B
iota
fro
m C
hina
12:1
5 Fö
rder
er &
Lan
ger
: Raj
a Am
pat:
A
Hot
spot
of
Mod
ern
Fora
min
ifera
l D
iver
sity
C
hen
Dis
hu &
Lu
o:
New
di
scov
ery
of t
he T
rias
sic
radi
olar
ians
fr
om Y
arlu
ng Z
angb
o Sut
ure
Zon
e in
th
e Ji
nlu
area
, Zet
ang
tow
n,
sout
hern
Tib
et
Bec
ker;
Ab
ouss
alam
; H
arte
n-
fels
; El
Has
san
i & B
aid
der
: Th
e gl
obal
car
bona
te c
risi
s at
the
D
evon
ian–
Car
boni
fero
us t
rans
ition
in
Mor
occo
Lin
Jih
-Pai
: Kai
li Bio
ta:
Bui
ldin
g a
Bri
dge
acro
ss t
he T
apho
nom
ic
Div
ide
[i
nvite
d ta
lk]
12:3
0 Z
hu
You
hua:
Lat
e O
ligoc
ene
to
Mid
dle
Mio
cene
cal
care
ous
nann
ofos
sil b
iost
ratig
raph
y of
the
de
epw
ater
wel
l in
the
nort
hern
Sou
th C
hina
Sea
Zh
ou
Zhi
chen
g; L
uo;
Li;
Will
ems;
Z
hu
; C
ai;
Xu
; Y
ang;
Ch
en &
C
hen
: Ea
rly
Tria
ssic
tra
ce f
ossi
ls
foun
d fr
om t
he X
ie-j
ia-c
ao S
ectio
n,
Gua
ng-a
n of
Sic
huan
, an
d th
eir
pale
oeco
logi
c si
gnifi
canc
es
Jian
g Q
ing;
Xu
; W
ang &
Fen
g:
Ane
urop
hyta
lean
pro
gym
nosp
erm
s fr
om t
he M
iddl
e D
evon
ian
of N
orth
Xin
jiang
, Chi
na
12:4
5 Lu
o H
ui &
Xu
: La
te J
uras
sic–
Earl
y Cre
tace
ous
radi
olar
ians
fro
m t
he
mél
ange
in G
yang
ze,
sout
hern
Tib
et
X
ue
Jinz
huan
g &
Hao
: Bay
esia
n an
d m
axim
um p
arsi
mon
y ph
ylo-
gene
tic a
naly
ses
of D
evon
ian
vasc
ular
pla
nts
Ber
nin
g;
Tayl
or &
Wils
on:
The
dela
yed
expl
osio
n: C
ambr
ian
bryo
zoan
s re
mai
n ye
t to
be
foun
d !
13:0
0 CO
FFEE
/ T
EA /
SN
ACKS
Clo
sin
g S
essi
on,
Aw
ard
s (T
illy
Edin
ger
Aw
ard,
Con
fere
nce
Aw
ards
for
the
Bes
t Po
ster
s, Y
oung
Sci
entis
t Aw
ard
of t
he p
resi
dent
s),
Fare
wel
l Ad
dre
ss
13:4
5 to
14:
30
Joac
him
Rei
tner
, Y
ang Q
un,
Wan
g Y
ongd
ong,
Mik
e R
eich
etc
.
20
Wor
ksh
op “
Geo
bio
log
y /
His
tolo
gy”
le
ctur
e ro
om M
N 1
6
15:1
5 to
17:
15
Joac
him
Rei
tner
, N
adia
-Val
érie
Qu
éric
, W
olfg
ang
Drö
se
La
st in
form
atio
n
T
he f
ollo
win
g or
al p
rese
ntat
ions
(cf
. Abs
trac
t vo
lum
e) w
ere
canc
elle
d:
S1
: Z
hu
Shi
: Th
e m
egaf
ossi
ls f
rom
the
160
0-m
illio
n-ye
ar-o
ld G
aoyu
zhua
ng F
orm
atio
n in
Yan
shan
ran
ge,
Nor
th
Chi
na [
invi
ted
talk
] S
3:
Su
n X
iaoy
an;
Xia
& Y
ang
: D
eep
dive
rgen
ce d
atin
g of
Bra
nchi
opod
a ba
sed
on r
elax
ed m
olec
ular
clo
ck a
naly
ses
with
mul
tiple
fo
ssil
calib
ratio
ns
S5
: X
u H
ongh
e; W
ang;
Jian
g &
Fen
g:
The
late
Mid
Dev
onia
n H
ujie
rsite
Flo
ra f
rom
Nor
th X
injia
ng,
Chi
na,
and
its
pala
eoen
viro
nmen
t S
6/7
: C
ao C
hang
qun;
Zh
ang;
Sh
en &
Zh
eng
: Th
e Cap
itani
an C
-iso
topi
c ex
curs
ion
and
its g
eolo
gica
l im
plic
atio
ns f
or t
he p
re-
Lopi
ngia
n ev
ent
in S
outh
Chi
na
S6
/7:
Sh
eng Q
ingy
i: Sed
imen
tolo
gica
l cha
ract
eris
tics
and
fora
min
ifera
fau
na o
f th
e U
pper
Mis
siss
ippi
an c
yclo
them
s in
the
Low
er
Yang
tze
Blo
ck
S6
/7:
Sh
i Yu
kun:
Evo
lutio
nary
pat
tern
of
Perm
o–Car
boni
fero
us f
usul
inid
fau
na in
Sou
th C
hina
S
6/7
: W
ang Q
iula
i; S
hen
g;
Bre
nck
le;
Qi &
Hu
: Pr
ogre
ss o
n th
e st
udy
of t
he G
SSP
at t
he b
ase
of t
he S
erpu
khov
ian
Sta
ge
S9
: Ji
Che
ng;
Jian
g;
Fu;
Mot
ani;
Hao
; R
iep
pel
; Ti
nto
ri;
Su
n &
Su
n:
Hig
hly
dive
rsifi
ed C
haoh
u Fa
una
(Ole
neki
an,
Early
Tria
ssic
) an
d se
quen
ce o
f Tr
iass
ic m
arin
e re
ptile
fau
nas
from
Sou
th C
hina
S
10
: C
ai C
heny
ang
& H
uan
g:
Rov
e be
etle
s ro
ving
in d
eep
time:
Chi
nese
Mes
ozoi
c fo
ssils
tel
l a s
tory
(Col
eopt
era:
Sta
phyl
inid
ae)
S2
2:
M
eiss
ner
& M
utt
erlo
se:
Evid
ence
for
the
Val
angi
nian
(Lo
wer
Cre
tace
ous)
Wei
sser
t Ev
ent
in t
he B
orea
l Rea
lm
T
he f
ollo
win
g po
ster
pre
sent
atio
ns (
cf.
Abs
trac
t vo
lum
e) w
ere
canc
elle
d:
S1
0:
Liao
Hua
nyu;
Hu
ang &
Sh
en:
SEM
obs
erva
tion
on t
he m
ost
com
mon
con
chos
trac
ans
Eues
ther
ia lu
anpi
ngen
sis
from
the
D
aohu
gou
faun
a S
15
: C
ai H
uaw
ei;
Hu
ang;
Zh
u;
Lin
&
Tia
n:
Hol
ocen
e M
ollu
scs
in L
uotu
odun
and
Xix
i of
Yixi
ng C
ity,
Jian
gsu
Prov
ince
S
22
: C
ho
razy
; B
odin
& M
utt
erlo
se:
Sta
ble
Sr
isot
opes
, a
new
app
roac
h fo
r Lo
wer
Cre
tace
ous
(Ber
rias
ian–
Bar
rem
ian)
Bor
eal–
Teth
yan
corr
elat
ion
T
he f
ollo
win
g or
al p
rese
ntat
ions
(cf
. Abs
trac
t vo
lum
e) w
ere
chan
ged
to p
oste
r
S1
2:
Xin
Cun
lin;
Wan
& W
ang
: Con
iopt
eris
hym
enop
hyllo
ides
(Bro
ngni
art)
Sew
ard
from
the
Mid
dle
Jura
ssic
of
Yaoj
ie,
Gan
su,
wes
tern
Chi
na
S1
3:
Eng
elb
rech
t; K
riw
et;
Mör
s; S
chw
arz;
Reg
uer
o &
Tam
bu
ssi:
A r
evis
ion
of E
ocen
e Ant
arct
ic f
ishe
s (V
erte
brat
a:
Neo
pter
ygii:
Tel
eost
ei)
21
– P
ost
er p
rese
nta
tio
ns
–
S
0 –
Till
y Ed
inge
r Aw
ard
/ Ti
lly-E
ding
er-P
reis
--
S
1 –
Mes
ozoi
c an
d Cen
ozoi
c pa
laeo
bota
ny a
nd p
alyn
olog
y
1.
Wils
ky;
Rei
tner
; H
anse
n;
Wie
gan
d &
Eis
enh
auer
: Is
otop
e an
d el
emen
t si
gnat
ures
of
carb
onat
es o
f th
e la
te N
eopr
oter
ozoi
c –
earl
y Cam
bria
n Cri
tical
In
terv
al in
the
pre
lude
of
the
“Cam
bria
n Ex
plos
ion”
, S-C
hina
and
Nam
ibia
S2
– B
ioge
oche
mis
try
& u
ncon
vent
iona
l pre
serv
atio
ns
1.
Rei
ch &
Ste
gem
ann
: H
olot
hurian
bod
y fo
ssils
(Ec
hino
derm
ata)
fro
m v
ario
us P
hane
rozo
ic F
ossi
l Lag
erst
ätte
n: a
n ov
ervi
ew
2.
Rod
ríg
uez
-Mar
tín
ez;
Men
énd
ez;
Mor
eno-
Eiri
s; P
erej
ón &
Rei
tner
: Th
e us
e of
Arc
haeo
cyat
hs a
s an
alte
rnat
ive
prox
y in
the
rec
onst
ruct
ion
of C
ambr
ian
pale
o-se
awat
er R
EE p
atte
rns
3.
Sch
ulz
; S
chn
eid
er &
Bec
kem
eyr:
Tap
hono
my
of la
rge
cock
roac
h w
ings
of
the
Ham
ilton
Qua
rry
foss
il la
gers
tätt
e, L
ate
Penn
sylv
ania
n, K
ansa
s
S3
– M
olec
ular
pal
aeob
iolo
gy
1.
Do
ng
Sha
nsha
n: A
ncie
nt a
rea
reco
nstr
uctio
n: S
earc
hing
for
the
spa
tial o
rigi
n of
the
leaf
y liv
erw
ort
genu
s Le
jeun
ea
S
4 –
Tem
po a
nd m
ode
of t
he C
ambr
ian
Expl
osio
n
1.
Jan
uss
en &
Rei
tner
: Ea
rly
Cam
bria
n sp
onge
s fr
om S
iriu
s Pa
sset
, N
orth
Gre
enla
nd
2.
Her
big
; W
otte
& B
ecke
r: A
cal
cim
icro
be–a
rcha
eocy
athi
d bo
unds
tone
fro
m C
entr
al E
urop
e –
Firs
t pr
oof of
Low
er C
ambr
ian
in t
he S
axot
huring
ian
Zon
e of
no
rthe
aste
rn B
avar
ia (
Ger
man
y)
3.
Du
an Y
e: M
iddl
e an
d la
te C
ambr
ian
trilo
bite
com
mun
ities
of
the
Feng
huan
g w
este
rn H
unan
, Chi
na
4.
Zh
ao F
angc
hen:
Com
plex
ity a
nd d
iver
sity
of ey
es in
Ear
ly C
ambr
ian
ecos
yste
ms:
evi
denc
e fr
om t
he C
heng
jiang
Bio
ta
22
S
5 –
Ord
ovic
ian/
Silu
rian
bou
ndar
y an
d M
id-P
alae
ozoi
c bi
odiv
ersi
ty
1.
Xu
e Ji
nzhu
ang
& H
ao:
Div
ersi
ty d
ynam
ics
of t
he L
ate
Silu
rian
–Ear
ly D
evon
ian
meg
afos
sil p
lant
s
2.
Bro
cke;
Kn
eid
l; W
ilde
& R
ieg
el:
New
pal
ynol
ogic
al e
vide
nce
rega
rdin
g ag
e an
d en
viro
nmen
t of
the
Hun
srüc
ksch
iefe
r, L
ower
Dev
onia
n, R
hein
isch
es
Sch
iefe
rgeb
irge
, G
erm
any
3.
Sti
chlin
g;
Bec
ker;
Ab
ouss
alam
; H
ellin
g;
Ryt
ina
& W
ard
: D
evon
ian
succ
essi
ons
at t
he n
orth
ern
mar
gin
of t
he M
aide
r (S
-Mor
occo
): m
icro
faci
es,
pala
eoec
olog
y an
d st
ratig
raph
y
S6
/7 –
Lat
e Pa
laeo
zoic
Pal
aeob
iolo
gy a
nd S
trat
igra
phy
1.
Nyh
uis
& A
mle
r: R
aftin
g ve
rsus
ben
thic
col
oniz
atio
n: I
nvas
ion
of o
xyge
n-de
plet
ed m
uds
? –
An
exam
ple
from
the
late
Mis
siss
ippi
an o
f th
e Rhe
nish
Mas
sif
2.
Laaß
& H
off:
The
fir
st e
vide
nce
of in
sect
end
ophy
tic o
vipo
sitio
n fr
om t
he W
ettin
Mem
ber
of t
he S
iebi
gero
de F
orm
atio
n of
the
Saa
le B
asin
(U
pper
Car
boni
fero
us,
Ste
fani
an C
, G
zhel
ian)
3.
Qi Yu
ping
& N
emyr
ovsk
a: U
pdat
ed c
onod
ont
dist
ribu
tion
acro
ss t
he V
isea
n/Ser
pukh
ovia
n bo
unda
ry a
t th
e N
aqin
g se
ctio
n, S
outh
Chi
na
4.
Seu
ss;
Sen
owb
ari-
Dar
yan
& N
ütz
el:
Cha
etet
ids
from
the
Upp
er C
arbo
nife
rous
Buc
khor
n Asp
halt
Qua
rry
Lage
rstä
tte,
Okl
ahom
a
5.
Sch
nei
der
; S
aber
; B
elah
mir
a; S
chol
ze;
Sp
ind
ler
& L
agn
aou
i: T
hund
erst
orm
and
cat
astr
ophi
cal f
lood
in M
oroc
co –
305
Ma
ago
6.
Voi
gt;
Lu
cas
& F
isch
er:
Late
Pal
aeoz
oic
Dia
dect
idae
(Cot
ylos
auri
a: D
iade
ctom
orph
a) a
nd t
heir
pot
entia
l pre
fere
nce
for
inla
nd h
abita
ts
7.
Sp
ind
ler;
Bri
nk
& P
iñei
ro:
An
upgr
aded
per
spec
tive
on b
asal
Sph
enac
odon
tia,
the
stem
gro
up o
f m
amm
al-l
ike
amni
otes
8.
Sh
elto
n &
Mar
ten
s: T
he o
ldes
t kn
own
natu
rally
for
med
tet
rapo
d bo
ne c
asts
and
the
first
bon
e ca
sts
disc
over
ed in
the
Low
er P
erm
ian
(Tam
bach
For
mat
ion)
–
Evid
ence
of
a la
rger
ear
ly P
erm
ian
bipe
dal r
eptil
e fr
om t
he B
rom
acke
r
S8
– P
erm
ian/
Tria
ssic
bou
ndar
y an
d m
ass
extin
ctio
n
1.
Ch
u D
aolia
ng;
Ton
g;
Yu
; S
hi &
Son
g:
Con
chos
trac
an f
auna
fro
m t
he K
ayito
u Fo
rmat
ion
of w
este
rn G
uizh
ou,
Chi
na
2.
Ern
st:
Perm
ian
bryo
zoan
fau
na f
rom
the
Zho
ngba
are
a of
Xiz
ang,
Tib
et
3.
Hei
nd
el;
Bir
gel
; R
ich
oz;
Bra
nd
ner
; B
aud;
Kry
styn
; H
orac
ek;
Moh
tat;
Koş
un
& P
eckm
ann
: Ea
rly
Tria
ssic
mic
robi
alite
s on
the
mar
gins
of
the
Neo
teth
ys
S
9 –
Trias
sic/
Jura
ssic
tra
nsiti
on b
iodi
vers
ity a
nd p
alae
oenv
iron
men
t
1.
Kog
an;
Skr
zyck
i; V
oig
t &
Fis
cher
: Art
icul
ated
lung
fish
from
the
Tri
assi
c fo
ssil
lage
rstä
tte
Mad
ygen
(Kyr
gyzs
tan,
Cen
tral
Asi
a)
2.
Fran
eck;
Fis
cher
; K
og
an;
Voi
gt
& S
chn
eid
er:
Mic
rove
rteb
rate
ana
lyse
s ex
tend
the
icht
hyod
iver
sity
of th
e co
ntin
enta
l Tri
assi
c M
adyg
en F
orm
atio
n,
Kyr
gyzs
tan
23
S
10
– T
he J
uras
sic/
Cre
tace
ous
terr
estr
ial e
cosy
stem
s
1.
Ren
Don
g: D
iver
se I
nsec
ts in
the
Mes
ozoi
c Ec
osys
tem
s fr
om N
orth
east
ern
Chi
na
2.
Wan
g Y
ongj
ie &
Ren
: D
iver
se n
euro
pter
ans
in t
he M
esoz
oic
ecos
yste
ms
of n
orth
east
ern
Chi
na
3.
Do
ng L
ipin
g; R
oče
k; W
ang &
Jon
es:
Taxo
nom
ic r
evis
ions
of Anu
rans
fro
m t
he L
ower
Cre
tace
ous
Jeho
l Gro
up o
f w
este
rn L
iaon
ing,
Chi
na
4.
Bri
nkk
ött
er &
Mar
tin
: Fu
nctio
nal a
spec
ts o
f H
alda
nodo
n (D
ocod
onta
, M
amm
alia
form
es)
mol
ar d
entit
ion
5.
Ric
hte
r; M
ud
roch
& B
uck
ley:
Iso
late
d th
erop
od t
eeth
fro
m t
he L
ate
Jura
ssic
(O
xfor
dian
/Kim
mer
idgi
an)
of L
ower
Sax
ony,
NW
-Ger
man
y
6.
Ho
lwer
da
& R
auh
ut:
Rev
isio
n of
Pat
agos
auru
s fa
rias
i and
the
ear
ly e
volu
tion
of b
asal
eus
auro
pods
7.
Falk
& W
ing
s: C
orre
latio
n be
twee
n se
dim
ento
logy
and
the
pre
serv
atio
n of
din
osau
r tr
acks
at
the
Earl
y Cre
tace
ous
Din
osau
r Tr
acks
ite in
Mün
cheh
agen
(L
ower
Sax
ony,
Ger
man
y)
8.
Ho
rnu
ng;
Sac
hs
& K
ear:
Sau
ropt
eryg
ian
foss
ils fro
m t
he p
redo
min
antly
lim
nic–
brac
kish
Büc
kebe
rg F
orm
atio
n (B
erri
asia
n–Ea
rly
Val
angi
nian
, Ea
rly
Cre
tace
ous)
of
nort
hwes
tern
Ger
man
y –
dive
rsity
, di
stri
butio
n, a
nd p
alae
oeco
logy
9.
Liu
Don
gxu
& Z
hou
: A n
ew d
isco
very
of
Cau
dipt
erid
ae fro
m w
este
rn o
f Li
aoni
ng,
Chi
na
10.
Gao
Lin
; H
u;
Xu
& H
ou:
A n
ew e
nant
iorn
ithin
e bi
rd f
rom
the
Ear
ly C
reta
ceou
s Je
hol B
iota
, no
rthe
aste
rn C
hina
S1
1 –
Mes
ozoi
c bi
ota
and
ecos
yste
m e
volu
tion
of X
injia
ng,
NW
Chi
na
1.
Zh
ang J
iang
uang
; H
orn
un
g;
Len
z; H
ind
erer
& W
ang
: H
ow t
o ev
alua
te a
hug
e da
tase
t of
pol
len
and
spor
es t
o re
cons
truc
t th
e pa
laeo
envi
ronm
ent
and
pala
eocl
imat
e in
ter
rest
rial
set
tings
: A M
esoz
oic
case
stu
dy (
Jung
gar
and
Tari
m B
asin
s, N
W-C
hina
)
S1
2 –
Mes
ozoi
c an
d Cen
ozoi
c pa
laeo
bota
ny a
nd p
alyn
olog
y
1.
Bau
er;
Ku
stat
sch
er &
Kri
ng
s: I
ntra
spec
ific
variab
ility
in f
ossi
l gin
kgop
hyte
leav
es –
was
it a
s hi
gh a
s in
Gin
kgo
bilo
ba?
2.
Ku
stat
sch
er;
Del
lan
ton
io &
Van
Ko
nij
nen
bu
rg-v
an C
itte
rt:
The
fern
s of
the
late
Lad
inia
n (M
iddl
e Tr
iass
ic)
flora
fro
m M
onte
Agn
ello
(D
olom
ites,
N-I
taly
)
3.
Sey
fulla
h;
Ku
stat
sch
er &
Tay
lor:
An
unus
ual h
orse
tail
is a
par
ent
plan
t of
Ver
ruco
sisp
orite
s ap
plan
atus
spo
res
– a
mar
ker
of a
Mid
dle
Tria
ssic
age
4.
Bau
er;
Ku
stat
sch
er;
Kri
ng
s &
Van
Kon
ijn
enb
urg
-van
Cit
tert
: Ber
nett
ia r
econ
side
red:
fir
st r
ecor
d of
a c
one-
like
stru
ctur
e
5.
Tan
Xia
o; Z
han
g &
Su
n:
A n
ew t
echn
ique
to
deci
pher
the
epi
derm
al s
truc
ture
of Ya
nlia
oa
6.
Wei
ser;
Wei
gan
d;
Gee
& R
ößle
r: P
hyllo
taxy
in s
eed
cone
s of
Ara
ucar
ia m
irab
ilis
(Mid
dle
Jura
ssic
Cer
ro C
uadr
ado
Petr
ified
For
est,
Pat
agon
ia,
Arg
entin
a) –
Pr
elim
inar
y ob
serv
atio
ns
7.
Xin
Cun
lin;
Wan
& W
ang
: Con
iopt
eris
hym
enop
hyllo
ides
(Bro
ngni
art)
Sew
ard
from
the
Mid
dle
Jura
ssic
of
Yaoj
ie,
Gan
su,
wes
tern
Chi
na
8.
Gar
ten
& G
ee:
Firs
t de
scri
ptio
n of
tro
pica
l ang
iosp
erm
woo
ds f
rom
a M
iddl
e Eo
cene
fos
sil l
ager
stät
te in
Lar
edo,
Tex
as,
USA
24
S
13
– C
enoz
oic
stra
tigra
phy
and
vert
ebra
te p
alae
onto
logy
1.
Eng
elb
rech
t; K
riw
et;
Mör
s; S
chw
arz;
Reg
uer
o &
Tam
bu
ssi:
A r
evis
ion
of E
ocen
e Ant
arct
ic fis
hes
(Ver
tebr
ata:
Neo
pter
ygii:
Tel
eost
ei)
2.
Rei
chen
bac
her
; R
asm
uss
en;
Pen
k &
Alt
ner
: N
ew F
ossi
l Lag
erst
ätte
Tug
en H
ills
(Ken
ya,
Afr
ica)
: Ex
cept
iona
l pre
serv
atio
n of
Mio
cene
fre
shw
ater
fis
hes
3.
Gie
rl &
Rei
chen
bac
her
: A f
resh
look
on
foss
il G
obio
ids
from
the
Mio
cene
of
Euro
pe
4.
Lieb
l; G
egg;
Sch
ütz
ing
er;
Lech
ner
; Lö
hr;
Pen
k; G
ierl
; P
ipp
èrr
& R
eich
enb
ach
er:
Mar
ine,
bra
ckis
h or
fre
shw
ater
? T
he p
alae
oeco
logy
of
the
nort
hern
M
olas
se B
asin
in t
he la
te E
arly
Mio
cene
5.
Vei
tsch
egg
er &
Nag
el:
The
faun
a of
Lin
dabr
unn
(380
m,
Low
er A
ustr
ia)
and
its in
dica
tions
for
the
clim
ate
and
envi
ronm
enta
l cha
nges
at
the
end
of t
he
Plei
stoc
ene
6.
San
mu
gar
aja
& S
chel
lhor
n:
Pale
oeco
logi
cal a
dapt
atio
ns in
the
for
earm
of
cats
7.
Sch
ellh
orn
: M
etap
odia
l var
iatio
n in
Ple
isto
cene
rhi
noce
ros
S
14
– A
mbe
r, c
hert
, di
atom
ite,
and
othe
r ex
cept
iona
l win
dow
s in
to t
erre
strial
pal
aeoe
cosy
stem
s
1.
Har
tl;
Grö
hn
; H
ein
rich
s; R
ikki
nen
& S
chm
idt:
Enl
ight
enin
g lic
hens
fro
m B
altic
am
ber
2.
Kie
ckse
e; K
aulf
uss
; Le
e; S
ado
wsk
i; S
chm
idt
& M
arau
n:
Div
ersi
ty o
f m
ites
from
New
Zea
land
am
ber
3.
Hör
nig
; S
omb
ke;
Hau
g &
Hau
g:
The
evol
utio
n of
bro
od c
are
beha
vior
in d
icty
opte
ran
inse
cts
and
its f
ossi
l rec
ord
S
15
– P
alae
onto
logy
in Q
uate
rnar
y G
eosc
ienc
es
1.
Vo
ssel
& L
itt:
Hol
ocen
e pa
laeo
clim
ate
reco
nstr
uctio
n in
the
Eas
tern
Med
iterr
anea
n: a
qua
ntita
tive
diat
om s
tudy
of
an a
ppro
xim
atel
y 18
m lo
ng s
edim
ent
core
fro
m L
ake
Kin
nere
t (I
srae
l)
S
16
– F
ossi
l ree
fs –
is t
he p
ast
a ke
y to
the
fut
ure
?
1.
Ab
ouss
alam
; B
ecke
r; E
ich
hol
t; E
l Has
san
i; B
enfr
ika
& E
l Kam
el:
The
prec
ise
timin
g of
Dev
onia
n re
ef g
row
th a
nd e
xtin
ctio
ns in
the
Mor
occa
n M
eset
a
2.
Rod
ríg
uez
-Mar
tín
ez &
Rei
tner
: Th
e st
abili
zatio
n of
slo
pe d
epos
its b
y m
icro
bial
-spo
nge
crus
ts (
Eoce
ne,
Ain
sa B
asin
): a
pot
entia
l ana
logy
for
som
e m
ud
mou
nd g
row
th f
abrics
25
S
17
– N
ew m
etho
ds o
f vi
rtua
l and
dig
ital p
alae
onto
logy
1.
Baa
rs;
Gh
ob
adi
Po
ur
& A
twoo
d:
The
earl
iest
rug
ose
cora
l
2.
Bai
Min
g: E
volu
tiona
ry p
atte
rns
of h
ind
win
g m
orph
olog
y in
sca
rabs
(Col
eopt
era:
Sca
raba
eoid
ea)
base
d on
the
ext
ant
and
extin
ct e
vide
nces
3.
Lau
ten
sch
lag
er:
Dig
ital d
isse
ctio
n –
usin
g co
ntra
st-e
nhan
ced
CT
scan
ning
to
eluc
idat
e ha
rd-
and
soft
-tis
sue
anat
omy
of a
Com
mon
Buz
zard
4.
Sch
ub
ert;
Ru
f &
von
Koe
nig
swal
d:
Mor
phol
ogy
and
vari
abili
ty o
f en
amel
isle
ts b
ased
on
high
-res
olut
ion
com
pute
d to
mog
raph
y (µ
CT)
– t
he e
xam
ple
of
Myl
agau
lus
elas
sos
(Rod
entia
, M
amm
alia
)
5.
Sch
war
z &
Ru
f: C
ompa
rativ
e an
d fu
nctio
nal a
nato
my
of t
he e
ar r
egio
n in
ext
inct
and
ext
ant
Rod
entia
(M
amm
alia
)
6.
Fah
lke;
Rit
sch
e &
Ham
pe:
Wha
le e
ars
insi
de a
nd o
ut:
are
low
-fre
quen
cy h
eari
ng a
nd c
rani
al s
hape
rel
ated
in e
arly
bal
een
wha
les
(Cet
acea
, M
ystic
eti)
?
7.
Fech
ner
& S
chw
arz-
Win
gs:
Fin
ite E
lem
ent
Met
hods
as
a m
eans
for
the
mec
hani
cal a
naly
sis
of t
he c
roco
dilia
n pe
lvis
8.
Jan
sen
; R
eisz
; K
amm
erer
& F
röb
isch
: 3D
rec
onst
ruct
ion
of a
bas
al t
hera
psid
sku
ll –
com
bini
ng m
oder
n an
d co
nven
tiona
l met
hods
for
3D
ret
ro-
defo
rmat
ion
9.
Lem
anis
; H
offm
ann
& Z
ach
ow:
A v
olum
etri
c ap
proa
ch t
o re
cons
truc
ting
amm
onite
life
-hab
its
10.
Laaß
; D
ries
; G
ensc
h;
Hof
f &
Fre
y: T
estin
g st
ruct
ured
-lig
ht 3
D s
cann
ing
and
phot
ogra
mm
etry
for
pal
aeon
tolo
gica
l pur
pose
s
S1
8 –
Pal
aeon
tolo
gica
l mus
eum
s an
d co
llect
ions
/ P
aläo
ntol
ogis
che
Öffen
tlich
keits
arbe
it
1.
Baa
rs;
Bev
ins;
Rog
ers;
Hen
der
son
; O
liver
; S
pill
ard
s &
Jon
es:
New
con
cept
s in
the
man
agem
ent
of m
useu
m c
olle
ctio
ns (
natu
ral s
cien
ce)
2.
Fen
g W
eim
in:
Sci
ence
com
mun
icat
ion
of t
he N
anjin
g M
useu
m o
f Pa
laeo
ntol
ogy
3.
Liu
Jin
yi;
Zh
eng;
Gen
g;
Ma;
Ch
en;
Zh
ang;
Liu
; Z
hao
; Lo
u &
Ch
en:
The
spec
imen
col
lect
ion
of t
he M
useu
m o
f th
e In
stitu
te o
f Ver
tebr
ate
Pale
onto
logy
an
d Pa
leoa
nthr
opol
ogy,
Chi
nese
Aca
dem
y of
Sci
ence
s
4.
Rei
ch;
Ste
gem
ann
& G
ehle
r: T
he p
alae
onto
logi
cal t
ype
mat
eria
l of
the
Göt
tinge
n G
eosc
ienc
e co
llect
ions
5.
Geh
ler
& R
eich
: Im
port
ant
type
s an
d di
stin
guis
hed
dona
tors
– p
alae
onto
logi
cal o
bjec
ts o
f th
e Blu
men
bach
-col
lect
ion
in t
he G
öttin
gen
Geo
scie
nce
Mus
eum
6.
Gen
g B
ingh
e; Z
hen
g &
Zh
ang
: App
licat
ion
of t
wo-
dim
ensi
onal
bar
cod
e in
fos
sil s
peci
men
man
agem
ent
7.
Mu
dro
ch;
Ric
hte
r &
Sp
ind
ler:
NaT
ourD
idac
t –
Tran
smis
sion
of
pala
eobi
olog
ical
con
tent
as
a se
rvic
e pr
ovid
ed b
y N
aTou
rWis
sen
Ltd.
, H
anno
ver,
Ger
man
y
8.
So
larc
zyk
& M
ud
roch
: I
Like
Pal
aeon
tolo
gy –
Fac
eboo
k m
arke
ting
as a
pla
tfor
m f
or c
omm
unic
atin
g w
ith s
ocie
ty m
embe
rs,
stud
ents
and
inte
rest
ed g
uest
s
9.
Rei
ch &
Geh
ler:
Fos
sils
fro
m t
he n
atur
al h
isto
ry c
olle
ctio
n of
Got
tfri
ed W
ilhel
m L
eibn
iz (
1646
–171
6)
10.
Rei
ch &
Rei
tner
: Th
e ne
w O
tto
Jaek
el M
edal
of
the
Palä
onto
logi
sche
Ges
ells
chaf
t
S1
9 –
Fro
ntie
rs in
geo
biol
ogy
1.
Gol
ub
ić;
Sch
nei
der
; Le
e &
Rad
tke:
Bio
eros
ion
and
Bio
kars
t on
Med
iterr
anea
n Coa
stal
Lim
esto
ne
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S
20
– O
pen
Sym
posi
um –
Fos
sil I
nver
tebr
ates
& M
icro
pala
eont
olog
y
1.
Kre
her
; El
icki
& M
agn
us:
A f
oram
inife
ran
mic
rofa
una
from
the
Lat
e Cre
tace
ous
of T
huri
ngia
: pr
elim
inar
y re
sults
2.
Kah
snit
z; Z
han
g &
Will
ems:
Tax
onom
y of
the
Pal
eoce
ne la
rger
ben
thic
for
amin
ifera
in s
outh
Tib
et (
Chi
na)
3.
Ber
ensm
eier
; W
ing
s &
Fri
jia:
Mic
rofa
cies
ana
lysi
s of
din
osau
r-be
arin
g m
arin
e lim
esto
nes
from
the
Lan
genb
erg-
Qua
rry
(Low
er S
axon
y, G
erm
any)
4.
Her
big
& H
itz:
Upp
er C
enom
ania
n Bur
gund
id s
trom
atop
oroi
ds f
rom
Mor
occo
5.
Rei
ch:
Sea
pen
s (O
ctoc
oral
lia)
from
the
Eoc
ene
Lond
on C
lay,
Eng
land
6.
Sch
olz
e &
Sch
nei
der
: An
upgr
aded
car
apac
e te
rmin
olog
y fo
r co
ncho
stra
cans
7.
Wed
man
n &
Wap
ple
r: A
n un
usua
l fos
sil l
ace
bug
(Het
erop
tera
: Ti
ngid
ae)
from
Gre
en R
iver
8.
Ifri
m:
Pale
obio
logy
and
pal
eoec
olog
y of
the
ear
ly T
uron
ian
(Lat
e Cre
tace
ous)
am
mon
ite P
seud
aspi
doce
ras
flexu
osum
9.
Sch
lüte
r: T
he t
rans
form
atio
n fr
om G
auth
ieria
radi
ata
to G
auth
ieria
prin
ceps
(Ph
ymos
omat
idae
) –
Het
eroc
hron
y in
the
evo
lutio
n of
Cre
tace
ous
regu
lar
sea
urch
ins
10.
Rei
ch &
An
sorg
e: F
irst
San
toni
an (
Late
Cre
tace
ous)
hol
othu
rian
s (E
chin
oder
mat
a) f
rom
Spa
in
11.
Rei
ch:
Mes
ozoi
c la
etm
ogon
id s
ea c
ucum
bers
(Ec
hino
derm
ata:
Hol
othu
roid
ea:
Elas
ipod
ida)
12.
Rei
ch;
Dav
ey;
Mill
s &
Ste
gem
ann
: Pa
nnyc
hiid
sea
cuc
umbe
rs –
bas
al m
embe
rs o
f th
e El
asip
odid
a (E
chin
oder
mat
a: H
olot
huro
idea
) ?
S
21
– O
pen
Sym
posi
um -
Ver
tebr
ates
1.
Fisc
her
; Li
cht;
Sch
nei
der
; K
riw
et;
Bu
chw
itz
& K
ogan
: Str
atig
raph
ic r
ecor
d, p
rodu
cer
assi
gnm
ent
and
phyl
ogen
y of
cho
ndri
chth
yan
egg
caps
ule
mor
phot
ypes
2.
Dan
to &
Wit
zman
n:
New
insi
ght
into
the
his
tolo
gy o
f th
e ve
rteb
ral c
entr
a of
bas
al t
etra
pods
3.
Bro
ckle
hu
rst
& F
röb
isch
: A h
isto
rica
l per
spec
tive
on t
he c
ompl
eten
ess
of t
he f
ossi
l rec
ord
of p
elyc
osau
rian
-gra
de s
ynap
sids
4.
Sch
ult
z: D
enta
l fun
ctio
ns o
f m
amm
alia
form
s an
d ea
rly
mam
mal
s
S2
2 –
Fut
ure
pers
pect
ives
in p
alae
onto
logy
1.
Alb
erti
; Fü
rsic
h &
Pan
dey
: Sea
sona
l tem
pera
ture
s in
low
latit
udes
dur
ing
the
Earl
y O
xfor
dian
(La
te J
uras
sic)
rec
onst
ruct
ed v
ia s
tabl
e is
otop
e an
alys
is o
f an
oy
ster
fro
m t
he K
achc
hh B
asin
, w
este
rn I
ndia
2.
Wal
liser
; S
chö
ne;
Zir
kel &
Tü
tken
: Sub
seas
onal
to
inte
r-an
nual
sea
wat
er t
empe
ratu
re v
aria
bilit
y du
ring
the
Rup
elia
n (E
arly
Olig
ocen
e) o
f th
e M
ainz
Bas
in,
Ger
man
y
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Poster presentations:
The posters will be displayed in the foyer of the Geoscience Museum near the lecture halls. Posters should not be larger than DIN A0 size (~ 84 cm width & ~ 119 cm height = 33’’ / 46.85’’) in portrait form. If you definitively need landscape format, please in-form [email protected] or [email protected].
Oral presentations:
Talks – 15 min (including ~3 min for discussion)
Invited talks and Keynote talks – 30 min (including 5 min for discussion)
Please save your PowerPoint presenta-tions as Windows file (preferably as *.ppt, not as *.pptx). If your presentation in-cludes video sequences, please let us know in advance. If you prefer using other media, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]. Please upload your presentation in lecture room MN16, ½ day before your session will start (at latest).
All Tuesday morning presentations can be uploaded on Monday afternoon/evening (until 7 pm).
Abstracts: There are more than 275 submitted
presentations of orals and posters from >600 authors from 34 countries, mostly from Germany and the P. R. of China.
All abstracts are published as booklet by “Goettingen University Press” http://www. univerlag.uni-goettingen.de/ and will be also published online on September 06th, 2013.
Proceedings: Will be published as special issues of the
scientific journals “Paläontologische Zeit-schrift” and “Palaeoworld”. The proposed deadline for online submissions will be: March 01, 2014.
Details will be announced during the conference in Göttingen.
Hard copy: ISBN 978-3-86395-135-1
Online (Open Access): http://webdoc.sub. gwdg.de/univerlag/2013/fossil_lagerstaetten.pdf
Field trips:
Please contact Tanja R. Stegemann ([email protected]) if you have any questions.
Pre-conference field trips:
(1): „Jurassic Fossil Lagerstätten of Southern Germany“ (Holzmaden, Ohmden, Solnhofen, Mörnsheim, Weickenhof, Altdorf, Dörlbach) – 3 days (September 21-23, 2013)
Guides: PD Dr Gernot Arp (Göttingen) & Alexander Heyng (Munich)
Accommodations: 86650 Wemding, Bavaria (Hotel: “Meerfräulein”), 90518 Altdorf, Bavaria (Hotel: “Nürnberger Hof”)
– There are still some places (3x) available – 400 €
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(2): „Devonian Fossil Lagerstätten of the Rhenish Slate Mountains“ (Bundenbach, Bergisch-Gladbach) – 2 days (September 21-22, 2013)
Guides: Dr Michael Wuttke (Mainz) & Dr Hans Martin Weber (Bergisch-Gladbach)
Accommodations: 55487 Sohren, Rhineland-Palatinate (Hotel: “Schinderhannes”)
– Fully booked – 320 €
(3): „Middle Palaeozoic fossils of the Harz Mountains“ (Elbingerode, Mühlental, Rübeland) – 1 day (September 21, 2013)
Guide: Professor Dr Joachim Reitner (Göttingen)
– There are still some places (3x) available – 70 €
(4): „Early Cretaceous ‘Wealden’ fossils of Lower Saxony“ (Obernkirchen, Bückeburg) – 1 day (September 23, 2013)
Guide: Dr Annette Richter (Hannover)
– There are still some places (6x) available – 70 €
(5): „Late Palaeozoic plant fossils of Lower Saxony“ (Piesberg, Osnabrück) – 1 day (September 22, 2013)
Guide: Professor Dr Hans Kerp (Münster)
– There are still some places (3x) available – 70 €
(6): „Middle Triassic fossils of Lower Saxony“ – 1 day (September 23, 2013)
– Cancelled – Post-conference field trips:
(7): „Tertiary plant Fossil Lagerstätten of Saxonia“ – 3 days (September 27-29, 2013)
– Cancelled –
(8): „Eocene and Oligocene limnic Fossil Lagerstätten of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate“ – 2 days (September 28-29, 2013)
Guides: Dr Michael Wuttke (Mainz) & Vanessa J. Roden (Darmstadt)
Accommodation: 56410 Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate (Hotel: “Schlemmer”)
– Fully booked – 250 €
(9): „Late Cretaceous marine fossils of Lower Saxony“ (Misburg) – 1 day (September 28, 2013)
Guide: PD Dr Frank Wiese (Göttingen)
– There are still some places (5x) available – 60 €
(10): „Permian reefs and fossils of Lower Saxony and Thuringia“ (Ilfeld, Bad Sachsa, Bartolfelde, Nüxei) – 1 day (September 28, 2013)
Guide: Professor Dr Joachim Reitner (Göttingen)
– There is still some place (1x) available – 60 €
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Social programme (September 25th, 2013):
Please contact Tanja R. Stegemann ([email protected]) if you have any questions.
(1): “Guided city tour” – Göttingen (~1.5 h; min. 15, max. 25 participants)
– There are still some places (16x) available – 10 €
(2): “Guided visit of Saline Luisenhall” – Göttingen (~1.5 h; max. 20 participants)
– Cancelled –
(3): “Guided city underground tour” – Göttingen (~1.5 h; min. 10, max. 15 participants)
– There are still some places (10x) available – 15 €
(4): “Visit of a beer brewery (incl. tasting and transport)” – Einbeck (afternoon; min. 20 participants)
– Cancelled –
(5): “Visit of a schnapps distillery (incl. tasting and transport)” – Hardenberg (afternoon; min. 10 participants)
– There are still some places (8x) available – 35 €
(6): “Visit and guided city tour” – Goslar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (afternoon; for guided city tour min. 10 participants, max. 20 participants)
– Cancelled – Conference dinner will take place in the cellars of the ancient town hall – restaurant “Bullerjahn” (www.bullerjahn.info; Markt 9) on Wednesday September 25th, 2013 (1x free welcome drink; all other drinks are not included in the conference dinner fee)
– Fully booked –
Awards:
Poster awards: The joint conference will award prices for the best three posters. These will be chosen by all participants. Details will be given in your conference package. Winners will be announced during the closing session on Friday September 27th.
The “Tilly Edinger Award / Tilly-Edinger-Preis” of the “Paläontologische Gesellschaft”. The judging will take place on Tuesday September 24th. The selection will be done by the “Tilly-Edinger-Preis” committee. Awardee(s) will be announced during the closing session on Friday September 27th.
The “Young Scientist Award” (for BSc-, MSc- and PhD-students) of the presidents of the “Paläonto-logische Gesellschaft” and the “Palaeontological Society of China” for two young scientists (Germany and P.R. of China) will take place during the whole conference. Designated oral presentations are marked by
. The best presentations will be chosen by nominees of the scientific committee. Awardees will be announced during the closing session on Friday September 27th.
The awardees of the proposed travel grants (100 €) for (active) students (grants based on abstract of oral/poster presentation; attendees have to be first authors) will be informed by email, one week before the conference starts at latest.
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Conference Location:
The joint conference will be in Göttingen, an old famous university town right in the centre of Germany. http://www.goettingen-tourismus.de
The sessions and symposia will take place in the lecture halls of the Göttingen University Geoscience Centre (GZG).
For more information see: http://www.uni-goettingen.de http://www.gzg.uni-goettingen.de http://www.geomuseum.uni-goettingen.de
Assembly Hall (“Aula am Wilhelmsplatz”)
of the Georg-August University
Geoscience Centre (GZG) of the Georg-August
University at the Northern Campus
Geoscience Centre (GZG) of the Georg-August University
at the Northern Campus: Main entrance
Travel:
Göttingen is linked to Frankfurt and Hannover International Airport by InterCityExpress (ICE) and InterRegio (IR) trains (DB Bahn; www.bahn.de). Trains run twice every hour to and from Frankfurt International Airport, located about 250 km southwest of Göttingen. Transfer time is about 2 to 2:40 h from Frankfurt Airport. Alternatively you may fly to Hannover International Airport, located 100 km north of Göttingen. This airport is connected by S-Bahn to Hannover central station (“Hannover Hauptbahnhof”), from where the fast trains (ICE) take 0:35 h twice an hour to Göttingen, regional trains 1:15 h every hour.
For international participants the transfer between Frankfurt Airport and Göttingen can be arranged by the organisers. If you booked this with your registration, please inform T. R. Stegemann ([email protected]) a.s.a.p. concerning the details of your travel (arrival & departure).
By car: On highway A7 take exit Göttingen-Nord, follow the road until traffic light, across the crossing, straight forward on B27, after about 600 m (before the bridge!) turn right, and then turn left, behind the bridge turn right, turn right again into the parking lot of "Fachbereich Geowissenschaften".
By bus: From the train station please take bus line 8 or 12 to bus stop “Goldschmidtstraße” or bus line 51 (fast line) to bus stop “Tammannstraße”, then follow the sign "Fachbereich Geowissenschaften". If you come directly from your hotel / accommodation, please use the bus lines indicated in the following hotel / accommodation list (all to bus stops “Goldschmidtstraße”, “Tammannstraße” or “Krankenhaus Weende”).
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Coffee/Tea/Snacks:
Coffee, tea, hot water, fruits, cakes and other beverages will be provided during the coffee breaks and poster sessions. Vending machines are located in the GZG foyer. Lunch (options):
University – Cafeteria (1-8) 1 : Nordmensa Opening hours: MON-FRI 11.15 am – 2 pm Food & prices: Warm (incl. vegetarian) meals from 4.70 € upwards, salad and pasta buffet = 100g / 1.05 € (Note: Only one of the four cashiers accept cash for the standard meals; salad and pasta buffet can always be paid by cash; for all the other you may use the Canteen card)
2 : Coffeebar ins grüne Opening hours: MON-FRI 9 am – 2 pm Food & prices: Sandwiches from 1.25 € upwards, warm meals from 1.35 € upwards, salad 2.50 €, cakes & cookies, coffee & tea
3 : CaPhy = Cafeteria Physik Opening hours: MON-FRI 8 am – 5 pm Food & prices: Sandwiches from 1 € upwards, warm meals from 2.40 € upwards, salad 2.40 €, cakes & cookies, coffee & tea
4 : Mensa im Klinikum Opening hours: MON-FRI 11.30 am – 2 pm Food & prices: Warm (incl. vegetarian) meals from 5 € upwards, salad buffet = 100 g / 1.30 €
5 : Cafeteria im Klinikum Opening hours: MON-FRI 7.30 am – 4.30 pm, SAT-SUN 11.30 am – 4.30 pm Food & prices: Sandwiches from 2.40 € upwards, warm meals from 3.20 € upwards, salad 100 g / 1.30 €, cakes & cookies, coffee & tea
6 : Restaurant im Klinikum Opening hours: MON-FRI 11.30 am – 3 pm Food & prices: Warm (incl. vegetarian) meals from 5 € upwards, salad buffet = 100g / 1.20 €
7 : Bistro im Klinikum Opening hours: MON-SUN 11.30 am – 7 pm Food & prices: Sandwiches from 3 € upwards, pizza from 5.60 € upwards, salad 5.50 €
8 : Kleines Restaurant im Klinikum Opening hours: MON-FRI 7.30 am – 9.30 am, 11.30 am – 1.30 pm Food & prices: Warm and vegetarian meals from 5 € upwards, salad 3.50 €
Fast Food (11,12,13,16) 11 : Joey’s Pizza Opening hours: MON-FRI 11 am – 11.30 pm Food & prices: Pizza, pasta, salad; Lunch offer from 4.95 € upwards
12 : Subway Opening hours: MON-SAT 9 am – 11 pm, SUN 11 am – 11 pm Food & prices: Sandwiches from 2.49 € upwards
13 : Burger King Opening hours: MON-THU 9 am – 1 am, FRI-SAT 9 am – 3 am, SUN 10 am – 1 am Food & prices: Breakfast, warm (inkl. vegetarian) fast food with drink and fries from 3.99 € upwards
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16 : Dogan’s Pizza Opening hours: MON-FRI 11 am – 10.45 pm, SAT-SUN noon – 10.45 pm Food & prices: Pizza, pasta, döner, falafel, chicken, salad from 3 € upwards, lunch pizza 4 €
Bakeries (14,15) 14 : Bäckerei Thiele I Opening hours: MON-SAT 7 am – 8 pm, SUN 8 am – 11 am Food & prices: Sandwiches from 1.85 € upwards, salad for 3.45 €, cakes & cookies, coffee & tea
15 : Bäckerei Thiele II Opening hours: MON-FRI 6 am – 6 pm, SAT 6 am – 2 pm, SUN 8 am – 5 pm Food & prices: Sandwiches from 1.85 € upwards, salad for 3.45 €, cakes & cookies, coffee & tea
Restaurants (9,10,17,18) 9 : Mazzoni Opening hours: MON-SUN noon – 11 pm Food & prices: Pizza, pasta and Italian cuisine; Two-course meal for 8.50 € or three-course meal for 11.50 €
10 : Kaiserpalast Opening hours: MON-SUN 11.30 am – 3 pm, 5.30 pm – 11.30 pm Food & prices: Chinese cuisine; Lunch buffet: MON-SAT 8.50 €, SUN 12.90 €; Dinner buffet: MON-SUN 13.90 €
17 : Alte Remise Opening hours: MON-SAT noon – 3 pm, 6 pm – 11 pm; SUN noon – 3 pm, 6 pm – 9 pm Food & prices: Steak, fish and venison from 10 € upwards
18 : Athen Opening hours: MON-SUN 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm Food & prices: Greek cuisine from 8.50 € upwards, vegetarian meals from 4.20 € upwards, pasta from 6.50 €, upwards, salads from 3 € upwards
Dinner (options):
Restaurants (3-9,11,13-15) 3 : Nudelhaus – Rote Str. 13, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SUN 11.30 am – midnight Food: Pasta & pizza 4 : Kartoffelhaus – Goethe-Allee 8, 37073 Gö Opening hours: SUN-THU 11.30 am – 10 pm, FRI-SAT 11.30 am – 11 pm Food: Breakfast buffet, potato and German dishes 5 : Mr. Jones – Goethe-Allee 8, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SUN 10 am – open end Food: Breakfast, TexMex and German dishes
6 : La Hacienda – Weender Landstr. 23, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SUN 5 pm – midnight Food: Steaks and TexMex dishes 7 : Maharadscha – Gartenstr. 25, 37073 Gö Opening hours: TUE-SUN 11.30 am – 2.30 pm, 5.30 pm – 11 pm, MON closed Food: Indian cuisine 8 : Lehmofen – Anger-Str. 8, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SUN 5 pm – 11 pm Food: Oriental cuisine
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9 : El Sol Cocktailbar – Kurze-Geismar-Str. 9, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-FRI 4 pm – open end, SAT-SUN 10 am – open end Food: Mexican cuisine 11 : Gaudi – Rote Str. 16, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON 6 pm – midnight, TUE-SUN noon – 3 pm, 6 pm – midnight Food: Mediterranean cuisine 13 : Salvatore – Theaterplatz 10, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SAT 12 am – 3 pm, 6 pm – 9.30 pm Food: Italian cuisine 14 : Diwan – Rote Str. 11, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SUN noon – 3 pm, 6 pm - midnight Food: Turkish cuisine, Halal dishes 15 : Planea – Geismar Landstr. 1, 37083 Gö Opening hours: MON-SAT noon to 11 pm Food: Belle cuisine Restaurants with bar (1,2,10,12,16) 1 : Esprit – Lange Geismar-Str. 19, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-THU 9 am – 1 am, FRI-SAT 9 am – 3 am, SUN 9 am – 1 am Food: Delightful breakfast, creative cuisine and delicious cocktails 2 : Myer’s – Lange Geismar-Str. 47, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SUN 9 am – midnight, SUN 10 am – 11 pm Food: Breakfast, international cuisine incl. German dishes, cocktails 10 : Zak – Am Wochenmarkt 22, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-THU 9 am – midnight, FRI-SAT 9 am – 1 am, SUN 10 am – midnight Food: Breakfast, burger and creative dishes
12 : Boccadoro – Albanikirchhof 5, 37073 Gö Opening hours: TUE-SAT 12 am – 3 pm, 6 pm – 10 pm, SUN 6 pm – 10 pm Food: Burger, pasta, salad 16 : Villa Cuba – Zindelstr. 2, 37073 Gö Opening hours: SUN-THU 10 am – 2 am, FRI-SAT 10 am – 3 am Food: Breakfast, finger food, booze & cocktails Bars & Clubs (A-F) A : Thanner’s – Barfüßer Str. 1, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-THU 3 pm – 2 am, FRI-SAT 3 pm – 3 am, SUN 12 am – midnight Booze & coffee B : Gartenlaube – Markt 7, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-FRI 9 am – 2 am, FRI-SAT 9 am – 3 am, SUN 1 pm – 1 am Booze & coffee C : Irish Pub – Mühlenstr. 4, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-THU 9 am – 2 am, SAT 3 pm – open end, SUN 5 pm – open end Booze, baguettes and crisps D : Rodeobar – Jüdenstr. 13b, 37073 Gö Opening hours: MON-SUN 5 pm – 1 am Booze & cocktails E : Tangente – Goethe-Allee 8a, 37073 Gö Opening hours: WED 11 pm – 3.30 am, FRI-SAT 11 pm – 5 am Bar & club F : einsB – Nikolaistr. 1b, 37073 Gö Opening hours: FRI-SAT 11 pm open end Bar & club
Accommodation:
(Hotel reservations are the responsibility of the attendees themselves.) In the following please find a list of all accommodations (hotels / hostels) in Göttingen as well as bus
lines to the congress center: Best Western, Hotel am Papenberg distance to congress center ~700 m 5 minutes walk to the congress center www.papenberg.bestwestern.de
Weender Hof distance to congress center ~2 km by bus: from station „Hennebergstraße“ with line number 12 to station „Goldschmidtstraße“ www.weenderhof.de
InterCity Hotel distance to congress center ~4 km by bus: from station „Bahnhof“ with line number 5 or number 51 to station „Tammannstraße“ or line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.intercityhotel.de
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Hotel Eden distance to congress center ~5 km by bus: from station „Neues Rathaus“ with line number 1 or number 2 to station „Weender Straße Ost“, change here for line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ or for line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.eden-hotel.de
Leine-Hotel distance to congress center ~5 km by bus: from station „Otto-Frey-Brücke“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ www.leinehotel-goe.de
Parkhotel Ropeter (Best Western) distance to congress center ~6 km by bus: from station „Zollstock“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ http://www.bestwestern.de/hotels/Goettingen/BEST-WESTERN-Parkhotel-Ropeter
Novostar Hotel distance to congress center ~6.5 km by bus: from station „Zollstock“ or „Gotteslager“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ www.novostar.de
Hotel Stadt Hannover distance to congress center ~3.5 km by bus: from station „Bahnhof“ with line number 5 or number 51 to station „Tammannstraße“ or line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.hotelstadthannover.de
Hotel Beckmann distance to congress center ~4 km by bus: from station „Ulrideshuser Straße“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ www.hotel-beckmann.de
Hotel Astoria distance to congress center ~2 km by bus: from station „Lutteranger“ with line number 12 to station „Goldschmidtstraße“ www.astoria-goettingen.de
Hotel Garni Gräfin von Holtzendorff distance to congress center ~5 km by bus: from station „Rudolf-Winkel-Straße“ or „Florenz-Sartorius-Straße“ with line number 13 to station „Bahnhof“, change here for line number 12 to station „Goldschmidtstraße“ or for line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.graefinhotelgarni.de
Hotel Rennschuh distance to congress center ~7 km by bus: from station „Siekhöhe/Kauf Park“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ www.rennschuh.de
Hotel Schiffer distance to congress center ~5 km by bus: from station „Otto-Frey-Brücke“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ www.schiffer-hotel.com
Hotel Freizeit Inn distance to congress center ~9.5 km by bus: from station „Dransfelder Straße“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ www.freizeit-in.de
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Adesso Hotel Schweizer Hof distance to congress center ~7 km by bus: from station „Siekhöhe/Kauf Park“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ www.adessohotel.de
Romantik Hotel Gebhards distance to congress center ~3.5 km by bus: from station „Bahnhof“ with line number 5 or number 51 to station „Tammannstraße“ or line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.gebhardshotel.de
Hotel Central distance to congress center ~4 km by bus: from station „Jüdenstraße“ with line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ or line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.hotel-central.com
Onkel Tom’s Hütte distance to congress center ~7 km by bus: from station „Treuenhagen“ with line number 1 to station „Weender Straße Ost“, change here for line number 5 to station „Tammannstraße“ or for line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ http://onkel-toms-huette.homepage.t-online.de/
Hotel zum Stresemann distance to congress center ~5 km by bus: from station „Rudolf-Winkel-Straße“ with line number 13 to station „Bahnhof“, change here for line number 12 to station „Goldschmidtstraße“ or for line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.hotel-stresemann.de
Hostel 37 distance to congress center ~6 km by bus: from station „Bahnhof“ with line number 5 or number 51 to station „Tammannstraße“ or line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ www.hostel37.de
Youth Hostel Göttingen distance to congress center ~3.5 km by bus: from station „Jugendherberge“ with line number 9 to station „Auditorium“, change here for line 5 to station „Tam-mannstraße“ or for line number 10 to station „Krankenhaus Weende“ http://goettingen.jugendherberge.de/Portraet
Invitation and Visa:
For Chinese participants an official invitation letter for visa application to Germany is available. Please contact with PSC secretariat ([email protected]) for arranging this letter, and providing the name of participant, affiliation, title of your presentation(s) and duration of your stay in Germany for this con-ference and field trips. The organising committee will then arrange this invitation and send it via PSC secretariat. Deadlines & important dates:
The Final Circular is scheduled for release on September 15th, 2013.
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Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities:
The Joint International Conference of the “Paläontologische Gesellschaft” (PalGes) and the “Palaeontological Society of China” (PSC) provides a unique opportunity for industry, corporations or research organisations to engage with the German/European and Chinese Palaeontology/Geology community. Exhibition space is selling fast, with over 50 % of available space already sold. If you are interested in sponsorship packages or in exhibiting, you are advised to book your space as soon as possible. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected].
Exhibiting companies:
- “Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH”. http://www.zeiss.de
- “Literaturhökerei Wiese”. Second hand and antiquarian literature on Geology and Palaeontology http://www.wiesebooks.de
- “Morphisto Evolutionsforschung und Anwendung GmbH”. http://www.morphisto.de
- “Schweizerbart Science Publishers”. http://www.schweizerbart.de
Contact information: Conference Office Ms Gabriele Schmidt Dept. Geobiology, Geoscience Centre University of Göttingen Goldschmidtstr. 3 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Phone +49-(0)551-39 7951 Fax +49-(0)551-39 7918 Email [email protected] Paläontologische Gesellschaft Office Ms Tina Schlüter Weismüllerstr. 45 60314 Frankfurt/M., Germany
Phone +49-(0)69-400 3019 71 Fax +49-(0)69-400 3019 74 Email [email protected]
Palaeontological Society of China Mr Tang Yugang No. 39 East Beijing Road Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology, CAS Nanjing, 210008, P. R. of China
Phone +86-(0)25-832 821 38 Fax +86-(0)25-833 570 26 Email [email protected]
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