Newsletter of Micropalaeontology
January 2006 Number 73 Edited by I.J. Slipper The Micropalaeontological Society The Micropalaeontological
2006 is looking like a very full year for the micropa- laeontologist if the Diary on page 37 is any indica- tion. The TMS is a thriving Society as can be seen in CONTENTS the new “Directory of Micropalaeontogists” for 2006 which accompanies this Newsletter. The last AGM Society news 3 with its revised format of more shorter talks from Group news 10 each of the specialist groups seems to have been a Society officers 18 great success in attracting new student members, Conferences ahead 20 one of whom has contributed to this issue. It is good Conference reports 25 to see enthusiasm from the next generation. We also honour those who have given outstanding Micro News 31 service to the Society, and above is pictured Profes- New works 34 sor John Murray receiving Honorary Membership to People 36 The Micropalaeontological Society from the Chair- Diary 37 man, Professor David Siveter.
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Report from the Chair - Prof. David Siveter
There have been several pleasing develop- This year TMS editors have been responsible ments for The Micropalaeontological Society for developments concerning three publica- recently. Firstly, TMS Officers and other Com- tions of the Society. The 2006 Volume of the mittee members have reported positive feed- Journal of Micropalaeontology sported its first back from the Membership on the new format paper to be illustrated with colour plates. In of the Annual General Meeting that was un- association with the Publishing House of the veiled at University College London in mid- Geological Society the TMS ‘Special Publica- November. By common consent it was an en- tion Series’ has been revived with the publica- joyable and successful meeting, with about tion of Recent Developments in Applied Bio- 100 attendees, perhaps swelled even more at stratigraphy. We hope that this series can now the post-meeting wine reception (generously build up a head of steam. Two future issues sponsored by PetroStrat Ltd). TMS hopes to are at a reasonably advanced stage and TMS adopt a similar template next year, again with would welcome proposals from those with about six thirty-minute talks, but arranged on ideas for future publications in the series. the theme of “Microfossils and Climate Thirdly, with the coming of a new Editor the Change”. Mark Williams and collaborators TMS Newsletter has seen changes that we will be lead organisers for the meeting, to be hope the Membership approves (comments held in mid November. We hope to see you and suggestions to the Newsletter Editor). there! In the summer TMS became a founding mem- In 2006 TMS will have its ‘Coral anniversary’, ber of the Earth, Environment and Ocean net- having been founded 35 years ago. During work (EEON), set up through the Geological that time the Society has acquired the trap- Society of London. This is a group of cur- pings of age – journals, newsletters, countless rently eight UK-based, learned societies. It minutes of meetings and reports of the activi- aims to publicise the activities and events of its ties of its constituent groups. One of the first member societies, to foster interdisciplinary things that I received from my predecessor as initiatives in the UK and internationally, and to Chairman, Haydon Bailey, was a largish card- promote the interests of the Earth and Envi- board box marked “Chairman’s files”. TMS ronmental Science community at large, includ- has long recognised the need to establish an ing trying to ensure that its voice is heard in archive for its material. To that end I am de- the media and Government. For news and lighted to report that as from the recent AGM views on Earth Science matters, I can recom- Richard Hodgkinson has agreed to act as ar- mend a visit the EEON web site. chivist for the Society, and has begun to put 25 years of Society business in order. As As I pen this in the run up to the festive season many of you know, Richard was for many I am reminded that this is a period of ‘giving’. years on the staff of the Micropalaeontology I would like to highlight to TMS members that Section of the Natural History Museum, where there is a very easy and pain-free way to help he is now an honorary member, and he has a the coffers of the Society. If you shop on-line strong interest in the history of geology. So, using ‘Amazon.co.uk’, the next time that you those of you who have played a part on TMS purchase your items do so by logging on via Committee in the past, this is the time to sal- the link clearly displayed on the front page of vage those long forgotten TMS box files and the TMS web site. In this way TMS gets a send any relevant papers to Richard. Clearly, ‘percentage’ for the purchase! So, when you such papers could help in the future in pen- next order a camera, washing machine or mo- ning a history of the Society. tor car…… Simple! 3 Secretary’s Report - Dr Michal Kucera
2005 Annual General Meeting New specialist group representatives ap- The Society entered the 35th year of its exis- pointed since the 2004 AGM were: tence with a variety of new initiatives. To Dr Ian Harding (Palynology Group Chair) mention two: the format of the Annual Gen- who replaces Dr Susanne Feist-Burkhard. eral Meeting has been changed to offer a Dr Duncan McLean (Palynology Group broad range of speakers and the Society re- Secretary) who replaces Dr Paul Dodsworth. started its special publication series by a deal Dr Ian Boomer (Ostracod Group Chair) negotiated with the Geological Society Pub- who replaces Dr Ian Slipper. lishing House. Apart from routine committee Dr David Lazarus (Silicofossil Group work and keeping the database of members Chair) who replaces Dr Cathy Stickley. my main tasks have been the organization of the AGM and administration of TMS grants The Society is grateful to all committee mem- and awards schemes. bers who have volunteered their time and effort. Specialist Group Meetings 2005 The Society continues promoting micropa- Charles Downie Award laeontology through small, focused interna- The Charles Downie Award is given annually tional meetings organised by its specialist to the member of TMS who, in the opinion groups. "Foraminifera and Nannoplankton in of the Committee, has published the most Palaeoceanography"” organized jointly by significant paper, in any journal, based upon the Foraminifera and Calcareous nannofossil his or her postgraduate research. The com- Groups took place in May 2005 in South- mittee decided that the 2005 award will be ampton, and was visited by over 80 re- given to Dr Daniela Schmidt for her pa- searchers from 12 countries. The APLF- per: Schmidt, D.N., Thierstein, H.R., Boll- TMS-LSPG meeting “PALYNOLOGIE, PA- mann, J. and Schiebel, R., 2004. Abiotic LEOLATITUDES, PALEOALTITUDES”, co- Forcing of Plankton Evolution in the Ceno- organised by the Palynology group, took zoic. Science, 303: 207-210. place in October 2005 in Paris whilst the Os- tracod group meeting was held in May 2005 Grants-in-Aid in London. The increasing resonance of One TMS Grant-in-aid was awarded in these meetings among the scientific commu- 2005. This grant was given in the memory nity shows the usefulness of this activity and of Alan Higgins and went to Sarah de la help to enhance the profile of the Society. Rue of Louisiana State University, to sup- port her attending the 2005 Dinoflagellate Changes to the Committee Cyst Workshop in San Diego. [ Report on Officers elected at the 2004 AGM were: page 27 - Ed.] Prof. David Siveter (Chairman) who re- placed Dr Haydon Bailey. Membership Database Dr Steve Starkie (Publicity Officer) who The Society's updated database comprises replaced Dr Rachel Preece. 386 individual members, of which 206 are Dr Ian Slipper (Newsletter Editor) who re- resident in the UK, 94 in Europe, and 86 in placed Dr Jenny Pike. the rest of the world. The membership of the Prof Malcolm Hart (Special Publications Society continues to decline slightly (2003: Editor for a second term). 408, 2004: 400 members), but we are en- couraged by an increase in new members joining the Society: since January 2005 TMS 4 welcomed 23 new members. Newsletter site is continuously updated and used to dis- The continuation of the Newsletter has been seminate information to the membership under discussion by the Committee, and it is including details of specialist group meetings. thanks to a competitive printing offer ar- The link is: http://www.tmsoc.org ranged by the new editor, Dr Ian Slipper, that this valuable instrument of the Society Publicity will continue to entertain and inform the With so many new activities planned for the membership in a convenient format. News- next year, including the celebration of the letter of Micropalaeontology No. 71 was is- 25th volume of the Journal of Micropalaeon- sued in January 2005 and No. 72 in July tology, publicity will be an important issue 2005. The next issue, accompanied by a new for the Society. We are thankful to all those Directory of Micropalaeontologists is due in who continue to support us on this front and January 2006. look forward to a chance for a greater expo- sure of the Society next year. Website Dr Andy Henderson has completed his Michal Kucera third year as the Society’s Webmaster. The
Treasurer’s Report - Dr Stephen Packer
The TMS accounts for 2004-2005 were pre- A reminder also that TMS administers two sented at the AGM in November. Copies of memorial funds (Charles Downie and Alan the accounts will be available on the TMS Higgins). Proceeds from the Higgins fund website and are also reproduced in this have been used this year to support a stu- Newsletter. The end of year balance contin- dent Grant-in-aid. If you would like to make ues to show a moderately healthy improve- a donation to either fund please send your ment and is in line with the overall strategy cheques etc to me. of increasing the financial reserves of TMS, whilst maintaining support to our core activi- Turning to the future, 2006 will see the end ties and other micropalaeontological events of my three year term as Treasurer of the around the world. society. TMS will therefore be looking for someone to fill this position from the end of Subscription rates for 2006 will remain un- 2006. If any members are willing to consider changed at 35 GBP for ordinary members taking on this position please do not hesitate and 20 GBP for retired / student members. to contact me for further information. 2006 subscription invoices will be issued in November & December and are due for pay- Thank you for your continued support of ment on the 1st January 2006. As always I TMS and I look forward to seeing many of would ask you to pay promptly and to com- you again during 2006. plete the form in full. Stephen Packer New Members We welcome the following new members to the Society:
Sarah Heal Robert Raine Lee Toms Benjamin Kotrc Maria Elena Perez Nicholas Owens Lea Numberger Stephen Stukins Benjamin Sames 5 Journal Editor's Report - Dr John Gregory Journal of Micropalaeontology Last year was a reasonably good one with 25 Volume 24, Part 2, October 2005 submissions, there is already enough mate- rial being typeset for issue 25/1, and this vol- CONTENTS ume should be published on time in April New species of prunoid radiolarians from the 2006. Antarctic Neogene D. Lazarus, K. Faust & I. Popova-Goll With regard to the online access of the Jour- Biostratigraphy of Late Maastrichtian larger nal, The Micropalaeontological Society com- foraminifers in Jamaica and the importance of mittee and I have decided that as of January Chubbina as a Late Maastrichtian index fossil 2006 we will arrange this facility ourselves S. F. Mitchell which will save the society a significant an- nual fee. The Natural History Museum, Lon- Late Asbian to Brigantian (Mississippian) fo- don has kindly allowed us to host this service raminifera from southeast Ireland: comparison via our website at www.tmsoc.org and with northern England assemblages Andy Henderson has done a great job ar- I. D. Somerville & P. Cózar ranging this. I am pleased to announce that all paid-up members of TMS will be able to A key to the unilocular hyaline Foraminifera download, free of charge, individual pdfs of S. A. Revets papers from the last 4 volumes previously
available on the Ingenta site. I have included Correlation of Virgulinella fragilis Grindell & an announcement in The Newsletter outlin- Collen (benthic foraminiferid) with near-anoxia in Aso-kai Lagoon, central Japan ing this service and how members can access H. Takata, K. Seto, S. Sakai, S. Tanaka it. Later in the year (probably around & K. Takayasu March), we will be uploading the entire back catalogue of the Journal and this will happen Extinct foraminifera figured in Brady's Chal- when scanning of articles into pdf format is lenger Report completed and the contents have been thor- B. W. Hayward & S. Kawagata oughly checked.
Early Permian Carbonitidae (Ostracoda): on- togeny, affinity, environment and systematics As indicated previously, a major milestone in J. B. Retrum & R. L. Kaesler 2006 will see the Journal celebrating 25 years and to mark this I will be including an Micropalaeontological Notebooks extended editorial in 25/1 and hope to in- First occurrence of the genus Sclerocypris Sars, clude some review papers in 25/2. Addition- 1924 (Ostracoda) in the ?Pleistocene of West- ally, I will also be producing a full cumulative ern Europe (Portugal) index (the previous one was compiled by M. C. Cabral, J.-P. Colin & P. Carbonel Lesley Sheppard and covered volumes 1-10)
which will be made freely available online, A new UK record of Herpetocypris brevicau- along with a full Endnote bibliographic file. data Kaufmann, 1900 (Cypridoidea, Ostra-
coda): palaeo-temperature implications R. J. Smith John Gregory The monothalamous foraminferan Tinogullmia PetroStrat Ltd in the Black Sea
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3). Find the article you are interested in and download the pdf. You will be asked for a username and a password. The username is your email address and the password is your society membership number. 7 2005 TMS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING J. Z. Young Lecture Theatre, Wednesday 16th November 2005
Introduction Presentation of Charles Downie Award 2004 The Chairman, Prof David Siveter open the Prof David Siveter then presented the 2005 AGM by welcoming the members and guests. Approximately 100 persons, including 51 mem- Charles Downie Award to Dr Daniela Schmidt for bers, were in attendance. her paper: Schmidt, D.N., Thierstein, H.R., Boll- mann, J. and Schiebel, R., 2004. Abiotic Forcing Reports of Plankton Evolution in the Cenozoic. Science, The Society’s Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, 303: 207-210. Dr Schmidt then gave a talk on the Journal Editor and Special Publications Editor reported on the progress since the previous topic of her publication, convincing the audience AGM. that size matters even among microscopic plank- ton. Election of Webmaster The Committee received only one nomination Conferment of Honorary Membership for the post of the Webmaster, that being Dr Honorary Membership was then conferred on Prof Andy Henderson, who agreed to stand for a John Murray by Dr John Whittaker, for his lasting second term in office. The proposer was Prof D. contribution to research and education in the field Siveter, and the seconders Dr J. Gregory and of micropalaeontology and for his support and Prof M. Hart. Dr Henderson was elected unop- service to the Society in many capacities. During posed. the presentation, the audience was treated to a hilarious account of the true nature of the Guest Lectures awardee, presented by Dr Elisabeth Alve. Prof. Following Society business, a series of six talks Murray thanked the Society for the honour, ex- representing the specialist groups of the Society pressing his optimism about the future of the sci- were delivered. In the first part of the session, ence. Prof David Siveter presented his work on excep- tionally preserved Silurian microfossils, including Subsequently, Dr John Whittaker found himself sexy ostracods, Dr Charles Wellman spoke on receiving the Grzybowski award for lifelong contri- the palynological evidence of early land plants bution to research on agglutinated foraminifera. and how they coexisted with giant truffles, and The award is given by the Grzybowski Foundation Dr Ivan Sansom introduced all things fishy from and was presented by Dr Mike Kaminski. the Ordovician. Following a coffee break, which was held in the South Cloisters, Dr Rainer Ger- Vote of Thanks sonde presented a talk on the potential of dia- The Chairman then formally closed the AGM by toms as indicators of climate change in the thanking the speakers for their interesting contribu- tions and Local Secretary, Prof Alan Lord. Southern Ocean, Dr Haydon Bailey treated the
audience to a fascinating account on the use of Wine Reception microfossils in solving a prominent murder case The members then adjourned to the South Clois- and Dr Kate Darling showed the latest results of ters where a wine reception, sponsored by Petrso- her investigations of molecular genetics of plank- trat Ltd., was held. tonic foraminifera. Michal Kucera, TMS Secretary, 22/11/2005
Foraminifera Group Report Ros Rickaby. It brought together palae- Joachim Schönfeld & Daniela Schmidt ontologists, geochemists and palaeocean- ographers with the goal of improving our understanding on proxies for palaeoclimate The Foraminifera Group of The Micropalae- reconstruction. It was an exciting meeting ontological Society had a very successful with interesting talks covering every aspect meeting together with the Nannofossil Group of bugs from ecology and evolution (first at the National Oceanography Centre in things first), via biomineralisation to geo- Southampton followed by a field trip to the chemistry. The keynote for the micropa- Isle of Wight on the 16th to 19th of June laeo-community was given by Joan Bern- 2005. This outstanding meeting and the ex- hard (WHOI) on "Recent advances in ben- cursion will be kept in memory for a long thic foraminiferal culturing studies", fol- time. We would like to thank again Ralf lowed by talks by Andy Gooday, Kate Schiebel and Andy Gale for the perfect Darling, myself and Jeremy. Several of organisation of the meeting and the excur- the TMS fossil groups were covered from sion. forams, via nannos to diatoms, most talks though on how to dissolve the bugs. A pro- Another highlight of this year was the 7th ceedings volume, reviewing the state of the International Symposium on the Cretaceous, art, will be published by the Geological which took place from 5th to 9th September Society in 2006. 2005 at University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. This successful meeting was organized by The next spring meeting of the Foraminif- Karl Föllmi and Thierry Adatte and gath- era and Nannofossil Groups will take place ered more than 200 participants from all at the University of Liverpool, United King- over the world. Michele Caron and Mal- dom, and Jens Herrle will take on the colm Hart convened a special session on local organisation. The exact dates are not Cretaceous Foraminifera were 7 talks and 19 yet fixed, but they will be soon announced posters were presented, even three more on the TMS website. than during the competing session on Creta- ceous ammonites. Most contributions fo- Beside the announcement and organisa- cused on the stratigraphy, palaeo-ecology tion of meetings, we would like to proceed and evolution of Valanginian to Turonian with a collection of web-based foraminif- planktonic foraminifera. Revisiting the early eral taxonomic resources. We are collecting times of the development of modern plank- links to species lists, descriptions, images tonic biota under the application of timely etc. and will put this list on the TMS web- palaeoceanographic concepts is a new trend pages. We again encourage the Foraminif- emerging in this field. The next International era Group Members to send us the ad- Cretaceous Symposium will be held at Ply- dresses they know in order to accomplish mouth, United Kingdom, in 2009. the list of taxonomic links.
In October, many of us convened again for Joachim Schönfeld the "Biogeochemical Controls on Palaeo- Foraminifera Group Chair, ceanographic Proxies" meeting at the Geo-
A successful summer with over 130 partici- Outline Programme: pants at the 15th International Symposium on Friday 19 May, Ostracoda held in Berlin this September. Assemble evening at Drongen Abbey, Ghent. Hosts organised a good meeting with full Buffet supper available to accommodate dif- programme of pre- and post-symposium ferent arrival times. fieldtrips, there was an encouraging atten- Saturday 20 May, Morning and early after- dance by many new, young workers in the noon - talks and posters. Late afternoon to field. A full report will appears elsewhere in evening - guided tour and dinner in historic this Newsletter. The proceedings, as estab- centre of Ghent. lished at the 13th Meeting in Chatham, 1997, Sunday 21 May, Field collection in area of are to be published in International Journals Cap Blanc Nez - Recent freshwater (Dr Karel with Hydrobiologia, Marine Micropalaeontol- Wouters) and Cenomanian (Dr Ian Slip- ogy and Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatol- per) localities. Lunch and disperse. ogy, Palaeoecology lined up for the Berlin Symposium. The next International meeting Everbody welcome. A second circular for will be held in Brazil (Brasilia) in 2009. registration and accommodation will be sent in January 2006.
The next meeting of the TMS Ostracod Other forthcoming meetings to note: Group will be held in Drongen, Ghent, Bel- gium on the 19-21st May 2006, hosted by Dr 1. ROLF, the French-language ostracod Koen Martens, Natural History Museum, group, will meet in Tétouan, Morocco, 19- nd Brussels. The programme will include time 22 April 2006. For further information con- for a series of talks and posters as well as tact: field collection of Cenozoic and Cenomanian Driss Nachite
Alan Lord
Palynology Group Report - Ian Harding Some 90 palynologists attended an ex- Specialist Group (LSPSG), and hosted at tremely successful symposium in Paris at the the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. beginning of October (3rd-7th) entitled Five days of formal talks and poster ses- 'Palynologie, paleolatitudes, paleoaltitudes' sions represented a comprehensive trawl which was held under the combined auspices through most of the geological column and of the Association de Palynologues de the wide diversity of palynological re- Langue Française (APLF), the Palynology search: a full report has been compiled for Group of The Micropalaeontological Society the IFPS publication 'Palynos' and will also (TMS) and the Linnean Society Palynology be offered to TMS Newsletter. Five stu-
11 dents secured travel grants from the APLF/ navicum (CPS) to follow up recent discus- TMS: Eudes Thouand (Montpellier); Filipa sions concerning the possible affiliation of Naughton (Bordeaux); Daniel Peyrot this group with TMS. (Montpellier); Sébastien Joannin (See re- port on page XX of this Newsletter); Adèle Other meetings of interest: Kuentz (Clermont-Ferrand). Applied Palynology Session SSP28 @ The next meeting in which the Palynology General Assembly 2006 of the European Group is involved will be the 3rd Joint Meet- Geosciences Union (EGU): Vienna, Austria ing of the group to be held in conjunction 2nd-7th April, 2006 with the Silicofossil Group, and is being (http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/ jointly organised by myself, Cathy Stickley general_information.html). (outgoing Chair of the Silicofossil Group) and Henk Brinkhuis. Henk will be hosting Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene: the meeting in March 2006 at Utrecht Uni- Bilbao, Spain, 12th-20th June, 2006 (http:// versity, the programme is finalised, keynote www.ehu.es/cbep2006). speakers have been invited and some have already confirmed their acceptances, and the EPPC 2006 registration website is up and running. This (7th European Palaeobotany-Palynology meeting has already been advertised at the Conference): Prague, Czech Republic, Sep- Paris meeting in October, and the flyer is tember 6th-11th, 2006 (eppc2006@natur. about to be emailed to all Palynology/ cuni.cz Silicofossil group members, LSPSG and http://www.natur.cuni.cz/eppc2006). APLF members. AASP Annual Conference: 39th Annual Following discussions with Danish palynolo- Meeting, Philadelphia, USA (in conjunction gists at the Paris meeting, we hope that we with the Geological Society of America Meet- will be able to organise future events in con- ing), Oct. 22-25 2006 junction with colleagues from Scandinavia. (http://www.palynology.org/meetings.html). Although not something that will bear on the arrangement of such a meeting, no further Ian Harding - Palynology Group Chair communication has yet been forthcoming
Nannofossil Group Report - Jeremy Young & Emma Sheldon
After four years of supreme efficiency Emma to the people who have not yet made it to Sheldon has handed on the TMS Nannofos- one of them yet. To follow the conference sil secretary role to Jens Herrle, who is now there will be a weekend field trip to the based at Liverpool University. As is ex- Lake District lead by Richard Worden. plained elsewhere in more detail (and on the Well no, there are not many coccoliths in website) we are all invited to visit him in the Lake District (although I seem to re- early summer (25th-26th May) for a joint member Manton published something on foram-nanno meeting, on "Biology and Pa- haptophytes in Lake Windermere) but this laeobiology of Foraminifera and Coccolitho- is a region of superb geology and geomor- phores". We have had an excellent pair of phology and a great opportunity to do meetings in Copenhagen and Southampton something a bit different by way. 12 so I can strongly recommend this, especially TMS FOUNDATION
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13 Silicofossil Group Report - David Lazarus
Society Matters Hello! In case you have- News and events - March is the Month! n't already been aware via an earlier email General announcement, and as indicated by the by- Second Joint Silicofossil-Palynology Group line above, the silicofossil group chairman- Meeting in Utrecht, March 9-10. This is cov- ship has changed. Cathy Stickley, after ered separately in the newsletter [?] so I several years of service, has taken on new won't repeat the contents of the announce- professional responsibilities which make it ment here. But this meeting should be a impractical for her to continue serving as most enjoyable one, following up from the chairman. Ivo Grigorov has also decided very successful first meeting held in Cardiff to step down as silicogroup secretary. We June 2004. Hope you can make it! hope to soon announce a replacement for his position as well. On behalf of the TMS Ehrenberg Online - With your indulgence, I and all the silicofossil group members, I would like to promote something from my would like to thank both Cathy and Ivo for own work as curator of the Ehrenberg Col- their excellent work! I will be looking to both lection. Ehrenberg, as any microfossil of them for support during the next months worker knows, was responsible for many of as I learn this new job, and the ins-and-outs the earliest descriptions of species and gen- of the TMS, as I am a new member as well. era of microfossil organisms including in par- ticular diatoms and radiolarians. Access to For those of you who do not know me, I am this collection was for many years nearly im- a radiolarian specialist, an expat American possible as it was on the wrong side of the based in Berlin, where I am curator for iron curtain in East Berlin. After many years micropaleontology, including the Ehrenberg of work, generous support from numerous collection. My own work has mostly been on student volunteers and the German Ministry Neogene radiolarians, and thus will need for Research and Development (and most your help to compensate for my own limited particularly Anne Jobst, who did most of knowledge of other areas, such as European the database entry), I am happy to announce diatom research. Thus, my first plea: that detailed information about the Ehren- Please - send me any news you want to see berg Collection is now available online. The advertised within the TMS, or any other sug- collection's homepage: gestions you care to make! Societies live only by the active participation of its mem- museum.hu-berlin.de/pal/microp/ehrenmp.htm bers! gives general information about the collec- In the next months I will be reviewing the tion, and links to the online database of the current membership list (to get a better idea collection and the collection archive ftp site, of who you all are!) as well as to determine where one can download scans of all of who you all aren't (!?). By that, I mean to Ehrenberg's drawings, copies of his daugh- see where we best could make a special ef- ter's handwritten indices to the collection, fort to recruit additional silicofossil members scanned copies of his major monographs, to TMS. Expanding membership will defi- and much more. Although this information nitely be one of the top priorities during my in itself won't solve all taxonomic problems tenure. More on this, and other issues, by (generally a visit to the collection eventually the next newsletter. is necessary to examine type series material), it should help you get started if you are strug- gling to understand Ehrenberg's taxonomic legacy. 14 Diatoms generally been good, at around 80-100 indi- DDT - No, it's *not* the infamous pesticide! viduals. Admittedly this meeting's venue is for The 20th Deutsche Diatomologen Treffen will many of us not all that easy to get to, but on be held 23-26 March in Trebon, southern Bo- the other hand - when will you get a better hemia (Czech Republic). These meetings, of- excuse to visit New Zealand? And, as has ten with around 100 participants, have much been true of past meetings, there will be a to recommend them for anyone interested in unique opportunity to exchange ideas and diatoms. Although the meeting is predomi- information with fellow radiolarian specialists, nantly in German quite a lot of English is used get caught up with radiolarian themes, and as well, and international participation is usu- plan new work with like-minded colleagues. ally substantial. Indeed, in recent years the For details on the meeting, as well as more meeting has frequently been hosted outside of information about the association, see http:// Germany, continuing the trend to more www.radiolaria.org/interrad/. Europe-wide participation (and usually with a few North Americans too). Additional advan- In Memorium - Cathy Nigrini. I regret to tages this year include great Bohemian food record here the passing at the beginning of the and beer, and relatively low participation costs year of Cathy Nigrini, a close colleague of (1 Euro is approx. 30 Czech Koruna at the many of us, and one of the most respected time of this writing). For details see the web- workers on radiolarian taxonomy for nearly 40 site: http:/20ddt.butbn.cas.cz/. years. Cathy's numerous publications have Registration should be by 16.12.05 been both the foundation for much of our cur- abstracts by 15.01.06. rent taxonomy, particularly for Cenozoic fau- nas, and as well were exemplars of accuracy, Also coming up is the 19th International Dia- lucidity and pure professionalism. Cathy in tom Symposium (http://lin.irk.ru/ids2006/) person was warm and unassuming, but at the which takes place in Russia in August as the same time one of the most charmingly elegant deadline for registration is May 1st. people I have ever known - a true lady, in a way that one finds but rarely in real life. We Radiolarians are all going to miss her deeply. A special Interrad XI New Zealand, March 19-24, symposium in her honor will be held as part of 2006. The Interrad meetings, held only once Interrad XI in New Zealand. every three years or so, are the only global meeting where radiolarian specialists of all David Lazarus - Silicofossil Group Chair types meet. Attendance at past meetings has
Changes to the Committee 2006
The terms of office of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Committee come to an end at the 2006 AGM. Potential candidates for these posts are encouraged to contact the incum- bent officers to discuss the nature of the work involved.
We regret to note that the current Publicity Officer, Dr Steve Starkie, has had to resign from his post as he had found it difficult to carry out the role required due to increasing work commitments. The committee co-opted Dr Mark Williams to this office until the next AGM, when a new officer will be duly elected. Potential candidates are encouraged to contact the Secretary to discuss the duties involved.
Nominations for all committee positions should be submitted to the Secretary by October 2006. Nominees, proposers and seconders should all be members of the Society. 15 CHARLES DOWNIE AWARD
The late Charles Downie was one of the pioneers of palynology in the U.K. and a mentor who guided the thinking and development of a large number of postgraduate students who passed through the University of Sheffield. Through the efforts of former colleagues at Sheffield, a permanent memorial has now been established to recog- nize Charles’ contribution to micropalaeontology. An annual award will be made to The Micropalaeontological Society member, who in the opinion of The Micropalaeontological Society Committee, has published the most significant paper, in any journal, based upon his or her postgraduate research.
An award of £200 will be made for the best paper published during 2005 and will be presented at The Micropalaeontological Society AGM in November 2006. Nominations for the best paper published in 2005 should be submitted either to the appropriate TMS Specialist Group, or The Micropalaeontological Society Secretary by 28th Feb- ruary 2006.
Charles Downie Memorial Award Contributors R. L. Austin W.A.M. Jenkins G. A. Booth J. K. Lentin B. Braham R. S. W. Neville J. P. Bujak B. Owens G. Clayton T. L. Potter M. D. Crane A. J. Powell S. Duxbury S. M. Rasul G. L. Eaton M. Razzo G. A. Forbes J. B. Riding K. J. Gueinn W. A. S. Sarjeant A. M. Harding J. E. Thomas R. Harland J. Utting K. Higgs D. Wall P. J. Hill M. J. Whiteley A. Hossein Zahiri G. L. Williams
16 Journal of Micropalaeontology Sale of Back Issues
TMS has a considerable number of back issues of past volumes of the Journal of Micropalaeontology and is having a sale in order to try and clear much of this back stock. Not all volumes are available, but we certainly have the major- ity of the Journal’s first 21 volumes for sale at the give-away price of £1 per issue plus postage and packaging. Should you wish to purchase back issues of the Journal, then please use the form below.
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Professor David Siveter (Chair) Dr Mark Williams Department of Geology (Publicity Officer) University of Leister School of Earth and Environ- Leister LE1 7RH, UK mental Sciences Tel: +44 (0)1116 2523925 University of Portsmouth Fax: +44 (0)116 2523918 Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road [email protected] Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK
Tel: +44 (0)23 9284 2290 Dr Michal Kucera (Secretary) Institut Für Geowissenschaften Email: [email protected] Universität Tuebingen Sigwartstrasse 10 72076 Tübingen, Germany Dr Andrew S. Henderson Tel: +44 (0)7071 2972490 (Webmaster) Fax: +44 (0)7071 295727 Department of Palaeontology [email protected] The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road Dr. Stephen Packer (Treasurer) London, SW7 5BD, UK Middlemarch, 17 Brewhouse Lane, Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5684 Rowsham,Buckinghamshire, Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5546 HP22 4QT, UK [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1296 681265 Fax: +44 (0)1296 681265 Dr Rachel Preece [email protected] (USA representative) Chevron Texaco EPTC Dr F. John Gregory 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road (Journal Editor) San Ramon Kronos Consultants (& Natural CA 94583-2324, USA History Museum, London) 33 Royston Road, St Albans Tel: +1 925 842 0231 Hertfordshire, AL1 5NF, UK Fax: +1 925 842 3030 Tel: +44 (0)1727 843056 [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)1727 843056 [email protected] FORAMINIFERA GROUP Professor Malcolm B. Hart (Special Publications Editor) Dr Joachim Schönfeld (Chair) School of Earth, Ocean & Environ- Leibniz-Institute of Marine Science mental Sciences IFM-GEOMAR Department of Geological Sciences, Dienstgebaeude Ostufer University of Plymouth Wischhofstrasse 1-3 Drake Circus D-24148 Kiel; Germany Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK Tel: +49 (0)431 6002315 Tel: +44 (0)1752 233122 Fax +49 (0)431 6002926 Fax: +44 (0)1752 2332117 [email protected] [email protected]
Dr Daniela Schmidt Dr Ian Slipper (Secretary) (Newsletter Editor) Department of Earth Sciences Medway School of Sciences University of Greenwich University of Bristol Chatham Maritime, ME4 4TB, UK Wills Memorial Building Tel: +44 (0)20 8331 9824 Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK Fax: +44 (0)20 8331 9805 Tel: +44 (0)117 954 5414 [email protected] Fax: +44 (0)117 925 3385 [email protected] 18
Professor Alan R. Lord MICROVERTEBRATE GROUP (Secretary)
Pro-Provost Dr Howard A. Armstrong University College London (Chair) Gower Street Department of London, WC1E 6BT, UK Geological Sciences Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 6002 University of Durham Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 6003 South Road [email protected] Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Tel: +44 (0)191 3744780
Fax: +44 (0)191 3742510 PALYNOLOGY GROUP [email protected]
Dr Ian C. Harding (Chair)
School of Ocean & Earth Science Dr Robert Raine (Secretary) University of Southampton The Lapworth Museum National Oceanography Centre University of Birmingham European Way Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4173 Tel : +44 (0)2380 592071 Fax: +44 (0)121 414 4942 Fax : +44 (0)2380 593052 [email protected] [email protected]
NANNOFOSSIL GROUP Dr Duncan McLean
(Secretary) Dr Jeremy Young (Chair) Palynology Research Facility Department of Palaeontology University of Sheffield The Natural History Museum Dainton Building, Brookhill Cromwell Road Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK London, SW7 5BD, UK Tel: +44 (0)114 222 3692 Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5286 Fax: +44 (0)114 222 0002 Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5546 [email protected] [email protected]
Dr Jens Herrle (Secretary) SILICOFOSSIL GROUP Department of Earth and Ocean
Sciences, University of Liverpool Dr David Lazarus (Chair) 4 Brownlow Street Museum für Naturkunde Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Tel: +44 (0)151 794 5187 Invalidenstrasse 43 Fax: +44 (0)151 794 5196 D-10115 Berlin, Germany [email protected] Tel: +49 (0)30 2093 8579
Fax: +49 (0)30 2093 8868 OSTRACOD GROUP [email protected]
Dr Ian Boomer (Chair) Dr Richard Pearce Stable Isotope and Luminescence (Secretary) laboratory, GEES School of Ocean & University of Birmingham Earth Science Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK University of Southampton Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5523 National Oceanography Centre, Fax: +44 (0)121 414 5528 European Way, [email protected] Southampton, SO14 3ZH
Tel: +44 (0)2380 596477 19 Conference Announcements General Assembly 2006 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Austria Center Vienna Vienna, Austria 02-07 April, 2006 http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/general_information.html Call for papers Session SSP28 Applied Palynology Convener: A. Götz Co-Convener: S. Feist-Burkhardt Deadline for abstract submission: 13 January, 2006 Contact: Annette E. Götz Institute of Geosciences Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg D-06099 Halle (Saale)
EGU Session SSP12 "Environmental micropaleontology, monitoring past and present environmental perturbation using micro-organisms"
General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, 2-7 April, 2006.
During the last EGU (2005) micropaleontological science was very poorly represented (only 1 single session in the whole Assembly). In proposing this session we would like to show that micropaleontol- ogy still exists, and has significantly modernised. We want especially to highlight the great potential of microrganisms as environmental indicators in recent and past settings. Topic of the symposium:
Micro-organisms can be found in fresh water and marine environments at all latitudes. Recent studies have demonstrated that these organisms have a great potential to solve environmental problems. Micro-organisms can be used to describe and understand abrupt climate change in the past, but also to detect and monitor environmental changes due to anthropogenic impact in recent ecosystems. Thanks to their fossil record, micro-organisms can inform about the natural background conditions, in polluted environments where these background conditions are mostly unknown.The main purpose of our session is to bring together experts in micropaleontology to (1) present their research focused on the potential of microrganisms to reconstruct paleoenvironments and (2) to discuss the use of micro- organisms as indicators of present and past naturally or human-induced stressed environments.
We will be very glad to welcome your contributions to this session, and hope to see a large participa- tion!
Silvia Spezzaferri Frans Jorissen Geology and Paleontology Laboratory of Recent and Fossil Bio-Indicators (BIAF), University of Fribourg, Switserland Angers University, France
20 21 FORAMS 2006: Evolutionary Morphometrics Symposium
A linked technical symposium and workshop session dealing with the 'Evolutionary Morphomet- rics of the Foraminiferal Test in Time and Space' is being planned for the upcoming FORAMS 2006 meeting in Natal Brazil, 10-15 September 2006.Foraminifera have played a leading role in the development, use, and popularization of quantitative shape-analysis methods in palaeon- tology for many years. This symposium will provide an opportunity for practitioners to demon- strate methods, discuss approaches, and illustrate applications in this rapidly moving field. The over-riding purpose of the symposium/workshop is to provide basic information about what is possible now, what is coming in the near future, and what potential exists for integrating these methods into research programmes across the micropaleontological spectrum.
If you are working in any of the areas mentioned in the symposium description (below), please consider submitting an abstract for the programme. Also, if you would like to demonstrate soft- ware pertaining to the morphometric analysis of foraminifera, please contact me directly. Aside from standard morphometric data-acquisition software (e.g., ImageJ, tpsDIG), demonstrations of the DAISY automated species recognition system, mathematica-based packages for perform- ing eigenshape, eigensurface, and PLS analysis, and various landmark data analysis packages are already planned. As an added bonus, the workshop will also include a demonstration of the new PaleoBase Benthic Foraminifera database.
If you have any questions about the symposium or workshop please contact me directly.
Norm MacLeod
Evolutionary Morphometrics of the Foraminiferal Test in Time and Space
Organizer: N. Macleod, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum (London)
The vast majority of foraminiferal taxa are defined according to morphological concepts in which patterns of variation (e.g., morphological discontinuities, subspecific morphoclines) have often been assumed or anecdotally illustrated rather than demonstrated quantitatively. While this practice is not different in principal from that used in many other fossil and Recent groups, the unique attributes of the foraminiferal fossil record make it a natural laboratory where funda- mental questions regarding the nature quantitative patterns of morphological variation can be assessed at unprecedented levels of detail. Issues that can be addressed under this research pro- gramme, at least in principle, include patterns of intraspecific variation, patterns of interspecific variation, automated object recognition, morphological paleobiogeography, correlation of mor- phological variation with a variety of physical and biological factors, theoretical morphology, and consequences of combining this information with phylogenetic data for understanding the evolutionary history of this group (e.g., morphological disparity, comparative method studies). This open technical session addresses itself to the presentation of new methods whereby such studies can be undertaken and surveying a range of results achieved thus far. Particular empha- sis will be placed on what such investigations can tell us about general nature of evolutionary- ecological processes operating in foraminifera (and marine settings in general), and how such data can be used in taxonomic, systematic, stratigraphic, biogeographic and phylogenetic con- texts.
22 FORAMS 2006 - Workshop on Foraminifera and Trace Metals
At the Forams 2006 congress, 10-15 September 2006 in Natal, Brasil, we will organise work- shop session 2: Foraminifera and Trace Metals, to be held on Monday 10 September.
We think this workshop is an excellent opportunity to bring together specialists of foraminiferal ecology and of trace metal chemistry. We are convinced that the successful development of pa- leoceanographical proxies based on trace metal contents of foraminiferal shells, can only be achieved by intensive collaboration of specialists from these highly complementary, but also very different fields!
Please have a look at webpage http://forams2006.micropress.org/ for further information about the FORAMS 2006 conference, and inform us when you consider to contribute to our work- shop! Although the official deadline for abstracts is February 15th, 2006, we would like to re- ceive your abstracts by the middle of January, so that we can start planning the workshop.
Prof. Frans Jorissen
Workshop 2: Foraminifera and Trace metals.
Trace metals incorporated in the calcium carbonate of foraminiferal shells are becoming increas- ingly popular for the reconstruction of past environments. Past sea water temperature, carbon- ate chemistry, nutrient levels and possibly salinity are all reflected by differences in trace metals to calcium ratios. Although it is generally assumed that the incorporation of these trace metals follows thermodynamic relations known from inorganic calcium carbonate precipitation experi- ments, large offsets are commonly observed for foraminiferal biomineralisation. The mecha- nisms responsible for these offsets are, however, not or poorly known. Within this session we would like to invite contributions specifically addressing this lack in our current understanding.
Particular questions to be addressed are the role of 1) biomineralisation and so-called vital ef- fects, 2) ecological niches, 3) diagenetic overprinting in trace element partitioning. Furthermore we want to specifically invite contributions in which controlled foraminiferal culturing and/or new analytical techniques are applied for unraveling factors influencing foraminiferal biominer- alisation and trace metal uptake.
Pander Society Symposium Conodonts in Sequence Stratigraphy, as well as evolution, deposition, and correlation - to be held at the NE Section of the Geological Society of America meeting in Camp Hill/ Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 20 March 2006. A field trip is planned for Sunday 19 March to visit locations in the central Appalachians. For further information please contact: D. Jeffrey Over
The First International Conodont Symposium ( ICOS 2006) University of Leicester, Leicester, U.K. July 12 - 30, 2006 Following the highly successful series of meetings held under the ECOS banner, ICOS 2006, the first International Conodont Symposium will be held in Leicester, UK, in July 2006.
Please contact the organizers Mark Purnell < [email protected] > or Philip Donoghue
The Micropalaeontological Society's Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups Joint Spring Meeting Thursday 25th - Friday 26th May, 2006 at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
This meeting will continue the tradition of promoting contact and exchange of ideas between workers in their respective groups, and of encouraging cross-links between the disciplines and the expertise from the host institution. For the 2006 meeting we will focus on the biological background of foraminifers and coccolithophores, their physiology, functional morphology, and ecology. We also encourage presentations of new approaches to study of palaeoecology and paleooceanography based on enhanced understanding of the biology of the organisms. Whilst we would encourage people to follow this broad theme, this is an open meeting and we will still be pleased to accept presentations covering other aspects of calcareous nannofossil and fo- raminiferal research.
The meeting will be followed by an excursion to the Lake District on Saturday, 27th - Sunday 28th May, 2006. The field trip will be lead by Dr. Richard Worden, University of Liverpool, and focus on past sedimentary environments, from deep-sea plains to mountain belts and deserts. The Lake District National Park lies in Cumbria and shows a 300 million years stratigraphic re- cord with key sections of sedimentary geology and tectonics exposed in numerous abandoned mines and quarries. This trip will provide a splendid opportunity to see how palaeoenvironmen- tal changes left their traces in the geological record and how a landscape is formed by the oscil- lations of late Quaternary ice ages. The costs, including transport and accommodation, will be around 80 to 100 GBP.
Students and professionals are encouraged to present updates of their research, techniques, industrial applications, and software. Oral presentations are welcome and posters will be on dis- play during poster sessions and coffee breaks. The registration fee will be in the order of 20 GBP. Additional information about the meeting (abstract submission, deadlines, schedule etc.) and field trip will be posted to this listserver and will be available on The Micropalaeontological Society's Internet pages soon (http://www.tmsoc.org).
Anyone wishing to contribute a presentation or a poster is kindly asked to send an expression of interest and a provisional title of the presentation to Daniela Schmidt by the end of February 2006 ([email protected]; Message subject: "TMS-FG& NG PRESENTATION"). Also please indicate whether you will participate in the field excursion. At this stage we need to get an idea of how many people will attend in order to set up the facilities, and to provide appropri- ate space and time for posters and talks. So expressions of interest are fine.
Joachim Schoenfeld, Jeremy Young
Chairmen, TMS Foram. Group, TMS Nanno. Group
24 Conference reports
The 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda (ISO15) David J. Horne
The 15th International Symposium on Ostra- Greifswalder Bodden in the southern Baltic coda (ISO15) was held at the Freie Univer- Sea. Living ostracods were obtained from sität in Berlin from September 12th-16th. I set this brackish water lagoon (salinity around 7 o off a few days early from England, driving /oo) at depths of 6-10 m and studied with the across Belgium and Germany to Greifswald microscopes that occupied the small mess- (trying to listen to the fading Radio 4 com- room (meals were taken under an awning on mentary on the final test match in the Ashes deck). The species (e.g., Cyprideis torosa) series) near the Baltic coast, where I joined a were familiar but the environment was new pre-symposium field trip led by Peter to me; such a large body of brackish water Frenzel and Finn Viehberg. The first eve- with no tides was quite a contrast with the ning featured a tour of the small but compre- British estuaries where I am used to finding hensive geological museum at the University such animals. The first night we anchored in of Greifswald, providing an excellent intro- a sheltered bay off the Island of Rügen; the duction to the area, followed by a barbecue, next morning a small exploratory team set off renewing old acquaintances and making new in the ship’s tender to sample the shallower ones among the other participants: Joan waters around the bay, before we upped an- Bunbury (Canada), Chris Gouramanis chor and set off again with the intention of (Australia), Benny Guralnik (Israel), An- reaching deeper waters of the Baltic’s Arkona nette Kossler (Germany), Nadezda Krstic Basin to the north of Rügen. Gale force (Serbia and Montenegro), Lee Hsiang Liow northerly winds were whipping up the sea, (USA), Radovan Pipik (Slovakia), Evgenij however, and when Captain Oliver sug- Schornikov (Russia) and Keiichi Haya- gested a change of itinerary no-one com- shi, Chizue Hiruta, Shimpei Hiruta, plained. We were put ashore on Rügen for Shin-ichi Hiruta and Tatsuhiko Yama- an enjoyable hour or two exploring cliff ex- guchi (all from Japan). The next morning posures of late Pleistocene glacial and fluvio- was profitably spent sampling modern fresh- glacial deposits (including ostracod-rich errat- water ostracods of the River Ryck and a sa- ics, pieces of Palaeoezoic beyrichiid lime- line spring (originating from underlying Zech- stone brought southwards by the Scandina- stein salt) with abundant Heterocypris salina. Lunch was taken by the small harbour at the mouth of the Ryck, dur- ing which we observed the arrival of our home for the next two nights, the good ship Seefuchs (Seafox). A con- verted fishing boat with a crew of four (a group of enthusiasts who spend much of their time supporting under- water archaeological surveys) and a bunkhouse built in the hold, she proved to be a sturdy and adaptable base for ostracod sampling with grabs, dredges and corers as we traversed the The Seefuchs sailing back to the Cretaceous 25 vian ice sheet). That night we retired to the Incidentally, copies of the excellent and well- small haven of Lauterbach on the SE coast illustrated guidebook, covering this and the of Rügen. The following day taxis were pro- other pre-and post-symposium field trips, are cured to take us to the Jasmund National still available, price 15 euros (visit: http:// Park on the northern coast near Sassnitz userpage.fu-Berlin.de/%7Epalaeont/ where we explored exposures of Maas- paleobio.htm ). trichtian White Chalk (expertly introduced by Ekkehard Herrig), glacio-tectonic blocks ISO15 began officially on Monday 12th Sep- interleaved with Pleistocene deposits includ- tember. The packed scientific programme ing the Weichselian “Limnocythere Clay” lasted three and a half days; 15-minute slots containing the characteristic limnocytherid put pressure on presenters and session chairs ostracod Leucocythere baltica. The strong alike, but most kept well within their allotted winds and large breakers on this north-facing time and the sessions ran smoothly and effi- coast made the traverse challenging; the sub- ciently. Thematic sessions were varied, cov- sequent walk through the adjacent forest to ering “Evolution and Systematics”, sample freshwater springs was relatively tran- “Biogeography”, “Methods and Applica- quil. The trip being over, the majority then tions”, “Ecology of Freshwater Ostracods”, travelled to Berlin by train, changing at Stral- “Ecology of Saline and Brackish Water Os- sund (where one of our number, who shall tracods”, “Ecology of Marine Ostracods”, remain nameless, made a brief photographic “Reproduction, Ontogeny and Behaviour”, foray from the station and returned to see the “Anatomy, Histology and Molecular Biology” train pulling out; he rejoined the group and and “Biodiversity”. As will be apparent from his luggage later in Berlin); I returned to my the foregoing list, the balance has swung car in Greifswald and drove to Berlin with from the former domination of biostratigra- Finn Viehberg for company (and naviga- phy to more biologically-orientated research. tion). This was a superbly organized, scien- That is not to say that palaeontology was tifically exciting and socially enjoyable field ignored; indeed, David Siveter stunned us trip, for which special appreciation is due to all with a brief glimpse of his latest Silurian the organizers, Peter and Finn, as well as the ostracod with preserved soft parts (is it a pa- captain and crew of the Seefuchs. laeocope, is it a podocope?) and the propor-
Delegates pose for posterity in Berlin at the 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda 26 tion of “palaeo” talks was substantially more a boat trip on the river, appreciated in a than the list of theme titles might suggest. In variety of ways by the participants; for me general both the presentations and the sci- it featured a couple of hours of tourism as ence were of high quality, and the high num- the guide pointed out the contrasts of ber of young PhDs and post-docs offering buildings new and old (including remnants talks and posters was both impressive and of the Wall), entertainment in the form of encouraging. There were two Sylvester- demonstrations of sampling devices Bradley awards; the one for the best student (posters showing the local freshwater ostra- oral presentation went to Simone Brandão cod fauna being displayed on board) and (Hamburg, Germany) for her talk on deep- finally a couple of hours simply enjoying sea podocopan ostracods around Antarctica, beer and the company of old friends. while the one for the best student poster went to Shimpei Hiruta (Hokkaido, Japan) Hearty congratulations are due to the or- for an excellent presentation of a new, inter- ganisers of ISO15 (Chairman Michael stitial species of Terrestricythere from Japan. Schudack, Secretary Steffen Mischke The scientific sessions were well-attended, as and Treasurer Ulla Schudack, as well as were the various workshops; with more than numerous counsellors and helpers) for a 150 registrants from 36 countries, this could superb and fulfilling symposium. The next be regarded as the most successful ISO yet. ISO will be held in Brasilia in 2009; they Mid-symposium relaxation was provided by have a hard act to follow.
‘PhytoPal’ Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005 Sarah R. de la Rue, LSU, USA
The American Association of Stratigraphic CO2atm levels, and global climate for the Palynologists (AASP) welcomed the Phyto- Precambrian to Permo-Triassic. Presently, Pal Group during AASP’s annual meeting in the database is 52% complete, with 3015 St. Louis, Missouri on September 20, 2005. taxa described to date. Ably chaired by Reed Wicander, the morn- ing symposium began at 9am sharp and a Malgorzata Moczydlowska presented room full of unsuspecting (and I suspect, un- exciting new information on phytoplankton awake) dinoflagellate and pollen/spore work- biological affinities. She showed that vari- ers were introduced to the world of Paleozoic ous form species (taxonomic designations acritarchs! that are, unfortunately, very prevalent in acritarch work) may actually represent the Gary Mullins began the session by intro- several life stages of a single acritarch. To ducing the three-year PhytoPal project and date, the acritarch/prasinophyte biodiver- it’s scientific objectives in light of recent find- sity curve has been based on morphologi- ings and general problems inherent in such cal disparity of form species that may not an ambitious undertaking. Numerous acri- be true biological species. Moczydlowska’s tarch/prasinophyte curves are recognized work suggests that actual diversity may including origination, diversity, and extinc- have been much lower than is estimated. tion curves. With further investigations, Another aspect of the project is the “late these broad-scaled variations in phytoplank- Paleozoic blackout” (the apparent absence ton dispersion will be used to construct a or near absence of phytoplankton during Sepkoski-type curve which will be compared the Carboniferous) which was addressed to fluctuations in sea-levels, carbon and by Thomas Servais, who asked three 27 refreshments and holding down engaging conversations in the hotel bar and lounge! More in- trepid attendees braved the tem- peratures and rain to enjoy the Centennial Arch to the West and some rather savory blues music and New Orleans-style red beans and rice and jambalaya in the old French section of downtown St. Louis.
I would like to thank TMS for the Grant-in-Aid which not only al- lowed me to attend this multidis- ciplinary meeting, but to also present preliminary isotopic and Acritarchs on the silver screen palynological results of my Ph.D. research very relevant questions concerning the pri- entitled “Palynological, Biogeochemical, and mary problems in acritarch-based food-web Mineralogical Signatures in Sequence Cycles: research: 1) “How good is the fossil record?”; Carbon Cycling Dynamics in late Devonian 2) “What is the preservation potential of ma- Frasnian-Famennian Black Shales”. Again, rine phytoplankton?”; and 3) “Who wants to many thanks indeed! eat an acritarch?”. Further information about PhytoPal can be found at www.le.ac.uk/geology/glm2/ Although Reed was not spotted in his cow phytopal.html. The site hosts a discussion or Elvis get-ups (to get to know Reed better, group and the taxonomic database. visit his webpage at http://www.cst.cmich. edu/units/gel/cstfacpa/Wicander.html), meet- Sarah R. de la Rue, LSU, USA ing attendees were often spied with liquid [email protected]
Joint meeting of APLF-TMS-LSPG, 3-7 October 2005 in Paris Sébastien Joannin
I truly enjoyed the first joint meeting of a bit similar to a university lecture (e.g. the APLF-TMP-LSPG: beautiful venue (Paris lectures given by Cheddadi, Duplessy, city, National Museum), a friendly and infor- Loutre, etc.). Many presentations were infor- mal atmosphere, and a range of very useful mative and of high quality. The lecture thea- and diverse communications. As it was my tre was well equipped and I appreciated giv- first APLF congress, I appreciated to meet so ing my presentation there. I keep a good many people that I knew only by name feeling about this congress, and hope to at- through their publications. The conference tend others in the future. I want to thank concept, having keynote lectures at the be- TMS and APLF for the student travel grants, ginning of each session, was useful for a stu- and sincerely hope that I came up to their dent like me because it provided an introduc- expectations. tion to the fundamental points of the subject
28 5th Regional Symposium of the International Fossil Algae Association 30th-31st August 2005, Ferrara, Italy Davide Bassi
The 5th Regional Symposium of the Interna- IFAA-regional-symposium/.>http://www.uni- tional Fossil Algae Association was organised tuebingen.de/IFAA-regional-symposium/. by Davide Bassi and Anna Fugagnoli in The abstract book was published in the An- the Dipartimento delle Risorse Naturali of the nali dell Universite di Ferrara, section Muse- University of Ferrara. This symposium fol- ologia Scientifica e Naturalistica, volume 1. lows the tradition of successful regional meet- ings previously held in Granada (1989), Mu- A post-meeting field excursion focused on nich-Vienna (1993), Cracow (1997), and shallow water carbonates including Middle- Cluj-Napoca (2001) ( The Annual UCL MSc Micropalaeontology Field Trip Lee Toms After visiting the South of Spain for the first where the accommodation took the form of time, the annual UCL MSc Micropalaeontol- caves carved into the local rock and pro- ogy field trip can be regarded as a complete vided a cosy and complete base. The main success. This excursion occurred over the area examined here was in the Rio Fardes week commencing the 26th October to the 3rd Valley where transition from the Albian Hat- December and was led by Foraminifera teras Formation, through the Santonian Course leader Mike Kaminski, along with Plantagenet Formation, until the Campanian Jeremy Young and Andy Henderson of Couche Rouge Formation. Only a limited the Natural History Museum. amount of work had been previously con- ducted on these geological formations so After a flight to Malaga the first port of call they were logged and sampled for micropa- was the town of Guadix near Granada, laeontological analysis. 29 After a minor detour to take in the wonders of the Alham- bra in Granada, the next stop was the Sorbas Basin near Almería. This place is quite the inverse of the previous geological area visited, in the fact that it has been exten- sively studied and is the sub- ject of many undergraduate field trips. However, the geol- ogy here provides an amaz- ing glimpse of the events be- fore, during and after the well documented Messinian Salin- ity Crisis. Here a full day was allocated to the exploration of the local formations and another to field work where sections were once again logged and sampled for fur- ther analysis. The final area visited was the world famous The UCL training ground, S. Spain Caravacas K/T boundary section, but obvi- ously samples were not collected due to its Kaminiski, Young and Henderson a vast protected status. Additionally, there are also amount was learnt, not only about the Geol- a large section of outcrops that reflect Ceno- ogy visited, but in various methods of study- zoic geology and were again subject to scruti- ing micropalaeontology. The after hour an- nisation by this team of MSc Micropalaeon- tics were led by Dr Young and are much to tologists. be elaborated on, but were also as much of a success as the day time field visits! Appar- In conclusion, the trip was thoroughly en- ently a different part of Europe will be visited joyed by all and reflected the fact that there by next years MSc Micropalaeontology group is currently a great bunch of people on this and if anything is to go by they will also have course. Added by the guidence of Dr’s an outstanding experience. TMS Grants in Aid TMS Grants-in-Aid are awarded annually to help student members of the Society in their field- work, conference attendance, or any other specific activity related to their research which has not been budgeted for. Grants-in-Aid cannot be awarded for miscellaneous expenditure (e.g. slides, sample bags, sample preparation, laboratory costs, SEM photography or producing, pho- tocopying, printing and binding of theses), nor can they be awarded retrospectively. A maxi- mum of £200 can be awarded to each successful applicant, and a total of £600 is available an- nually. Awardees are also expected to write a short report for the Newsletter once their grant has been used. Applications forms may be obtained from the Secretary 30 Micropalaeontological News TMS Archivist The Committee is pleased to announce that IRGO officers proposed that the organiser of the next ISO should become Vice Chair, as of this year, TMS has an official Archivist: and Dr Martens proposed the new posi- tion of Past Chair. The Plenary delegates Dr Richard Hodgkinson of the NHM has adopted these proposals unanimously. kindly agreed to take on this role. Given the Society’s mature age of 30 years, it indeed ISO 14 publications - the special part of appears timely that we start to catalogue sys- Hydrobiologia has been circulated elec- tematically all the various historical docu- tronically and in paper, and sample paper ments held by past and present officers. copies of the Palaeo3 special part were Richard has already begun working on the available for Berlin delegates to inspect. first box of materials and we would like to take this opportunity to ask all past officers or Thanks are recorded to the following per- any other members of the Society who may sons and institutions: Organising Commit- hold interesting documents to please get in tee and Excursion Leaders ISO 15 and touch with the Secretary (Michal Kucera) Freie Universität Berlin; editors, authors or he can be contacted through Jeremy and reviewers of ISO 14 publications; edi- Young Terrestricythere from Japan.. The Plenary Session, at the 15th Interna- tional Symposium on Ostracoda held in Ber- Best Student Oral Presentation: jointly to lin 13th September 2005, the following deci- Ms Simone Brandao (Hamburg Univer- sions reached by IRGO delegates in Berlin: sity); deep-sea podocopan ostracods around Antarctica and The ISO 16 venue will be Brasilia organised Mr Shinnosuke Yamada (Shizuoka Uni- by Dr D. Do Carmo) (voting: Brasilia 44, versity); new concept of podocopan ostra- Denver 30, Abstentions 4). cod hinge structure. The IRGO Officers for 2005-2009 are Judging Panel: Professors Ikeya, Lord and Chair - Dr Koen Martens Siveter. The judges recommend that in Vice Chair - Dr Dermeval Do Carmo future the IRGO officers act as the Judging Secretary - Dr Michael Schudack Panel. Treasurer - Dr Akira Tsukagoshi Past Chair - Prof. Alan Lord 31 NANODe now online New Charophyte Listserver Alison Smith, one of the co-authors, is- Ingeborg Soulie-Marsche of the Interna- pleased to announce that Version 1 of the tional Research Group on Charophytes an- North American Non-marine Ostracode Da- nounces the start-up of charophyte-L, in- tabase (NANODe) is now available on line at tended as a discussion forum about Charo- http://www.kent.edu/nanode and I hope it phytes sensu will be useful to ostracode workers, geo- Charales. chemists, and hydrologists whose research involves ostracodes. NANODe is an ongoing Anyone who has interest in living or fossil project, and we are already looking forward Charophytes is invited to subscribe and to to version 2. The co-authors are Richard participate. The listserver was set-up by Dr. Forester, myself, Donald Palmer and Bran- Robin Scribailo and is hosted at Purdue don Curry. University, IN, USA. Alison Smith Forams make it into the New York Times. Once you are subscribed, you can send mes- The New York Times reported the story pub- sages to the list server who will distribute it to lished in the September issue of Geology of a all subscribers! In order to identify your mes- team of scientists from Spain, Cuba and sage we strongly recommend always putting Mexico lead by Dr. Alegret who visited dis- < Photographs of the forams by Dr. Laia Alegret as shown in the NYT 32 New URL for Duxbury (1983) online database of Cretaceous dinoflagellate cysts The Natural History Museum webpages changed layout and were completely restruc- tured. Therefore also the URL for the Dux- bury (1983) online database of Cretaceous dinoflagellate cysts has changed. Please note the new URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/ projects/duxbury/ Cushman Foundation Student Travel Award Training opportunities - UCL/NHM Micropalaeontology MSc To attend the Forams 2006 Meeting in Natal, Brazil 10-15 September, 2006 Undergradu- This has been the first year of the re- ate and graduate student members of the launched MSc in micropalaeontology and Cushman Foundation are invited to apply for we feel it has been going very well, the a $1000 travel grant to attend the Forams course is well attended and the students are 2006 meeting in Natal, Brazil (see http:// still keen. By combining the available exper- forams2006.micropress.org/). tise in University College and in the Natural History Museum we have been able to as- Applications will require that an abstract be semble a very high-calibre teaching staff, submitted to the meeting. Please send a copy supplemented by several excellent outside of the abstract, a letter of support from your lecturers. So we hope you will encourage research advisor, and a letter from the appli- potential students to consider this course cant that states justification for the funding (applications from overseas are very wel- support to Ms. Jennifer Jett (Secretary/ come). Treasurer of the Cushman Foundation) at [email protected] by February 28, 2006. A total Also please note this is now a modular of four travel grants will be awarded. Deci- course so we can offer a limited number of sions will be announced at the end of March. places in the following modules to run during late 2006, early 2007. Ostracoda ROCKS! - Eukaryote biology (1 week) - Calcareous nannoplankton (2 weeks) - Benthic foraminifera (2 weeks) A rock band from Norwich have chosen - Planktonic foraminfera (2 weeks) the name “Ostracoda”. - Spores, pollen and palynofacies (2 weeks) - Dinoflagellates and acritarchs (2 weeks) Dan, their front man explains: - Siliceous microfossils (1 week) “We all chose the name together to reflect - Stratigraphy (2 weeks) our fascination with sea monkeys (brine shrimp), as in the booklets they came with Full details are available on the course web- were billed as being a species of Ostra- site (tinyurl.com/b6h9x). Please send any coda somehow. The word struck us as a queries to the course director, Paul Bown (p. bit strange and cool so when we came to [email protected]) naming the band we brought it up again!” 33 New Micropalaeontological Works Charophyte Treatise The ostracod assemblages belong to the Eifelian Ecotype sensu Becker, 1975, but The Paleontological Institute of the University three recurring associations can be distin- of Kansas and the Geological Society of guished. Spinose forms of true Thuringian America are pleased to announce the publi- Ecotype do not occur. New faunistic data cation of a new volume of the Treatise on reveal the biogeographical relations in the Invertebrate Paleontology: Early Devonian between Gondwana and Baltica-Avalonia. The similarities among Part B (Protoctista 1) Charophyta. Celtiberian, other European, and NW Afri- can ostracod faunas are evaluated with due The volume was prepared under the able regard to their age relations. The Celtiberian coordinating authorship of Monique Feist faunas are closely related to those of Ar- and a team of eight authors. It is 170 pages morica. Neritic ostracods common to Celtibe- long and has 79 assemblages of illustrations, ria, Armorica and NW Africa corroborate the a glossary, and a range chart of taxa, and an continuity of the Ibarmaghian Faunal Prov- index. ince. Due to the different ages and facies, there are only few similarities between the The volume is available on line from the ostracod faunas of Celtiberia and those of Geological Society of America. nearby Cantabria and Montagne Noire. Faunal links between Celtiberia and Laurus- For further information please contact sia exist, but are scarce. Ostracod relations Roger L. Kaesler A new book is now available from Blackwell. For further details please visit the link to It covers most of the functions in PAST, and Studia Geologica Polonica: Retirement globs After the wine reception at the last AGM , Which is why, among the foraminiferal commu- nity, his departure will provoke so many sobs. there was a gathering of the colleagues of Dr Amongst whom his colleagues in micropalaeon- John E. Whittaker who witnessed the tology will doubtless be the longest sniffers ceremonials that go together with retirement Because when Whittaker is gone who will iden- from the Natural History Museum, London. tify the foraminifers? These, of course, included much good food (Although he might insist they rather be called and wine, but also the reading of poems. foraminiferan or foram One of which, by Wm McGonagall no less, Which almost but not precisely rhymes with our is here reproduced. Scottish traditional dress, the sporran) But all his many friends who wander far and Let there be lamentations all along the length wide among the bones and breadth of the River Fleet! Will surely above all else miss his soft and dulcet And in the ELECTRON MICROSCOPE UNIT let tones! there be laid out a wide selection of good things But there is more! Ay, yet more praise I ken to to eat give For J.E.P. Whittaker – palaeontologist extraordi- For Dr Whittaker of all palaeontologists is the naire and microscopist without peer – most philoprogenitive Is reaching his sixty years today thereby prompt- Producing so many male bairns I had’nae ing much imbibition of beer; counted them for a while And indeed there will be many toasts drunk, I Although I know there are enough to populate a wean, for which we make no apology middling-sized Hebridean Isle! Especially among the worthies of the Society of And moreover I am sure we all do most pro- Micropalaeontology! foundly hope For surely one who has contributed so much to That he will be rewarded in having a specially the study of the Globigerina ooze minted medal from the Pope! Is rightly to be sent upon his way with liberal So farewell then to Whittaker J.E.P. quantities of booze; In anticipation of your visit to the Holy See! Nor can it be gainsaid that one who has per- And may you perchance survive until you are a formed such bonny wonders upon the Ostracoda hundred and three! Does merit something more stentorious for his But may I also wish that when you and Christine departure than ice cream soda; climb the stairs to Nirvana And truly he has made known Globotruncana, That you discover that the Angel Gabriel bears a Globorotalia, Globigerina and a host of other remarkable resemblance to Globotruncana. 36 Missing members Change of Address Eccles, C. Kearsley, A.T. Prof. Martin J. 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