Volume 14 July 1996 Table of Contents
CHAIRMANS' PAGE . 1 The Retiring Chairman's Message (Eva Paproth) . 1 The Incoming Chairman's Message (John Roberts) SCCS ANNUAL REPORT 1995 and BALANCE SHEET 1994-95 2 Secretary/Editor's Report (Brian Engel) . 3 Member Donations in 1995 - 96 3 Minutes of the SCCS Krakow Business Meeting - August 1995 4-6 WORKING I PROJECT GROUP REPORTS 7 Carboniferous - Permian Boundary - The Carboniferous now has a roof! (Glenister) 7 Project Group 4: Ammonoid zonation in Late Namurian successions (Kullmann & Nikolaeva) 7 Working Group to define a GSSP close to the Moscovian/Kasimovian boundary (Villa) 8 CONTRIBUTIONS BY MEMBERS . . . . 9 Carboniferous of Central and Western Bohemia (Czech Republic) (Pe~ek) . 9 European Coal Conference 1995 - Report (Pe~ek) 9 Palynology of the ltarare Subgroup (late Paleoz6ic) in northern Parana Basin, Brazil (Rocha-Campos & Anelli) ...... 9 Life mode of some Brazilian late Paleozoic Anomalodesmata (Rocha-Campos & Anelli) 10 Paleobiogeography and evolution of the late Paleozoic pelecypod faunas (Parana Basin) from Brazil (Rocha-Campos & Anelli) . . . . 10 A correlation chart for Carboniferous-Permian zones in Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia (Archangelsky) ...... 10 The Mid Carboniferous Boundary & the beginning of the glacial age in Argentina (Gonzalez) 12 Carboniferous of East Yakutiya, Russia (Budnikov et al.) 12 Research on the Devonian and Carboniferous at Cologne University, Germany (Herbig) 14 Mid Carboniferous Boundary position in Middle Siberia (Zarin & Peterson) 15 Gondwana affinity microflora from Dingjiazhai Formation in Baoshan, West Yunnan, China (Gao Lianda) 15 Australian Working Group on Carboniferous Fishes (Turner) 16 lchthyolith Issues (Turner) ...... 16 Major Carboniferous References - IGCP 328 and the International Microvertebrate Group 17 ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS ...... 19 Fusulinaceos carboniferos del este de Asturias (N de Espana) (Villa) 19 The Carboniferous of Northwestern Serbia - Biostratigraphy and Geology (Stojanovic et al.) 19 Biostratigraphy and evolution of Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian smaller foraminifers from the Barents Sea (offshore Arctic Norway) (Groves & Wahlman) 19 Diagenetic alteration of calcitic fossil shells: Proton microprobe (PIXE) as 6 trace element tool (Bruckschen et al.) . 19 87Sr/86/Sr isotopic evolution of Lower Carboniferous saewater: Dinantian of western Europe (Bruckschen et al.) 19 Early Carboniferous tetrapods in Australia (Thulborn et al.) . . . . . 20 CONFERENCES AND NOTICES ...... 22 SCCS Field & General Meeting 1997- Southern New England Fold Belt, Australia 20-21 PaleoForams '97 Conference, Western Washington University, Washington, USA 22 PRELIMINARY QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS (Engel) 23-30 Appendix I: SCCS Membership mailing list 1996 Appendix 1-1 to 1-5 Appendix II: SCCS Voting Members list 1996-2000 Appendix 1-5
Cover Illustration explanation 2 Contributions to the Newsletter 5 Carboniferous of the World, Volume Ill 8 A Chronology of Carboniferous Congresses, Field Meetings and List of Office Bearers 18 CONTINUED CORRESPONDING MEMBERSHIP OF secs - A REMINDER . 25 IUGS SUBCOMMISSION ON CARBONIFEROUS STRATIGRAPHY / VOL. 14 • 1996
5tuY~ 5tuY/7~re~~~ The main function of the SCCS has Thanks to the great industry of Congress, meetings of signifi been, and will remain, the estab- Brian Engel over the past eight cance to Carboniferous workers lishment of global chronostrati- years, the Carboniferous Newslet and Working Group activities. g rap h ic boundaries for the ter has become an extremely valu Significant new developments in Carboniferous System. These able means of communicating Carboniferous stratigraphy could boundaries have traditionally been news items and details of new re also be announced on the home based upon biostratigraphic evi- search initiatives and achieve page. At a time when science dence. The time has come to diver- ments by Carboniferous workers. worldwide is under threat of se sify this approach utilising many The Newsletter is now read by vere cuts from government and of the more recently developed geologists throughout South and other funding agencies, I believe techniques, such as SHRIMP and North America, Japan, China, that co-operation is the best means TIMS dating of zircons, 40Ar-39Ar Oceania,South Africa, Europe, of not merely survival but ad dating, stable isotope geochemis- Russia and the new republics of vancement of our cause. For this try and detailed magneto-stratigra- Asia. We aim to continue publica reason, when our electronic net phy, to supplement the tion of the Newsletter and ask that work is established, I ask all of my biostratigraphic definitions. These all Carboniferous workers keep on colleagues to communicate regu physical techniques assume par- contributing news items, informa larly and work with one another to ticular importance in parts of the tion on new meetings and the re overcome their financial and other record, such as the Upper Carbon- suits of their research. The latter difficulties. iferous, in which climate has exer- is most important as slow publica cised a demonstrable control on tion schedules in some refereed Finally, I wish to pay tribute to the the global distribution of biota. journals may delay the an- leadership displayed by Dr Eva nouncement of important results. Paproth during her two terms as During the next four years we must Chairman of the SCCS, to Dr make a concerted effort to enlist In order to achieve even faster and Brian Engel for his great and long geochronologists, stable isotope more regular communication be standing efforts as Secretary/Vice geochemists and magnetostratigra tween Carboniferous workers we Chairman and editor/compiler of phers into secs working groups will establish a comprehensive the Carboniferous Newsletter, and and into research groups around email address list as well as a home to members of Project and Work the world concerned with Carbon page on the Internet to provide ing Groups of the SCCS. iferous topics. information on forthcoming meet ings of SCCS, the Carboniferous John Roberts Carboniferous Newsletter Page I SCCS ANNUAL REPORT 1995 A warm welcome is extended to Paproth, for their major contribu Membership the newly elected members. The tions to the success of the organi Subcommission also wishes to sation: The Subcommission has 22 Voting place on record its thanks to the Members including the Executive following list of members who Dr Guo Honjun, China Officers. Corresponding Member have decided to stand down from Dr Hisayoshi Igo, Japan ship was 258 plus 7 Libraries the voting panel. Their dedicated Dr Robert Kosanke, USA which receive this Newsletter. service over many years has main Dr Li Xingxu, China tained the Subcommission as a vi Dr Eva Paproth, Germany Bureau Officers 1996-2000 able organisation. A special vote Dr W.H.C. Ramsbottom, UK of thanks goes to the two Past Dr Yang Shipu, China Chairman: Chairmen, Dr Ramsbottom and Dr Prof. John ROBERTS, School of Applied Geology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 1994-95 NSW 2052, Australia. INCOME (Oct. '94 - Sept. '95) A$ US$ Definitive Estimated Vice Chairman: JUGS Grant for 1995 1,202.80 880.00 Dr J. Thomas DUTRO Jr, 5173 Ful Donations from members 335.57 251.68 ton St NW, Washington DC 20016 Bank interest 24.83 18.62 USA. (Election subject to ICS rati fication). TOTAL INCOME 1,563.20 1,150.30 EXPENDITURE Secretary/ Editor: Newsletter 13 publication/postage 992.82 744.61 Dr Ian METCALFE, Department of Bureau postage & stationery 281.43 211.08 Geology & Geophysics, Univer Grants to SCCS XIII ICC-P members 275.00 206.25 sity of New England, Armidale Bank charges 6.82 5.11 NSW, 2351 Australia. TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1,556.07 1,167.05 Voting Members Explanatory Note: Definitive income and expenditure are quoted Dr Alexander Alekseev*, Russia in Australian Dollars. All income and expenditure have been Dr Paul Brenckle, USA converted at an exchange rate of A$1.00=US$0.75 Dr Boris Chuvashov, Russia Dr Geoffrey Clayton*, Ireland BALANCE SHEET (1994-95) A$ US$ Dr Marine Durante, Russia Definitive Estimated Dr Brian Engel, Australia Funds carried forward from 1994 25.05 18.52 Dr Carlos Gonzalez, Argentina Exchange rate gain (0.65 to 0. 74 US) 22.36 Dr Philip Heckel*, USA PLUS Income 1995 1,563.20 1,150.30 Dr H. Richard Lane, USA LESS Expenditure 1995 (1,556.07) (1,167.05) Dr Jean-Pierre Laveine, France Dr Bernard Mamet, Canada CREDIT balance forward to 1995-96 32.18 24.13 Dr Walter L. Manger, USA Dr Ian Metcalfe*, Australia Dr Ouyang Shu*, China BUDGETREQUESTFOR1996 US$ Dr Nick Riley*, UK Newsletter 14 (prep./publ./post) 700.00 Dr A.C.Rocha Campos, Brazil Other Bureau expenses 400.00 Dr George Sevastopulo, Ireland Dr Elisa Villa*, Spain PROJECTED EXPENDITURE 1,100.00 Dr Robert H. Wagner, Spain Dr C.F.WinklerPrins,Netherlands The Subcommission has been advised by ICS that it has been (* = Newly elected members) allocated US$870.00 in JUGS funding for 1996. THE COVER ILLUSTRATION The illustration is a reproduction of the logo of the 12th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium held in May 1995, in Philadelphia USA. The logo shows the foliage of the pteridosperms Alethopteris and Neuropteris, a pteridosperm seed which has been broken open, and a Carboniferous insect crawling over the seed. The line diagram was kindly supplied by Dr Hermann W. Pfefferkorn, Department of Geology, University of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, USA. Page 2 Carboniferous Newsletter Secretary/Editor's Report As the Subcommission approaches Metcalfe, so that he can provide a members who have kindly elected its regular change of Office Bear forum for informing all members to make donations. Without the ers it seemed appropriate that I of current research being under latter, it would not be possible to should include a brief statement taken. It is your medium for keep publish the Newsletter and I wish detailing the ti state of the nation ti. ing your fellow members informed to convey to our many donors, my and the organisation will not flour sincere appreciation of the vote of secs enjoys the dedicated support ish if you do not actively provide confidence you have given to the of a very large group of industrious suitable contributions. retiring executive by your gener members.We have some 280 par ous support. I hope that you will ticipants with whom regular con Communication rates have now continue this generosity with the tact is maintained. In addition, our reached a level which we have not new executive. publication goes to some fifteen previously enjoyed. In my first other individuals or organisa term of office, the executive, lo Finally, my decision to decline the tions. cated on opposite sides of the kind offer of John Roberts to con World, communicated by airmail tinue as Secretary of SCCS was Currently, the Subcommission has letters with a turnaround time of made with not a little difficulty, completed its deliberations on the about four weeks between ques indeed regret. On the one hand, I Mid Carboniferous Boundary and tions and answers. In the last few value very highly the wide range we await its final ratification by years, facsimile machines have re of contacts that I have made with ICS/IUGS. In addition, we have duced the response rate to about 24 the membership of SCCS over the two new Working Groups and two hours or so. Now, with inexpen past decade and I will miss the Project Groups which are active at sive computers and the Internet friendly correspondence which is present and we can expect that the (e-mail and WWW), we have seen an essential part of the job. On the results of at least some of these the shift to an even better level of other hand, I felt that the Subcom groups will be forthcoming in the contact for the majority of mem mission needed the input of fresh not too distant future. bers. What an exciting vista this ideas from a younger generation of opens up! - can I recommend that Carboniferous specialists and so I The main source of communica you use this new media to its full have chosen to stand aside for this tion is of course the Newsletter capacity. to happen. My interest in the Sub which is an essential component of commission is not diminished and our continued collaboration. I Financially, the Subcommission is I hope to continue as a Voting would anticipate that members will paying its way without major gain Member for one more term. continue to send many contribu or loss due to the combined contri Brian Engel tions to the new Secretary, Ian butions of ICS/IUGS and those SCCS Member Donations in 1995-96 Publication of this Newsletter is made possible with generous donations received from the following members during 1995-96, combined with an IUGS subsidy of US$870 in 1996 and additional support from the small group of members who provide internal postal charges for the Newsletter within their respective countries. Prof. N. W. Archbold Dr Hisayoshi Igo Prof. H.P. Schonlaub Dr P. Brenckle Dr T.B.H. Jenkins Dr C.H. Stevens Dr J . Carter Dr P .J. Jones Ms M. Stucke Dr D.R. Chesnut Dr Toshia Koike Dr J. Tazawa Dr C.J. Cleal Dr K. Krainer Dr R.R. West Dr H.H . Damberger Dr J. Kullmann Dr G .P. Whalman Dr W .R.Danner Dr M .J. Legrand Dr G. L. Wilde Dr J.T. Dutro Jr Prof. B. Mamet Dr Wu Wang-shi Dr R.M.C. Eagar Dr M. Menning Dr J. Yanagida Dr Masayuki Ehiro Oviedo Spanish Group (x2) Anon.- Argentina (xl) Dr K. Englund Dr M.F. Perret Anon.- Australia (x2) Dr F. Ettensohn Prof. H. Pfefferkorn Anon.- France (xl) Dr R.A. Gastaldo Dr S. Pinard Anon.- Germany (x5) Prof. B.F. Glenister Prof. G. Playford Anon.- Japan (xl) Dr Luc Hance Prof. E. Poty Anon.- USA (xl) Prof. H-G. Herbig Dr W. H.C. Ramsbottom Anon.- UK (xl) Carboniferous Newsletter Page 3 Minutes of the SCCS Meeting, Krakow, 1995 and I would like to place on record co-operation in this attempt to pub MINUTES OF THE SCCS our indebtedness for that support. licise our activities. GENERAL MEETING Financial statement: The finan Working Groups/Project ON 31 AUGUST 1995 cial year commenced with a bal Groups: The Mid Carboniferous ance of US$18.52 and finished Boundary submission should be Venue: Academy of Physical Edu with a carry over of US$25.05. with ICS before the end of the cation, Krakow, Poland. This near balanced position was year. Voting matters were com made possible by an ICS grant of pleted in March and the submis Opening: The meeting was US$880 and membership dona sion document is now in final opened at 9:00 a.m. by the Chair tions of US$25 l.68. A detailed preparation. The Project Groups man, Dr Eva Paproth. statement will be presented in established in Provo in 1989 have Newsletter 14. essentially run their course and the Attendance (members & visi decision will need to be taken at tors): F. A bdesselam-Rouighi, Elections: Relevant revised stat this meeting to establish short term A.S. Alekseev, S. Archangelsky, utes of ICS setting out election Working Groups or to abandon the P. Brenckle, G. Clayton, S. Dara, procedures for Subcommissions proposals which have not shown V.L. Davydov, T. Dutro, B.A. were reprinted in the last Newslet promise. Engel, H. Forke, N. Gibshman, L. ter. In essence, each term of office Hance, J. Kalvoda, H.R. Lane, extends from one IGC meeting to J-P. Laveine, B. Mamet, W. Man the next (approx. 4 years); Chair Reports: ger, T. Nemirovskaya, B. Owens, men may hold the position for two Eva Paproth (Chairman), N. terms (8 years max.) and Voting 1. Mid Carboniferous Boundary Riley, J. Roberts, G.A. Rukina, Members for their original plus Working Group Report (H.R. L.C. Sanchez de Posada, G. Sev two more terms (12 years max.). Lane): Dr Lane presented a final astopulo, E. Villa, R.H. Wagner. At the end of each term, one-third summary of the history of events of the membership is required to leading up to the Arrow Canyon Report of the Chairman: retire which in our case calls for Section decision. The Chairman about 6-7 members to stand down thanked Dr Lane and the members at this time. In procedural terms, of the Working Group for their Dr Paproth referred briefly to her ICS elects each Chairman and contribution and then discharged report in the last Newsletter (v. 13) Vice Chairman from a short list of the Working Group. A vote of which the membership had now one or two candidates nominated thanks was carried with acclama received. by the Subcommission. Voting tion. members are elected by the Sub Report of the Secretary: commission itself and are subject 2. Project Group Reports: to ICS endorsement. Project Group 1 (P. Brenckle): The last Newsletter (vol.13) was Proposed Survey: It is proposed Dr Brenckle advised the meeting posted in July 1995 and the con that the membership be canvassed that this Project Group had been tents thereof were not repeated at shortly with a survey which will unable to find any sections which this meeting. Current membership seek details of current relevant ac demonstrated potential for a consists of 22 Voting Members tivities. At present, stratigraphy is boundary definition. He noted that and 245 Corresponding Members a discipline in apparent decline and most relevant sections in western and Libraries. it is essential that we address this North America and Europe have issue and promote the contribu been investigated and there ap Financial matters: Most of our tions which are being made by our pears to be nothing suitable in expenses are related to the produc membership. Funding of Subcom those regions. There was a possi tion of the Newsletter which this mission activities has declined as bility that potential sections existed year cost approximately US$750 IUGS transfers its attention to the in middle Asia but for logistical to produce and distribute. This is IGCP program rather than to ICS. and financial reasons it was not not the full extent of the cost as, in One reason for this is that IGCP feasible to continue further inves order to avoid the lengthy delay of programs have a short term objec tigations in that region nor to pro several months incurred with sur tive for their funding whereas the vide support for local face postage from Australia, the Subcommissions are an open investigators. He recommended Newsletter is sent by economy air ended operation with no deadlines that the group be discharged from mail in large bundles to about 12 for their activities. We need to further action at this time. The members who in turn re-post them change this approach if we expect meeting endorsed the recommen into their local mail systems. The the Subcommissions to survive in dation to discharge Project Group cost of the latter is borne by several the user-pays environment in 1 at this time. organisations and/or individuals which we operate. I seek your Page 4 Carboniferous Newsletter Project Group 2 (G. Sevas a stratotype and boundary which is Owens (British Geological Sur topulo): The leader stressed that situated close to the classical level. vey) jointly volunteering from the the revision of boundaries must floor to take over the chairman maintain a level of stability with At present, contributions on the ship. It was agreed that the Project pre-existing definitions which in subject are required to answer two should therefore continue under this case is the long established major questions - (1) Is a revised their joint leadership with a pre Tournaisian-Visean boundary boundary worth chasing? and (2) liminary report .to be given at the with its formal stratotype in Bel Which boundary would be the best next meeting of the Subcommis gium. It has been found that the to pursue? sion in two years time. current definition of this boundary is at best unsatisfactory and be This contribution was followed by Project Group 4: In the absence cause of this has been widely used a detailed presentation by Dr Luc of Prof. Kullmann, Dr Paproth in very different senses throughout Hance describing the work that he reported that Dr Dieter Korn has the World. In the summary pre and his colleagues have under been working on productive arn sented by him at the Liege confer taken both in Belgium and South monoid bearing sections in south ence, opinion was sought on the China. He concluded that the ern Portugal which still require desirability of moving the bound search for a new type area in China two to three years of study. As yet, ary substantially downwards to the was producing most promising re work has not extended down to the base of the Scaliognathus anchor sults. levels at which Gastrioceras could alis zone or upwards to the appear be expected to occur. In view of ance of the early evolutionary A motion was then put and carried the potential of this region, it was sequence of primitive archaediscid unanimously that "A Working agreed that the Project Group foraminifera. Despite a small re Group be formed to establish a should continue its investigations. sponse, opinion seemed to prefer boundary close to the existing a downward movement. Since Tournaisian-Visean boundary Project Group 5 (E. Villa): Dr then, detailed work in the Belgian within the Lower Carbonifer Elisa Villa made reference to her region has made it apparent that ous." extensive report presented in even in Belgium the current stra Newsletter 13 which gives full de totype was an unfortunate choice The Chairman of the Working tails of the activities of the Project particularly as most of the defining Group, Prof. Sevastopulo, was in Group. It was agreed by the meet taxa are cryptogenic. Sub vited to select the membership of ing that this Group should now sequently, Dr Luc Hance and oth the Working Group and to advise proceed to full Working Group ers undertook work in China in an the executive of the names of the status. Accordingly it was moved effort to correlate the Chinese sec members. by T. DUTRO and H.R. LANE and tions with the traditional Tour unanimously agreed to by the naisian-V isean Boundary. This Project Group 3: In the absence meeting that: work has revealed in China a se of a report dealing with this level, quence of foraminiferal evolution the Chairman proposed that the "A Working Group be formed to ary stages of great potential from Project Group should be aban establish a GSSP close to the which it may be possible to define doned. Rescue came however with Moscovian/Kasimovian bound Dr Nick Riley and Dr Bernard ary". CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER The Newsletter on Carboniferous Stratigraphy is published annually (in July) by SCCS. 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AIR MAIL your contribution to the Editor: Dr Ian Metcalfe, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351 Australia. (Tel: +61 67 732860; Fax: +61 67 733300) Files can also be included in an E-mail message or attached as a Rich-Text-Format (RTF) file or MS Word document compressed with BinHex 4 on the Internet. The Editor's E-mail address is: [email protected] Carboniferous Newsletter Page 5 Dr Villa was invited to chair the and biostratigraphic data in the Working Group, to select the Carboniferous System and will be Field and General membership of the Working convened by Jon Claoue-Long (or Meeting 1997: Group and to advise the executive his proxy). The second, convened of the names of the members. by Luc Hance and colleagues, will discuss candidates for a boundary The meeting accepted a proposal Other Working Group matters: stratotype of the Visean Stage with by Prof. John Roberts that the During the discussion, Dr Brian a view to demonstrating the meth next Field and General Meeting be Glenister asked if members of the ods and techniques by which inter held in eastern Australia. The al Subcommission were in agree nationally agreed boundaries are ternative suggestion by Dr Rich ment with the proposals of the achieved. ard Lane of a visit to the Nevada Working Group on the Carbonif region in USA was deferred in erous - Permian Boundary pre favour of the Australian proposal. sented elsewhere at the Congress. Nomination of Office Bearers & Voting Informal acceptance of the pro Other Business and gress to date was agreed to by the Membership: members present. Closure: From the floor, Dr Lane raised the Chairman: Prof. John Roberts Dr Lane raised some organisa issue of the difficulty of correlat was nominated by the Chairman - in the absence of further nomina tional issues which the incoming ing the Morrowan-Atokan, executive were asked to consider. Bashkirian-Moscovian and early tions, the meeting unanimously en Westphalian sequences and pro dorsed the nomination. The Chairman closed the meeting posed that a Project Group should at 1:05 p.m. be formed to investigate these is Vice Chairman: No nominations sues. After some discussion, it was were received. Signed as a true record: agreed that the formation of a Group could be pursued by the Secretary: To be chosen by Chair Eva Paproth new executive with a view to its man (no election required). Chairman formation at the next Subcommis sion meeting in two years time. Voting Membership: Some pro visional nominations were made from the floor of the meeting. Fur Information items: ther nominations are to be sent to the Secretary not later than the The following items were drawn middle of November 1995. At this to the attention of the Subcommis stage it is not possible to finalise sion membership: the nominations until the number of retiring members is known. 1. SEPM Research Group on Quantitative Stratigraphy (H.R. Field Meeting to southern Lane): Dr Lane gave a brief report on the formation of this group and China, November 1996: its proposed program (see News letter 13). A field meeting of about 10 days will be arranged for a small group 2. IGCP Project 343 - Carbonif to visit the Lower Carboniferous erous-Permian correlations be sections in southern China in mid tween Continental and Marine November 1996. Interested mem Domains of the Greater Tethyan bers should contact Dr Luc Hance Area. (Because of a Congress for further details as they are final timetable clash, the Chairman read ised. The purpose is to provide a short written report from the specialists with the opportunity to Project Leader detailing the pro sample and study material from the gress made by this study.) sections. 3. IGC - ICS Workshop (J. Mention was also made at this time Claoue-Long & L. Hance): The by Dr T. Nemirovskaya of other Chairman advised that the ICS proposed excursions in 1996 to Workshop at the next IGC will various parts of the former Soviet contain eleven symposia topics of Union. Members were asked to which two will deal with Carbon contact her for further informa iferous issues. The first will dis tion. cuss the correlation of radiometric Page 6 Carboniferous Newsletter WORKING I PROJECT GROUP REPORTS synchronous for practical pur NIKOLAEVA, 1995). To provide a The Carboniferous now poses. general framework for the Car has a roof! boniferous stratigraphy, we are Coincident with submission of the presently engaged in an additional Aidaralash manuscript for publica study focussing on the data of eas BRIAN F. GLENISTER, Chair, Car boniferous/Permian Working tion, copies were distributed to ily identifiable goniatite faunas of Group; Department of Geology, voting members of the Carbonifer the early Upper Carboniferous University of Iowa, 136 Trow ous/Permian Boundary WG, who zones and their global distribution. bridge Hall, Iowa City IA, 52242- approved the GSSP (with one ab The lower boundary of the Kinder stention) for consideration by the 1379, USA. scoutian Stage corresponds with Subcommission on Permian Stra the lower boundary of the Reticu nterest in developing interna tigraphy. SPS Titular Members G. loceras inconstans Zone and the I tional consensus on formal defi Cassinis (Italy), J.M. Dickins Reticuloceras (Phillipsoceras) cir nition of a base for the Permian (Australia), B.F. Glenister (USA), cumplicatile Zone. A little below System (and coincident top of the C.B. Foster (Australia), Sheng the first appearance of these true Carboniferous) was heightened by Jin-zhang (China), M. Kato (Ja reticuloceratids a band with Hod the International Congress on the pan), G.V. Kotlyar (Russia), H. sonites magistrorum and Reticulo Permian System of the World, Kozur (Hungary), E.Ya. Leven ceras? compressum has been Perm, Russia, August 5-10, 1991. (Russia), M. Menning (Germany). recognised in Ireland, England and The pre-sessional field excursion W.W. Nassichuk (Canada), C.A. Germany. It is now regarded as the to classic sections in the Southern Ross (USA), J. Utting (Canada), base of the Kinderscoutian. The Urals of Russia and Kazakhstan Jin Yu-gan (China), and B.R. correlation of the European zona was pivotal in refocusing attention Wardlaw (USA) voted in favour of tion with the Uralian and Asian on Aidaralash Creek, Aktyubinsk the proposal. The remaining vot sections remains problematic; be (currently Aqtobe) region of ing member B. Chuvashov (Rus cause of condensation of the sec northern Kazakhstan. This section sia) abstained. Upon this approval tions, the precise position of the was used by V.E. RUZHENCEV, al by the SPS, the proposal was ap base of the Reticuloceras-Bashkor most one-half century earlier, to proved subsequently by the Full toceras Genus Zone is not yet designate a lower boundary for the Commission of the International clarified. In North America the basal Permian Asselian Stage, pri Commission on Stratigraphy, and equivalents of the basal Kinder marily by reference to ammonoid later by the International Union of scoutian zones are apparently cephalopod distributions. Geological Sciences. Remaining is missing. the formality of final ratification A formal proposal of during the 1996 Beijing meeting of The upper boundary of the Reticu the International Geological Con loceras Zone in Europe and the Aidaralash as GSSP for gress. Reticuloceras-Bashkortoceras Ge the base of the Permian nus Zone corresponds with the lower boundary of the overlying PROJECT GROUP 4: Gastrioceras 1 Zone and the Bilin Subsequent detailed field and labo Ammonoid zonation in guites-Cancelloceras Genus Zone ratory analysis of the Aidaralash Late Namurian resp. ; the position and correlation section, and comparison with con of these levels have been discussed temporaneous sections in the Urals successions in detail by KULLMANN & NIKO and elsewhere culminated in the LAEV A (1995). The entry of the formal proposal of Aidaralash as J. KULLMANN' Institut fur Geolo genus Bilinguites clearly marks the GSSP for the base of the Permian gie und Palaontologie, Universitat beginning of the next higher stra (DAVYDOV et al., 1995, Permo Ti.ibingen, Germany and s.v. NIK tigraphic unit; it is readily recog philes 26, p. 1-9). The base was OLAEVA, Paleontological Institute nised in most successions. defined as the first occurrence of of the Russian Academy of Sci the "isolated-nodular" morpho ence in Moscow, Russia. Recent publications: type of the Streprognathodus "waubaunsensis" conodont mor mmonoid zonation of Late Carboniferous successions KORN, D. & KULLMANN, J . (1994): phocline, 27 m above the base of A GONJAT Database System, version 2.51; Bed 19. This level is a mere 26.8 enable reliable international corre TUbingen. m below the ammonoid boundary lations between European, Ameri KULLMANN, J. & NIKOLAEVA, S. (1995): originally proposed by can and U ralian sections. In a A Review of the Upper Namurian ammonoid number of publications, the strati biostratigraphy.- Newsletters on Stratigraphy RUZHENCEV, and 6.3 m below the 32: 117-136, 10 figs., Berlin, Stuttgart. level favoured by many fusuli graphical range and the boundaries nacean workers. Consequently, of the upper Namurian zones and the three levels may be considered their fossil content have been re viewed recently (KULLMANN & Carboniferous Newsletter Page 7 use of some fusulinid and cono FORKE (Friedich-Alexander-Uni Working Group to define dont evolutionary features as ele versitat Erlangen-Ntirnberg, Ger a GSSP close to the ments of correlation. A general many) and DR GREGORY meeting of the SCCS WG P5 took WHALMAN (Amoco Production Moscovian/Kasimovian place during this Congress. Work Company, Houston, USA). Dr boundary ing Group members from Amer FORKE is studying the fusulinid (fonnerly Project Group 5) ica, Russia, Japan, Germany, and conodont content of a section Spain and Ukraine debated the in the Carnie Alps, while Dr ELISA VILLA, Departamento de problems involved in our task and wAHLMAN will study fusulinids Geologfa, Universidad de Oviedo, planned future WG activities. from Desmoinesian/Missourian 33005 Oviedo, Spain. strata of Western USA. Field Trip to the Donbass Basin hrough 1995, the SCCS It was decided during the meeting We are also glad to announce that T Working Group on Project 5 at Krakow to organise a Field Trip DR DANIEL VACHARD (Universite has continued its activities focused to the Donbass Basin (Ukraine) in des Sciences et Technologies de on the search for a level of corre September 1996, which will also Lille, France) has recently joined lation in the upper part of the Car include laboratory sessions at the Working Group. He expects to boniferous System. The main Kiev. DR PETRO SHPAK, Director study the foraminifera and algae of events can be summarised as fol of the Institute of Geological Si some Desmoinesian/Missourian lows: ciences of Kiev, has kindly offered sections in Mexico and will co-or Meeting in Moscow - Several the collaboration of that Institute d inate studies of other fossil members of the Group met in Mos for organising the meeting and the groups, such as conodonts (DR cow in June 1995. The meeting field trip. The latter will be guided JEAN-MARIE DEGARDIN) and was organized by DR ALEKSANDR by DR TAMARA NEMIROVSKA YA, spores (DR ROBERT COQUEL). ALEKSEEV and other Russian DR ALEXSANDR y . LUKIN and DR. members of the SCCS WG P5. It VLADISLAV I. POLET AEV . At this DR A. DZHENCHURAEVA (from the included several laboratory ses moment, more than 20 members KMEGEI, Bishkek, Kyrgystan), sions at the State University of of the Working Group have ex who has also recently joined the Moscow and the Geological Insti pressed their intention to attend. Working Group, has informed us tut, as well as a field trip to the that the sedimentologist DR ALEK Domodedovo and Afanasievo sec Membership changes - During SANDR GONCHAR (Tashkent, tions. Most of the sessions were the meeting held at Krakow, the Uzbekistan) will collaborate with devoted to discussion among addition of the following new her in investigations related to fusulinid and conodont specialists, members of the Working Group those of the Working Group. who had the opportunity to com was announced: DR HOLGER pare materials from different areas of the world. The field excursions Carboniferous of the World provided an examination of two sections of great interest for the Volume DI stratigraphy of the Russian Car boniferous, especially for the At last, the third volume of the Carboniferous of the World is study of the uppermost Moscovian completed (apart from some technical details) and will be published and the Lower Kasimovian. A fi later this year by the lnstituto Tecnol6gico GeoMinero de Espana nal meeting, with the participation (ITGE, Madrid) and the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum of all the attendees, established the (NMM, Leiden). results obtained so far, and set the It contains the following chapters: main goals to be achieved in the Cl Preamble near future. Cl Dedications (to Olgerd Leonardovich Einor, Alexandrina Dmitrievna Grigorieva, Sergei Viktorovich Meyen & Maria Nikolaevna Solovieva) Carboniferous Congress at Cl The former USSR (0.L. Einor, co-ordinator) Krakow - During the sessions of the XIII Carboniferous Congress Cl Mongolia (M.V. Durante, S.S. Lazarev & E.E. Pavlova) held in Krakow in August-Septem Cl Middle Eastern Platform (0. Monod & T. Weissbrod) ber 1995, members of SCCS were tl Afghanistan (D. Vachard & C. Montenat) presented with a detailed report c Iran (D. Vachard) comparing the paleontological and The volume is JUGS Publication No. 33 and will contain 520 pp., sedimentological characteristics of including some 100 figures and 79 fossil plates. the Las Llacerias section (Cant A leaflet with an order form will be sent to all those who have abrian Mountains) and the Do responded to the circular distributed in 1995. If you wish to record modedovo section (Moscow your interest in the volume and receive an order form please contact: Basin). The study and comparison Dr C.F . Winkler Prins, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum of these two sections, which in Postbus 9517, 2300 RA LEIDEN, The Netherlands. clude Moscovian and Kasimovian strata, have allowed the tentative Fax: +31 715 133 344 E-mail: [email protected] Page 8 Carboniferous Newsletter CONTRIBUTIONS BY MEMBERS versity, 26 June - 1 July 1995. It Carboniferous of Central was organised by this Faculty in Palynology ofthe ltarare and Western Bohemia co-operation with the Czech Geo Subgroup (late Paleozoic) in (Czech Republic) logical Survey, the Institute of northern Paramfl Basin, Brazil Geonics of the Czech Academy of Science and the Coal Geology Jiri PE~EK,Faculty of Science, Group of the Geological Society of A.C. ROCHA-CAMPOS and L.E. AN Charles University, Albertov 6, London, UK. ELLI, Instituto de Geociencias, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Universidade de Sao Paulo, CP The meeting itself took three days (61 pages, 33 figures in text, 57 photo 11348, CEP 05422-970, Sao graphs, 26 folders in a separate Jac~et; and was attended by 113 registered Paulo, SP, Brazil. published (1994) by the Czech Geolog1cal participants and about 20-30 Survey, Klarov 3, 118 21 Prague 1, Czech Republic - Price US$15.00). guests from 13 (mostly European) nalysis of surface and subsur countries. Presentations of 55 pa A face samples from the Itarare he Carboniferous of Central pers and 28 posters were made Subgroup (C-P) by SOUZA (1996) T and Western Bohemia con covering the following major top contributes to the biostratigraphy sists of continental sediments of ics related to coal-bearing units: and paleoenvironmental interpre the Westphalian C to Stephanian geology, coal reserves, tectonics, tation of the northern Parana Ba C. The knowledge of sedimentary geophysics, coal bed methane, sin, Brazil. filling is based upon the results of coal petrology, coalification, coal One hundred and ten taxa were geological mapping, extensive technology, mineral matter and studies of about 1200 boreholes found, related to the twenty-six paleontology. genera of spores, nine of pollen drilled into the basement, geo grains and three of microplank physical surveys and other special The three day meeting was pre tonic elements. Forty-eight species investigations. The publication de ceded by two parallel one day field scribing the geology of sedimen are registered for the first time in trips: the first to the north Boh~ the Parana Basin, demonstrating tary filling is confined to four basic mian Tertiary brown coal basm Upper Carboniferous units and the previous lack of knowledge of which was organised by Geologi this part of the section. their basement within the Upper cal Service Co.Ltd, and the second Carboniferous basins. Description to the limnic Carboniferous of the The following taxa indicate a is supplemented by maps central and western Bohemia. The Westphalian age for the sections 1 :400,000. Besides the basic char latter excursion was repeated after acteristics, a list of plant micro examined: Granulatisporites vari the conference and partly coin granifer Menendez & Azcuy, and macrofossils is provided for cided with a three day field trip to 1969; Raistrickia rotunda Azcuy, each unit. Brief characteristics of the Carboniferous of the Upper 197 5; Dictyotriletes muricatus sub-units (beds, layers, seams) as Silesian Basin. well as the occurrence and distri (Kosanke) Smith & Butterworth, bution of volcanics, cyclic struc 196 7; Ahrensisporites cristatus Participants in EEC '95 received a Playford & Powis, 1979; Ancis ture of sediments and other volume of abstracts of all pre trospora inordinata Menendez & features are described in the paper. sented papers and posters. Pro Azcuy, 1972; Ancistrospora ver Particular attention is paid to their ceedings of the Conference, which rucosa Menendez & Azcuy, 1972; colour and paleogeography. Each will include the most important Florinites guttatus Felix & Bur basic unit and its important sub papers, will be published by th_e units are shown in isopach maps, bridge, 1967; Florinites occultus Publishing House of the Geologi Habib, 1966; and Florinites sp. sand, volcanics and grey sedi cal Society of London in 1996. ments abundance distribution, pa Anticipated cost of the Proceed leogeographic and paleofacies Biostratigraphic analysis indicates ings will be around UK£50. There that the palynological content is maps. Tectonic development of is still a limited number of Ab the studied area and a detailed list new for the Brazilian part of the stracts available which can be or Parana Basin. In terms of Gond of references are presented. dered at the following address: wana, correlation is best made Professor Jiri PESEK, Faculty of with the oldest Argentinian Car European Coal Conference Science, Charles University, Al boniferous palynozones and bertov 6, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech equivalent palynozones in Austra 1995 - Report Republic. Cost of the copy is lia. US$20. Jiff PESEK,Faculty of Science, Among the sporomorphs, the new Charles University, Albertov 6, The next meeting of coal geolo species Ancistrospora reticulata n. 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic. gists is scheduled for 1997 at the sp. is described and another two University oflzrnir, Turkey. he European Coal Conference are transferred to distinct genera: T '95 (ECC '95) was held at the Dictyotriletes pseudopalliatus Faculty of Science of Charles Uni- (Staplin) new comb. and Vallatis- Carboniferous Newsletter Page 9 potites punctatus (Marques-Toigo) Parana Basin) occur in shallow inho assemblage), infauna!, detri new comb. marine fine siltstone with long tivorous taxa dominate. Overlying axes inclined ca. 40°-50° to bed the Rio Bonito and Palermo forma In paleoenvironmental terms, the ding. Specimens have been de tions, assemblages are mostly presence of microplanktonic ele formed by sediment compaction composed of infauna) filter-feed ments referred to Navifusa Com and therefore the angle between ing and semi-infauna) byssate ele b az, Lange & Pansart, 1967 long axes and bedding has prob ments, but epifaunal shells are indicates a marine influence for the ably been reduced. One inch Jong sometimes locally abundant. great part of the sections studied. tube preserved above the siphonal gape at the dorsal posterior angle A contrasting pattern is shown by Reference: of A. barringtoni corresponds to Passa Dois Group assemblages SOUZA. P.A. 1996; Palinologia e bioestratigrafia do the former position of the syphon (regressive phase) which are domi S ubgrupo Jtarare em Ara~oi aba da Serra (Westphaliano, Bacia do Pacana), Estado de Silo and reflects a minimum burial nated by infauna), shallow-, inter Paulo, Brasil. Silo Paulo. Masters Dissertation. depth for the species. Except in the mediate-, and deep-burrowing, lnstituto de Geociencias, USP, 192 pp, case of W. terminalis features de filter-feeding pelecypods associ unpublished. scribed confirm previous interpre ated with rare epifaunal filter-feed tations based on functional ing, byssate elements. These Life mode ofsome Brazilian anatomy. pelecypods may have evolved in situ, from ancestors present in the late Paleozoic Reference: Tubarao Group and in other South Anomalodesmata ANELLI, L.E., SIMOES, M.G. & ROCHA-CAMPOS. A.C. American Late Paleozoic marine 1995: Life mode of some Brazilian Late Paleozoi c anomalodesmatan. Canadian sequences. Their evolution may A.C. ROCHA-CAMPOS & L.E. AN Paleontology Conference, Program and have resulted from interruption to ELLI, Instituto de Geociencias, Abstracts, 5, p. 2. larval dispersion, leading to allo Universidade de Sao Paulo, CP patric speciation. Rare elements, 11348, CEP 05422-970, Sao Paleobiogeography and however, show wide distribution Paulo, SP, Brazil. in the Parana Basin suggesting dis evolution ofthe late persion of planktotrophic larvae he life position of three late Paleozoic pelecypod faunas during a short-lived flooding epi Paleozoic anomalodesmatan T (Param!I Basin) from Brazil sode within the predominant re pelecypods was recognised in car gressive cycle. bonate and siliciclastic rocks from Brazil (ANELLI, L.E. et al., 1995). A.C. ROCHA-CAMPOS and L.E. AN Reference: The in situ position was compared ELLI, Instituto de Geociencias, SIMOES, M.G., ROCHA-CAMPOS, A.C. & ANELLI, with previous interpretations Universidade de Sao Paulo, CP LE.1995: Paleogeography and evolution of based on functional anatomy. 11348, CEP 05422-970, Sao Permian pelecypod faunas from the Pacana Basin, Brazil. Canadian Paleontology Shelf-lagoonal carbonate facies of Paulo, SP, Brazil. Conference, Program and Abstracts, 5, p. 31. the Piauf Fm. (Morrowan-Atokan; n a recent contribution, SIMOES Pamafba Basin) shows Wilkingia I et al. (1995) revise the paleobio A correlation chart for terminalis, an immobile infauna! geographic evolution of late Paleo filter-feeding pelecypod, occur zoic pelecypods from the Parana Carboniferous-Permian ring preferentially associated with Basin. zones in Argentina, Uruguay small bioclastic clumps and in and Bolivia clined 26° - 40° to bedding. Sec Late Paleozoic marine inverte tions of oriented samples show brate assemblages (Tubariio and clumps concentration around the Passa Dois groups) in the Parana Sergio ARCHANGELSKY, URQUIZA ventral margins of the shells. The Basin are dominated by pelecy 1132, Vincente Lopez (1638), strong reduction of the anterior pods that evolved in an epiconti Buenos Aires, Argentina. portion, the anisomyarian muscu nental sea having a complex geological and ecological history fter the XII ICC-P Congress lature, and the relatively large scar held in Buenos Aires in 1991 , of the anterior (pedal/byssal?) re associated with a transgressive/re A gressive cycle. Tubarao Group as the Argentinian and Uruguayan tractor muscle in W. terminalis semblages (transgressive phase) geologists completed the text that suggest an endobyssate life mode. are more diversified, with pelecy was presented as a pre-print during In the same carbonates, the bys pods, subordinate brachiopods, the congress. sate, semi-infauna) Pteronites sp. gastropods, echinoderms and rare The final version is in press at the (Pteriomorpha) occurs also associ arenaceous forams. In the Upper Cordoba Academy of Sciences and ated with bioclastic clumps, and Tubarao Group, the Rio do Sul is scheduled to appear late this with the long axes of shells ori Formation assemblages (Rio da year. In this book, a chapter de ented ca. 90° to bedding. Evidence Areia, Baitaca) show a high pro voted to Zone Correlation includes of diagenetic deformation is lack portion of epifaunal (mainly pect a chart that is reproduced here with ing in both cases. Allorisma bar its corresponding legend. Data on ringtoni and Vacunella cf. inids), filter-feeders together with which the chart was based are Vacunella etheridgei from the Rio elements of byssate semi-infauna those published before the end of do Sul Formation (Early Permian, and shallow infauna. Locally, in an organic-rich substrate (Pass- 1994 (Figure 1). Page 10 Carboniferous Newsletter Figure 1: A Correlation Chart of Carboniferous - Pennian Zones of Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia. The authors of the Chapter incorporating the table below include: S. ARCHANGELSKY, C.L. AZCUY, S. CESARI, C. GONZALEZ, M. HUNICKEN, A. MAZZONI & N. SABATTINI. OCCIDENTAL AMBITO CUENCA BOLI- SAN TEPUEL GONDWANICA VIA RAFAEL GENOA URUGUAYA Eg Pl C Tar PALEOBOTANICAL ZONES: AF = Zone Archaeosigil LEGEND laria-Frenguellia; NBG = Zone Nothorhacopteris argentinica Botrychiopsis weissiana-Ginkgophyllum diazii; ZI = Zone of BASINS: TA'JA = TARIJA; Rio BLANCO; CALING Interval; G = Zone Gangamopteris (s=upper, i=lower); AGI USPALL = CALINGASTA-USPALLATA; PAGANZO; = Association Lower Arroyo Garrido; F = Superzone SAN RAFAEL; GOL = LA GOLONDRINA; TEPUEL Ferugliocladus; nc = Zone Nothorhacopteris chubutiana; ge GENOA; SIERRAS AUSTR = SIERRAS AUSTRALES; MA = Zone Ginkgoites eximia; D = Superzone Dizeugotheca; w = ISLAS MALVINAS; CH PA = CHACOPARANENSE; = ZoneDizeugotheca waltonii; as = ZoneAsterotheca singeri; GONDWANICA URUGUAYA; BOLIVIA. GI = Zone Glossopteris. PALEONTOLOGICALGROUPS: PAL= Palynology; INV INVERTEBRATE ZONES: P = Zone Protocanites; TS = = Marine Invertebrates; PB = Paleobotany; VER = Verte Zone Tivertonia - Streptorhynchus; ZI = Zone of Interval; RB brates; CON = Conodonts; FOR = Forarninifera. = Zone Rugosochonetes-Bulahdelia; Lev = Zone Levipustula AGES: P Tar = Late Permian; P Tern = Early Pennian; C Levis; C = Zone Cancrinella; Eu = Eurydesma Fauna; Pz = Tar = Late Carboniferous; C Tern = Early Carboniferous; M Pinzanella Fauna; Eo = Eosianites Fauna. a = million years. VERTEBRATE ZONES: M = Mesosaurus Fauna; Pc = Fish PALYNOLOGICAL ZONES: 'A' ,'B' ( Tarija Basin); Po Fauna. (po) = Zone Potonieisporites; M = Association Maliman; CONODONT ZONES: Np-Sb = Zone Neostreptognathodus PLIC = Superzone Plicatipollenites; an= ZoneAncistospora; pequopensis-Sweetognathus behnkeni; Nb-Sw = Zone Neo iii = Zone Ill; PI = Zona Plicatipollenites; sz in = Subzone gondoliella bisselli-Sweetognathus whitei; le = Zone /diog Interval; rp = Subzone Raistrickia-Plicatipollenites; Ju = nathodus ellisoni; Se = Zone Streptognathodus elongatus. Association Jume; PL = Zone Potonieisporites - Lundbladis FORAMINIFERA ZONES: Eg = Zone Eoparafusulina pora; Cri = Zone Cristatisporites (i=lower, rn=rnid, s=up gracilis; Pt = Zone Pseudoschwagerina texana; Tn = Zone per); St = Zone Stratites. Triticites cf. nitens. Carboniferous Newsletter Page 11 Lithologic and paleontologic evi movement of the strand line as the The Mid Carboniferous dence show that during the Car result of eustatic fluctuations of sea Boundary and the beginning boniferous, glaciers reached sea level, during the gradual filling of of the glacial age in level in western Argentina and the basin with sedimentary mate Patagonia. Also, three or perhaps rial. More than thirty years ago, a Argentina four discrete glacial stages and in rhythrno-stratigraphic scheme was terstages are present in the sedi created as the basis for mapping CARLOS R. GONZALEZ, Instituto ments of this age. It is surprising within the limits of Western Verk de Paleontologia, Fundaci6n that such important cyclic events hoyanye (Figure 2, sections III, Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, recorded by the Gondwana glacia IV). 4000 S.M. de Tucuman, Rep. Ar tions have not had a noteworthy gentina. correlative in the paleoequatorial The Permian and Carboniferous belt. However, the beginning of deposits are divided into rhythrno he recommendation of SCCS the glacial age and the appearance suites, each equivalent in time to to establish the stratotype of II II T of these cold water faunas may about an epoch. The lower parts of the Mid Carboniferous Boundary provide a reference level for each suite are composed mainly of in the Arrow Canyon section in Gondwana stratigraphy. fine-grained rocks, reflecting the Nevada confidently awaits the fi nal vote of approval by ICS/IUGS. transgressive stage of sedimenta References: tion, and contain a marine fauna. The appearance of the conodont GONzAu:z. C.R.. 1990, Development of the late Declinognathodus noduliferus, The upper subsuites consist mainly Paleozoic glaciations of the South American of coarse sandstones. Intermediate used to mark the boundary level, Gondwana in western Argentina. Pa/aeo-3, 79: 275-287; Elsevier. layers include fine-grained rocks will not lessen the difficulty that which contain significant quanti Gondwana stratigraphers experi JONES. P.J ., 1991 , Australian Phanerozoic Timescales: 5. Carboniferous. Records BMR, ties of fossil bivalves and plants. ence in trying to correlate their Australia. 1989/35. sections with those of the palaeo ROBERTS, J., CLAOUE-LONG, J.C. & JONES, P.J.. I 995. Figure 2 records five different sec equatorial belt. Australian Early Carboniferous Time. SEPM Special Publication 54: 23-40. tions that are exposed in the axial Conformable marine fossiliferous part of the Verkhoyansk Range. deposits that range from Early to Separated from each other by Late Carboniferous are exposed in Carboniferous ofEast varying positions relative to the both western and southern Argen Yakutiya, Russia coast line of the basin, and also tina. In contrast with the Northern with the time of accumulation, the Hemisphere, where sediments IGOR V. BUDNIKOV, Siberian Re initial phase of basin filling in each were deposited in warm water, the search Institute of Geology, Geo section records significant litho Argentina sediments were geneti physics & Mineral Resources, facial and structural differences cally associated with glaciation. between the areas of deposition. No conodonts, goniatitids, my Krasny pr. 67, Novosibirsk 630104, Russia; ALEXANDR G. However, despite the differences alinids or fusulinids occur in between sections, it is possible to highly endemic fossil faunas which KLETS, United Institute of Geol ogy, Geophysics & Mineralogy, devise a structural - genetic "skele are intercalated between these II U niversitetskii pr., 3, N ovosi ton within which the framework g lacigenic sediments. The Ru birsk, 630090, Russia; VITALY of litho- and biostratigaphical data gosochonetes-Bulahdelia fauna of s. GRINENKO, State Yakutsk Explo can be logically coordinated. Simi eastern Australia is associated with ration - Survey Expedition, lar comments apply to overlapping the oldest known glacial beds in Kalvitsa str., 24, Yakutsk, Permian deposition (BUDNIKOV et western Argentina (Gonzalez, 677009, Russia; RUSLANV. KUTY al. 1995). 1990), and has close similarities GIN, Institute of Geology, Lenina with the Marginirugus bar str.,39 Yakutsk, 677007, Russia. Broadly, early Carboniferous de ringconensis fauna of eastern Aus posits comprise the basal Verk tralia, which was also pper Paleozoic deposits are hoyansk Terrigenous Complex. At accompanied by a deteriorating U widely distributed within the the end of the Tournaisian and the climate. In both countries, the limits of Siberia. Verkhoyanye is start of the Visean, presumably Levipustula Levis Zone overlies an especially interesting region, during an epoch of rifting, the these biozones. In Australia, the where Upper Paleozoic deposition structural configuration and cli limit between the M. bar is most complete. Exposed are mate of the huge territory of Sibe ringtonensis Zone and the Levipus thick (6.5 - 12 km), terrigenous ria and, in particular, in tula Levis Zone is placed at the deposits, reflecting uniform cyclic Verkhoyanye was changed. Ter Visean-Namurian boundary sedimentation, which formed rigenous deposition was replaced (JONES. 1991), which is confirmed within the limits of the passive mainly by carbonate sedimenta by absolute dating (ROBERTS et continental frontier region. tion, as in sections I and V (fig. 1). al., 1995). This suggests that the Cyclic accumulation can be dis In sections in the central part of the Late Paleozoic Glacial Age initi tinctly observed in structural, Verkhoyansk Range the basal ter ated probably at or a little before physical and genetic aspects of the rigenous complex is not exposed. the Mid Carboniferous Boundary sedimentary formations. This cy in both western and eastern Gond clicity is connected with oscillating wana. Page 12 Carboniferous Newsletter en U) a1 >< Q) en s s:l .a> +' Transgres Q) Q) ~r-1 on 0.____. 20 0m +' sion ·~ 0) ~ A s.. ~ Q.) ~ El Ul 0 I __ ..._.,_ II (JJ !i1 o P - - ..,~ \ 0) OJ 9 ~ \ as s.. +> Q) 814 \ M 10 :--'\ ~ ::, l ~ I ~ ~ I I ~ I s.. Q) A ::,0.. s:l ct! ~ I I I (.) t:l en 0 Q) M rl ~ 0 tj CIJ 'O 0 s.. -,-1 Q) s.. ~ 0 == (l) ...:I ft...4 .....i A 0 ,0 M M I IIb -- c) Q) - A ~ I - A as a . ::, bO 0 ro - tj .c C (.) ct! as +> +> a Q) fl, H Ul • • • • !~bs - Bastakh on hm - Khamamyt ~ cg - Chuguchan Figure 2: Correlation of Carboniferous Deposits of the Verkhoyansk Range Legend: 1 - conglomerate, gravelite; 2 - medium coarse-grained sandstone; 3 - silty sandstone; 4 - clay limestone; 5 - coarse-grained siltstone; 6 - fine-grained siltstone and mudstone; 7 - siliceous mudstone; 8 - ammonoids; 9 - brachiopods; 10 - floras. Carboniferous Newsletter Page I 3 It is important to observe that in Yakutoceras, Diaboloceras, within the basins as well as with thick sections of the Verkhoyansk Phaneroceras, Bisatoceras, Clis adjacent platforms. Moreover, Upper Paleozoic, Angaran floral toceras, Aclistoceras, Christio factors controlling the deeper complexes, located in the upper ceras; brachiopods: Verchoyania water facies sequences of the Late portion of each rhythmo-suite and kaschirzevi, V. cheraskovi, Muir Devonian and Dinantian are evalu their analogues, are placed be woodia martianovi, Neospirifer ated (eustacy, climate, synsedi tween boreal fauna! com licharewi. mentary tectonics). Interests in plexes.This enables the deposits to IV - ammonoids: Eoshumardites, similar deep-water sequences of be dated and removes many ques Agathiceras; brachiopods: Plica the western Mediterranean Pa tions concerning the age of plat tiferina neoplicatilis, Phrico leotethys are still alive, although form coal-bearing deposits of the dothyris lenaensis, Settedabania no active research is taking place Angara continent. stepanovi, Tyramnia yakutica. at the moment. The Verkhoyansk Paleobasin is lo References: A new avenue of research is di cated in a special geographical po BUDNIKOV, 1.V., GRINENKO, V.S. & SOBOLEV, Y.S. rected to the "anactualistic Car 1995: Bench Mark level of the Middle sition. Through Taimyr, it borders Carboniferous in Western Verkhoyanyc. boniferous buildups", which with the eastern European paleo Proceedings ofthe International Conference on developed after the end-Frasnian basins, and to the south adjoins Arctic Margins, Magadan. Russia, p. 33-35. extinction. They are characterised regions where there is a develop BUDNIKOV, 1. V., GRINENKO, V.S. & KLETS, A.G. 199S; by low-diversity communities and West Verkhoyanye is the key region to solve the ment of deposits with mixed Bo main stratigraphic problems of Upper Paleozoic minor or missing contribution by real-Tethys fauna. of Siberia. Abstract of Xiii International evolved, complex metazoans. For Congress on Carboniferous -Permian. Krakow. example, coral-frameworks are al Fauna! investigations permit cor Poland, p. I 6. most notoriously missing, though, relation with practically all of the curiously, solitary and colonial international stages of the Upper Research on the Devonian Rugosa flourished in Dinantian Paleozoic and in particular with shallow-water level bottom com the Verkhoyansk Carboniferous. and Carboniferous at munities. The most important fauna! groups Cologne University, Gennany studied in Verkhoyanye are am Some undergraduate students, two monoids and brachiopods, and to HANS-GEORG HERBIG, Univer PhD students and Assistant Profes a lesser extent foraminifera, bi sitat zu Koln, lnstitut fur Geologie, sor H. TRAGELEHN have com valves and flora. Brachiopods, Lehrstuhl fur Palaontologie und menced the following research: composed mostly of Siberian spe Historische Geologie, Ziilpicher cies, are the most widespread ben Str.49a, D-50674 Koln, Germany. B. MESTERMANN is trying to elu thic group which provide detailed cidate microfacies, microfossils, subdivision and correlation of the n 1991 I reported on this item paleoecology and paleo-oceano various sections. Ammonoids, at I from Marburg University graphic significance of the late some stratigraphic levels, usually (News!. Carb. Stratigr., 9, p. 14). Visean crenistria limestone hori connected with maximum trans Although the Marburg group is zon. This is a peculiar cephalopod gression, enable the establishment still active (Profs G. Hahn, R. limestone event within the tur of rather broad intercontinental Schmidt-Effing, Ors M. Amler, P. bidite dominated Rhenoherynian correlations. Bender and students), most of the Basin, which can be traced from younger members of the '91 report the Harz Mountains across the Four large complexes are distin have finished their doctoral or hab Rheinische Schiefergebirge to SW guished in the Verkhoyansk Ter bilitation theses, and have dis England over a distance of more rigenous Carboniferous (fig. 2): persed to other institutions. than one thousand kilometres. I - brachiopods: Buxtonia, Stega Information on the results of their cathia, Dictyoclostus, Chonetipus studies and current addresses is H.M. WEBER is studying paleontol tula, Leptagonia, Andreaspira. still available via Marburg or Co ogy, biotic communities and mi Ila - ammonoids: Muenstero logne. crofacies of the Strunian (latest ceras, Bollandoceras , Goniatites; In the beginning of 1995, I moved Famennian) stromatoporoid bios brachiopods: Buxtonia rimmae, to Cologne University, where I tromes of westernmost Germany lnflatia sibirica, Sajakella migai. occupy the Chair of Paleontology (Aachen area) and eastern Bel Ilb - ammonoids: Pachylyro and Historical Geology. Research gium. These are globally the ceras, Epicanites; brach.iopods: in the Late Devonian and Carbon youngest Paleozoic stromato Sajakella formosa, Antiquatonia iferous of the mid-European Culm poroids. Questions are directed to posthindi, Lanipustula baicalen basins (Germany, to a lesser extent the reasons for resurgence of that sis. Polish Sudetes, Moravia) contin typical Devonian reef type in the Illa - ammonoids: Yakutoceras, ues, directed mostly to microfa Famennian and its final extinction Aldanites, Stenopronorites; cies, foraminifers and calcareous at the DC boundary (" Lazarus ef brachiopods: Balakhonia insinu algae of Dinantian limestone tur fect of Devonian buildups or pro- ata, Verkhotomia tukulaensis, bidites and limestone clasts. Goals 1o g u e of the Carboniferous Taimyrella afanasjevi. are reconstruction of source areas Permian reef cycle?"). Illb - ammonoids: Orulganites, and biostratigraphic correlations Page 14 Carboniferous Newsletter H. TRAGELEHN is working on De B and C, Westphalian and Trough - in the top of the Pod vonian and Carboniferous biostra Stephanian of Western Europe and syn' skaya Formation; Siberian tigraphy (conodonts, radiolaria, contains thick, coal-bearing de Platform - in the base of the Yan acritarchs) of pelagic sequences in posits. However, the recognition gotoiskyi Horizon. the Saxothuringian zone of north of any major units (Series, Stages) ern Bavaria, Thuringia and Sax in this part of the succession, as References onia (SE Germany).Microfacies well as the placement of the Car GORELOVA, S .G 19 62: Phytostratigraphya ostrogskoi svity Kuznetskogo basseina. Vestnik and paleoecology of Dinantian boniferous/Permian boundary, re Zapadno-Sibirskogo i No vosibskog o shallow-water limestones ("Ko mains conjectural. geologitcheskich upravlenii 3: 46-53 hlenkalk") from the same area are MEYEN. s.v. 1968· 0 vozraste ostrogskoi svity addressed. The limestones are The boundary between the two Kuzbassa i ob analogach namura v kontinental 'nich otlozheniyach Sevemoi Asii. gravitationally reworked within major subdivisions in Middle Sibe Doklady AN SSSR 180(4): 944-947. the flysch basin and represent the ria is marked by strong changes in MEYEN. s v 1982. The Carboniferous and Permian relics of a completely vanished the floral assemblages, explained floras of Angaraland: A synthesis. Biol. Mem. platform. Reconstruction of the by s.v. MEYEN (1968) as being due 7(1), 1-109. source, mechanisms of redeposi to a rapid cooling of the climate. tion and consequences for the At this boundary, correlated with structural development of the the base of the Bashkirian Stage, Gondwana affinity microflora Saxothuringian zone will be eluci the contact between Namurian A from Dingjiazhai Fonnation dated. and B, and the Mississippian/ in Baoshan, West Yunnan, Pennsylvanian boundary, there is an extinction of practically all China Mid Carboniferous Lower Carboniferous lepido Boundary position in Middle phytes and their replacement with GAO LIANDA, Institute of Geol ogy, Chinese Academy of Geo Siberia pteridosperms. The latter in turn lasted for only a short time during logical Sciences, Baiwanzhuang the first part of the Bashkirian Road, Beijing 100037 China. VLADIMIR T. ZORIN' Research & Stage before changing to pteri Production firm "ZeNS", prospect he most marked Gondwana dospermian-cordaital ian assem Marksa 62, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, facies is developed in the blages which then dominated the T Russia & LIDIA N. PETERSON, Asselian to Sakmarian in Baoshan, whole of the Upper Carboniferous Krasnoyarskgeolsyomka, ulitsa West Yunnan, China. The sequence throughout Angaraland Beresina, Krasnoyarsk, 660020, Dingjiazhai Formation is repre (S.V. MEYEN, 1982). Russia. sented by glacio-marine sedi ments. Its lower part contains hroughout the entire Carbon This floral change is accurately diamictite, some of which shows Tiferous and Permian, Middle placed in spore-pollen spectra by striations on gravel surfaces; the Siberia was a part of the Angaran the appearance of pollen of cor middle part is marked by glacio biogeographic region. The princi daits and large spores including: marine sediments containing the pal occurrences of Carboniferous Turrisporites sinuatus, Cyclo cold water fauna of Stepanoviella; deposits within Middle Siberia are granisporites larvatus Lub., Plan the upper part yields fusulinids located in the Kuznetsk Basin, the isporites mollis Lu b., and such as Triticites and the cold Minussinsk Trough and the Sibe Apiculiretusispora ciliaris Pet. water fauna of Lytvolasma. rian Platform. As in many other Above this boundary, the spectra Palynomorphs have been recov regions of the World, the Carbon contain increased numbers of ered for the first time from the iferous of Siberia displays a spores belonging to the genera Re strongly developed two-fold sub mysporites and Cyclobaculis Dingjiazhai Formation in division. porites and a greater quantity and Baoshan, West Yunnan. The pa diversification of the pollen genera lyno-assemblage is very diverse The lower part of the System con Florinites, Potonieisporites and and includes 40 form genera and sists of marine (mainly in the Plicatipollenites. The archaic 55 species including one new spe Kuznetsk Basin) and terrestrial de spores of Retusotriletes, typical for cies Plicatipollenites baoshanen posits which can be confidently sis. The assemblage is dominated correlated with the Tournaisian, the upper part of the Lower Car boniferous, are still present in by radially symmetrical triletes, Visean and Serpuchovian (Na small amounts. monosaccites and non-taenate murian A) Stages of Western disaccites. The miospore assem Europe. The unique feature of the According to macro- and palyn blages, assigned to the Parasac Middle Siberian Lower Carbonif oflora, the boundary between the cites distinctus - Microbaculispora erous is the presence of wide Upper and Lower Carboniferous fentula (DF) zone of the spread ash ruff and tuffite deposits. Systems in Middle Siberia should Dingjiazhai Formation, are domi Floral communities of this age are be placed as follows: Kuznetsk nated characteristically by Gond characterised by a majority of lepi wana microfloral elements which dophytes. Basin - in the middle part of the Y evseyevskaya Formation, be often constitute up to 80 % or more tween I and 11 phytohorizons (S.G. of the assemblages. Many typical The Upper Carboniferous corre GORELOVA, 1962); Minussinsk forms of the Gondwana microflora lates in volume with the Namurian occur in this assemblage such as Carboniferous Newsletter Page 15 Parasaccites distinctus Tiwari, FOX (U. Edmonton, Canada), Barakarites (Balme & Hennelly) DICK BARWICK (ANU) and JOHN ICHTHYOLJTH ISSUES Bharadwaj & Tiwari, Potonieis LONG (WAM, Perth), are working porites neglectus Potonie & Lele, on an Early Carboniferous SUSAN TURNER, Research Fellow, P. magnus Lele & Karim, P/ica (V isean) macrofauna from the Co-Leader IGCP 328, Queensland tipollenites densus Srirastava, Mi Raymond Formation of the Nar Museum, P.O. Box 3300, South crobaculispora fentula Tiwari, M. rien Range. Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Aus fentula Ti war i, Interradispora tralia. daedata Foster, I. robusta (Foster) JOHN A. LONG is investigating [December 1995, No.16, 68 pp.; No. 17 Foster, Horriditriletes ramosus Early Carboniferous shark faunas in preparation]. (Balme & Hennelly) Bharadwaj & of Western Australia in co-opera Volumes 15 and 16 of /chthyolith Salujha, Cannanoropollis mehtae tion with s. TURNER. Issues contain extensive news (Lele) Bose & Mahoshwari, about the recent activities of the ?Virkipollenites triangularis Po SUSAN TURNER (Queensland Mu members of this very active re tonie & Lele, Striatopodocarpites seum, S. Brisbane) is investigating search group (IGCP 328 - Interna rarus (Balme & Salujha) Balme, S. a series of Carboniferous micro tional Palaeozoic Microvertebrate cancellatus (Balme & Hennelly) vertebrate assemblages ranging Correlation) which has maintained Hart, Protohaploxypinus amp/us from the DIC boundary to a pre a strong affiliation with the Sub (Balme & Hennelly) Hart, sumed Bashkirian age; non-marine commission on Devonian Strati Pteruchipollenites gracilis microfaunas are from the Upper graphy. In the course of the (Segroves) Foster, Strotersporites Telemon and Raymond formations project, research has included a indicus Tiwari, Primuspollenites of the Narrien Range (including number of Carboniferous studies, obscurus Tiwari, Distriatites in material donated by K.s.w. CAMP some details of which can be ex solitus Bharadwaj & Salujha, and BELL) and the Ducabrook Forma amined in the reference list which Marsupipollenites triradiatus tion near Bogantungan. The latter follows this contribution. Balme & Hennelly. includes a new tetrapod-fish fauna from the mid Visean, the first such As IGCP 328 draws to a close, it Comparison of the microfloras of from the Southern Hemisphere. has recently been announced that West Yunnan, Cathayasia and Sue is working in conjunction with its successor project IGCP 406 - Gondwana indicates that West DR ANNE WARREN (La Trobe Uni Circum-Arctic Palaeozoic Verte Yunnan is much closer to Gond versity) following initial discover brates will continue the aims of wana than Cathayasia, at least in ies by DR TONY THULBORN. Fish 328 and extend the sphere of inter terms of Clayton's microflora present include numerous spines est to include Carboniferous-Per (1983). The Parasaccites distinc of Gyracanthides sp., a rhizo mian-Mesozoic microvertebrate t us - Microbuculispora fentula dont, a lungfish, palaeoniscoids studies. Co-Leaders of the new (DF) zone may be correlated ap and sharks. The presence of xena project are DR TIIU MARSS proximately with the Parasaccites canthoid shark teeth in this and the (Tallinn, Estonia) and DR MARK zone of KELE ( 1977) of Asselian to N arrien formations suggests the V .H. WILSON (Edmonton, Can Sakmarian age. New palaeomag possibility of building up a zona ada). Full details of the project will netic results obtained from five tion scheme for the early Carbon appear on the Web site (listed be basalt layers in the Upper Carbon iferous. These shark teeth are low) and in Ichthyolith Issues 17. iferous in the Baoshan block show known from Scotland and Russia. Participation in this project by in that in Late Carboniferous time it terested Carboniferous workers is was situated at 34 .1 °S. This is evi invited. dence that the Baoshan block, like the Nyalam and Zainza blocks of Tibet, should be regarded as being part of Gondwanaland. 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Panstwowy lnstytut Geologiczny /GCP 328/SDS Joinr Field Trip. Bou/onnais Cbk Pan Warszawa, p.56 Vertebrates. Proc. 4th Jnr. Symp. Permo-Carb. (France) -Ardenne (Belgium), Sept. 9-1 5, 1995. conlinenlal faunas. Special Papers in JOHNSON, G.D. 1995: Does Xenacanthus Paleon10/ogy No. 52, 31-54. Univ. Sci. Techn. Lille publ., Villeneuve (Chondrichthyes: Xenacanthidiformes) occur in d'Ascq: 17-44. the Upper Palaeozoic of North America? 55th SOLER-GIJON, R 1995: Evidence of predator-prey relationship in xenacanth sharks of the Upper Carboniferous Newsletter Page 17 Carboniferous (Stephanian C) from Puertollano (Spain). In LELIEVRE. H .. WENZ. s .. BL!ECK. A & A chronology of Carboniferous Congresses CLOUTIER. R. (eds) Premiers vertebres et vertebres inferieurs, (Ville Congr. Intern, Paris, and alternating Field & General Meetings 4-9 septembre 1995). Geobios Me moire Special No. 19, 151-1 56. Carboniferous Congresses Field & General Meetings STAMB[RG, s. & ZAJIC. J. 1994: Setlikia bohemica I. Heerlen, Netherlands 1927 gen. et sp. nov., a new actinopterygian fi sh (Actinopterygii, lgomichthyidae) from the Late 2. Heerlen, Netherlands 1935 Carboniferous of Bohemia. Vestnik Ceskeho 3. Heerlen, Netherlands 1951 geologickeho Ustavu 69, 3, 1994, 53-58. 4. Heerlen, Netherlands 1958 THULBORN. R.A., WARREN, A., TURNER, S. & HAMLEY. T. 1996 (in press): Early Carboniferous 5. Paris, France 1963 tetrapods from Australia. Nature (scheduled for Sheffield, UK, 1965* June 1996). 6. Sheffield, UK 1967 TURNER. s. in DRAPER. l.l. & LANG. S. (eds) 1995. Liege, Belgium, 1969* Geology of Devonian to Carboniferous Burdekin Basin. Queensland Geological Record Cantabrian Mts, Spain, 1970 1994/9: Dept Minerals & Energy: Queensland. 7. Krefeld, Germany 1971 incl. p. 39, 90. Czechoslovakia, 1973 TURNER.S. & BLIECK. A.1995: Introduction - IGCP 8. Moscow, Russia 1975 328 State of Play. In TIJRNER. s. (ed.) Palaeozoic Microvertebrates 1995 Report: Moscow-94 Turkey, 1978 Works hop. Ichthyolith Iss ues Sp ecial 9. Urbana, USA 1979 Publication no. I; 5-8; JGCP 328: J.J. Zidek Serv ., Socorro. Leeds, UK, 1981 YOUNG, s. 1995: Stratigraphic distribution of 10. Madrid, Spain 1983 British Carboniferous species of Acanthodes. In: Argentina, 1986 Premiers Vertebres - Vertebres lnferieurs (VIiie 11. Beijing, China 1987 Congres International, Paris, 4-9 septembre 1995). Resumes: 46. Utah/Nevada, USA, 1989 12. Buenos Aires, Argentina 1991 Liege, Belgium, 1993* 13. Krakow, Poland 1995 [Australia, 1997] 14. [Canada, 1999] * = Joint Meeting with CIMP [Brackets = proposed meetings] SCCS Office Bearers 1954 -1996 Chairman Term of Office Professor Willem J. Jongmans 1954-1957 Professor William P. van Leckwijck 1957-1965 Professor T. Neville George 1965-1974 Dr Alexis Bouroz 1974-June 1980 Dr W.H.C. Ramsbottom July 1980-June 1982 Dr R.H. Wagner July 1982-June 1986 Dr W.H.C. Ramsbottom July 1986-June 1989 Dr Eva Paproth July 1989-July 1996 Professor John Roberts August 1996+ Secretary Dr Robert H. Wagner 1963-1976 Dr Cor F. Winkler Prins 1976-June 1982 Dr Bruce Saunders July 1982-June 1986 Dr Walter L. Manger July 1986-Sept. l 987 Dr Brian A. Engel Sept.1987-July 1996 Dr Ian Metcalfe August 1996+ Associate Secretary Dr Cor F. Winkler Prins 1973-1976 Dr Bruce Saunders 1976-June 1982 Dr Walter L. Manger July 1982-June 1986 Dr Brian A. Engel Oct. 1986-Sept. l 987 Dr Hisayoshi Igo Sept.1987-1992 (Position not filled since 1992+) Page 18 Carboniferous Ne ws letter ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS For purchase details please con Upper Carboniferous derivation of Fusulinilceos carboniferos tact: Geoloski zavod "Gemini", the Syzraniidae from the Earlandi de/ este de Asturias (N de Karadjordjeva 48, Beograd, Ju idae. Secondly, the transition from Espana) goslavija. tubular to uniserial chamber mor phology is manifest in the probable derivation of the Protonodosarii ELISA VILLA (1995): Biostrati Biostratigraphy and dae from the Earlandiidae, and in graphie du Paleozoi'que, Lyon, 13, evolution ofUpper the derivation of the Geinitzinidae 261 p., 16 fig., 36 pl., 1 tabl. Carboniferous and Lower Pachyphloiidae from the Syzranii dae. his monograph deals with the Pennian smallerforaminifers study of the Carboniferous T from the Barents Sea fusulinaceans of part of the Cant Diagenetic alteration of abrian Mountains and analyses (offshore Arctic Norway) materials from the Lower calcitic fossil shells: Proton Bashkirian to the Upper Kasi J.R.GROVES & G.P. WAHLMAN (In microprobe (PIXE) as a trace movian. The chapter dealing with press): Journal of Paleontology, element tool systematics includes the descrip 50 ms. pages, 9 figs .). tion of 128 species, five of which are new. Preceding that part, there his paper documents the stra P. BRUCKSCHEN, F. BRUHN, J . are two chapters dealing with the Ttigraphic distribution of MEIJER, A. STEPHAN & J. VEIZER geology of the Cantabrian Moun smaller foraminifers in the fami (1995): Nuclear Instruments and tains and the stratigraphy of the lies Pseudovidalinidae, Syzranii Methods in Physics, Research B Carboniferous deposits of this re dae, Protonodosariidae, Geinit 104, 427-431 , Figs 1-4. gion. The final chapter establishes zinidae and Pachyphloiidae. A the stratigraphically most impor provisional biostratigraphic model Trace element contents (Mn, Fe, tant species of fusulinaceans found for the High Arctic holds that the Sr) of a set of Lower Carbonifer in successive intervals and corre base of the Kasimovian is charac ous brachiopod shell fragments lates these intervals with the Car terised by the appearances of Pro have been measured using the Bo boniferous of the former Soviet tonodosaria spp., "Nodosinell chum proton microprobe. The re Union. There is an appendix indi oides" spp. and Hemigordius sulting data are in good agreement cating the fusulinacean contents, schlumbergeri; the base of the with ICP measurements of the stratigraphic position and age of Gzhelian by Raphconilia modifi same shells and serve as a quanti the 201 samples analysed. The cata and Amphoratheca iniqua; tative criterion to constrain the monograph includes a summary in the upper Gzhelian by Tezaquina preservation state of the sample English (15 pages). This summary clivuli and Cribrogenerina gigas; material for oxygen isotope analy deals with the stratigraphy and age and the base of the Asselian by ses. Thus they help to interpret of the Carboniferous successions Geinitzina postcarbonica and correctly the isotope data. Lines with special reference to their Pachyphloia spp. cans and elemental maps yield in fusulinacean contents. New fusuli fo rm at ion on the lateral Genus-level evolutionary scenar distribution of trace elements. nacean taxa are described both in ios are developed for the encoun the Spanish and English versions. tered taxa. Many Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian 87 86 sn 1 sr ,so· to ,p,c · evo ,ution · The Carboniferous of foraminifers exhibit striking ho meomorphy with distantly related ofLower Carboniferous Northwestern Serbia - Upper Devonian-Lower Carbonif seawater: Dinantian of Biostratigraphy and Geology erous taxa. Similar morphologies arose as a consequence of both western Europe S. STOJANOVIC-KUZENKO, V. PA iterative evolution and heterochro P. BRUCKSCHEN, F. BRUHN, J. JIC, N.W. ARCHBOLD (Biostratigra nous convergence. Two pheno VEIZER & D. BUHL (1995): Sedimen phy); I. FILIPOVIC, D. typic modifications, in particular, seem to have resulted in taxonomic tary Geology 100, 63-81 , Figs 1-7, JOVANOVIC, L.J. MILOVANOVIC Appendix 1. (Geology) (1995): Text 104 pp. (Ser radiations. Firstly, the acquisition bian and English), Plates: Cono of an outer pseudofibrous wall total of 175 Lower Carbon donta (1-24), Foraminifera & layer in forms that previously pos A iferous brachiopo~ si:iseJls Algae (25-51), Brachiopoda (52- sessed only an undifferentiated mi were analysed for their Sr/ Sr 67), Flora (68-69). Text figures crogranular wall led to the iterative ratios together with geochemical 1-27. Published as Memoires du development of predominantly tests for diagenetic alteration, the Service Geologique "Gemini", Lower Carboniferous and Upper results of which suggested that any Tome XXV, Belgrade 1995. Carboniferous-Permian clades of diagenetic recrystallisation was archaediscaceans. A similar modi fication in wall structure led to the Carboniferous Newsletter Page 19 achieved within a relatively closed Early Carboniferous (mid Visean) diagenetic system. Early Carboniferous and contains at least three types of The Sr isotope record of the Lower tetrapods in Australia tetrapods in association with abun Carboniferous seawater is charac dant freshwater fishes. Two of the 87 86 1 terised by a decline in Sr/ Sr TONY THULBORN , ANNE WAR tetrapods are distantly related to 3 ratio from 0. 7082 at the De REN2, SUSAN TURNER & TIM living amphibians and the third is 1 vonian/Carboniferous transition to HAMLEY 1995: Nature (in press). an early relative of the amniotes. 0.7076 in the mid-Visean. Super 1Dept of Geology, Univ. of Queensland, All three rank among the oldest imposed on this trend are higher Queensland 4072, Australia. representatives of the clades, and .. 2 order fluctuations with a School of Zoology, La Trobe Univ., Bun two of them represent groups pre doora. Victoria 3083, Australia. viously confined to Europe and periodicity in the Ma range. The 3 Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, North America. The early age and Dinantian seawater curve may po South Brisbane Queensland 4101, Austra tentially serve as a geochronologi lia. taxonomic diversity of the fauna ca I and correlation tool, have implications for the current he paper reports the discovery understanding of tetrapod history particularly for the Hastarian to of possibly the oldest tetrapod Lower Chadian interval. T and indicate that several major fauna in the Southern Hemisphere. groups of tetrapods were distrib Collected from the Drummond Ba uted worldwide through equatorial sin in Central Queensland, the regions during the Early Carbon fauna is dated as belonging to the iferous. ------EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST If you wish to be kept informed about the 1997 SCCS Field & General Meeting please fill in this form and return it to: Dr Ian Metcalfe Phone 61 67 732 860 Department of Geology & Geophysics Fax 61 67 733 300 University of New England E-mail: [email protected] Annidale NSW 2351, Australia My intentions concerning the SCCS Field & General Meeting in Australia are: Definitely attending D Probably attending D Not attending D I wish to present a paper: Provisional title: NAME ORGANISATION ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE CITY, STA TE, POSTCODE, COUNTRY This form was due to be returned on or before 31 July 1996. H you wish to reply, please do so as soon as possible. The second (final) circular will be sent only to those responding to this announcement. Page 20 Carboniferous Newsletter SCCS FIELD AND GENERAL MEETING 1997 SOUTHERN NEW ENGIAND OROGEN, AUSTRALIA PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT The next SCCS Field and General Meeting will be Meals: Breakfast and dinner arranged at the college held in Australia from 15-25 September 1997. Fol or motels. Picnic-style lunches will be provided lowing an initial General Session at the University of during the field trip. New England in Armidale, - 500 km north of Syd ney, there will be a 7 day field trip through the two Cost: The estimated cost per person is US$650, major segments of the Southern New England Oro based on the current rate of exchange between the gen. Australian and US dollars. This includes accommo dation at Armidale, motel accommodation on the The Central Complex of New England, a series of field trip, all meals (but not alchoholic beverages), possibly allochthonous terranes and subduction com and transport from Armidale to Sydney. It does not plex rocks intruded by Late Carboniferous, Late include the cost of travel to Armidale or accommo Permian and Triassic granitoids, will be examined dation in Sydney after the field trip. Transport on the during a half day excursion from Armidale and on field trip will be by minibus. NOTE TIIAT TIIESE the first day of the field trip. The remainder of the COSTS ARE BASED ON AN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE trip will be spent examining Carboniferous rocks OF 20 PEOPLE, TRANSPORT BY 21 SEAT MINIBUS, within the Tamworth Belt - marine and continental AND TWIN SHARE ACCOMMODATION AT MOTELS. successions which accumulated in a fore-arc basin TIIE ESTIMATED COST IS PRELIMINARY AND MAY adjacent to a western continental volcanic arc. CHANGE. Single motel accommodation can be ar ranged if necessary. The surcharge for single motel accommodation is estimated to be US$150, giving a Tentative Itinerary & Details total of US$800. 15 Sept. - Arrive Armidale by air Travel to Armidale: Consult your travel agent on airlines flying to Sydney, Australia. Two airlines 16 Sept. morning - General Meeting Session service Armidale from Sydney: Eastern Australian afternoon - Excursion to Hill grove to cure jet lag. Airlines and Hazelton Airlines. There are normally 17 Sept. - General Meeting Session (Papers) four flights to and from Armidale each day. Excursion Plan Visa: Please note that most overseas visitors to 18 Sept. - Granitoids and terranes of the Central Complex (Departs Armidale; travel to Bingara). Australia will need to obtain a visa in order to enter the country. 19 Sept. - Visean, Namurian and Westphalian suc cession at Rocky Creek, including glacials (Bingara). Infonnation: Further details concerning the meeting 20 Sept. - Tournaisian-Visean marine to continental may be obtained from the following: sequence in Werrie Syncline (Tamworth). 21 Sept. - Late Carboniferous glacials (The Gap), Professor John Roberts, Department of Applied Ge Tournaisian sequence at Glenbawn (Scone). ology, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia Phone: 61 2 385 4279; Fax: 22 Sept. - Visean marine and ignimbrite-rich conti 61 2 385 5935; e-mail: [email protected] nental rocks at Rouchel; Late Visean cyclical se quences and volcanics at Glennies Creek (Maitland). Dr Ian Metcalfe, Department of Geology & Geo 23 Sept. - Late Visean volcanics; Tournaisian physics, University of New England, Armidale NSW Visean shallow marine to turbiditic sequence Gres 2351, Australia Phone: 616773 2860; Fax: 61 67 ford-Dungog (Gloucester). 73 3300; e-mail: [email protected] 24 Sept.- Late Visean marine sequence, Rawdon Vale; Early Permian volcanics; Levipustula Levis Dr Brian Engel, Department of Geology, University Zone (Raymond Terrace). of Newcastle, Newcastle NSW 2308, Australia Phone: 61 49 21 5402; Fax 61 49 21 6925; e-mail: 25 Sept. - Travel from Raymond Terrace to Sydney [email protected] ( -3 hours). Timetable Accommodation: Armidale - University College a Date of first circular posting: March 1996. (single rooms); Field Trip - Motels. Twin share a Closing date for first circular replies: 31 July 1996. accommodation unless otherwise requested in ad a Proposed date of posting of final circular: December 1996. vance. a Final date for acceptances and deposits: 30 June 1997. tl Dates of Meeting 15-25 September 1997. Meeting commences Post Field Trip Accommodation in Sydney can be in Armidale and ends in Sydney. arranged by your travel agent or by the organisers. Carboniferous Newsletter Page 21 CONFERENCES AND NOTICES Conference: Post-Conference Field Trip: c Biological interpretations and sig 17-21 August 1997 22-24 August 1997- Carbonifer nificance; ous of Arrow Canyon and the Mid c Numerical and statistical methods; Place: Carboniferous Boundary, south Western Washington University, ern Nevada, USA, organised by c Composite standard sections and Bellingham, WA (USA) RICK PAGE (US Geological Sur their utility in foraminifera biostra tigraphy; vey) and PAUL BRENCKLE. Organisers: c New techniques. CHARLES A. ROSS, Department of Studies of Paleozoic foraminifera At this time the organisers wel Geology, Western Washington include a number of general, as come additional topics that partici University, WA well as several unique, interests pants wish to have included. JUNE R.P. ROSS, Department of and interpretations that lend them Biology, Western Washington selves well to a specialists' meet Please address correspondence to: University, WA ing. The conference topics are PAULBRENCKLE, Amoco Produc designed to address these, as well Charles A. Ross tion Company, Houston, TX as more traditional questions. An Department of Geology initial list of topics for which talks Western Washington University Pre-Conference Field Trip: and/or posters are solicited in Bellingham, WA 98225-9080 14-16 August 1997 - Late Devon clude: ian through Permian strata of ac c Evolution, dispersal and paleobio- creted terranes in southwestern geography; PHONE: + 1 360 650 3634 British Columbia (Canada), organ c Classification and taxonomy; FAX: + 1 360 650 3148 ised by J.H.W. MONGER (Geologi E-mail: c Biostratigraphy and zonation; cal Survey of Canada) and others. [email protected]. wwu. edu c Paleoecologic and sedimentary en ------vironments of deposition; Please return this part to: Charles A. Ross,Department of Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9080, USA. NAME: ADDRESS: My interest in attending the August 1997 PaleoForams '97 conference in Bellingham, WA. D definitely plan to attend D probably will be able to attend D possibly will attend, but uncertain I plan to present (co-author) a talk D and/or a poster D (please check) about: I plan to participate in the: D Pre-conference field trip to the Devonian through Permian in southwestern British Columbia. D Post-conference field trip to the Carboniferous in Arrow Canyon, Nevada. Page 22 Carboniferous Newsletter PRELIMINARY QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS At the beginning of 1996, the ogy are being given by teaching into a firm campaign to restore the membership of SCCS was asked to institutions, companies, govern disciplines to their central role in undertake the completion of a ment organisations and, in particu furthering the understanding of ge questionnaire which was designed lar, funding bodies associated with ology in its widest sense. to assess the range of interests and these organisations, it was deemed activities of all members. To date, appropriate that an assessment of The following very preliminary 140 have replied out of a popula our own level of activity should analysis was prepared in some tion of 278, and as more respond, precede a more intensive external haste by the Editor who apologises it will become possible to expand drive for greater levels of support. for any misinterpretations of the this preliminary analysis to incor As practitioners, we are well data which may have occurred porate all the incoming data. aware of the dependence that many during the compilation process and of our field colleagues place on our the preparation of this edition of Concerned at the declining support work and one of the tasks before the Newsletter (Ed.). that Stratigraphy and Palaeontol- us is to marshal that wider support QUESTION 3. Special Interest areas: DISCIPLINE Primary Interest Secondary Interest Tertiary Interest (Total sample )40 reolies) STRATIGRAPHY Biostrati2raohv 70 26 6 Correlation 3 1 8 4 Lithostrati2raohv 17 I 0 Bio2eo2raohv 16 9 12 Sequence Stratigraphy 15 2 3 Field Maooing 6 0 2 General Strati2raohv 5 2 3 Magnetostratigraohv 4 0 0 Palaeoma2netism I 0 0 PALAEONTOLOGY Invertebrate Palaeontology 24 17 6 Palaeobotanv 11 9 I Microfossils 8 28 3 Palvnologv 5 7 I General Palaeontolo2v 0 7 2 Vertebrate Palaeontolo2v 0 I 0 PALAEOECOLOGY 5 7 23 P ALAEOCLIMATO LOGY 2 8 8 SEDIMENTOLOGY/PETROLOGY 2 6 7 ECONOMIC/ENERGY SOURCES 2 2 9 GEOCHRONOLOGY Absolute Ages I 3 2 Time Scales 0 5 3 GEOCHEMISTRY I 3 I GEOPHYSICS 0 I 0 STRUCTURE/GEOTECTONICS 0 3 9 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS: Exactly half the replies received (70) rated their primary interest to be the study of Carboniferous Biostratigraphy. Other significant primary interests, listed in decreasing order of choice were: Stratigraphic Correlation (31), Invertebrate Palaeontology (24), Lithostratigraphy (17), Biogeography (16), Sequence Stratigraphy (15) and Palaeobotany (11). [Note that the numbers should not be accumulated since many members signalled more that one primary choice]. The secondary choices were dominated by Microfossils (28) and Biostratigraphy (26), with Invertebrate Palaeontology (17) the only other field to exceed 10 in number. Predictably, many of these choices were accompanied by a third selection of Palaeoecology (23) or Biogeography (12). The major conclusion to be drawn from the above table is that, predictably, most members see themselves primarily as Stratigraphers who utilise the various fields of Palaeontology as an essential adjunct to their work. The low levels of interest in many of the other fields, especially Geochronology, is a matter of some concern that needs to be addressed. Carboniferous Newsletter Page 23 QUESTION 4. Regional Studies: The following regions were listed by the SCCS membership as being the principal areas where their studies are being undertaken at the present time. Algeria - Sahara Desert. Japan - Fukuoka, Honshu, Niigata, Okayama, Yamaguchi Prefectures; Kitakami Belt; Hida Gaien Argentina - Buenos Aires, Chubut, La Rioja, Men Belt; Northeast Japan. doza, San Juan & Santa Cruz Provinces. Mexico - General studies. Australia - Bonaparte, Canning, Camarvon & Fitzroy Basins, WA; Central Queensland; New Morocco - Anti-Atlas, Meseta. England Orogen; Tamworth Belt; Yarrol Trough. New Zealand - Southern Alps. Austria - Carinthia; Camic Alps; Gurutal Nappe; Karawanken Mts. Norway - Barents Sea; offshore wells; Oslo. Belgium - Ardennes Mts; Dinant synclinorium. Peru - Andean region; Urubamba River. Bolivia - Andean Region; Titicaca Lake. Poland - Holy Cross Mts; Krakow; Lubin Upland. Brazil - Amazon, Parana, Parnfba Basins. Portugal - Iberian Pyrite Belt; Osa Morena Zone. Bulgaria - Northeast, Svoge Basin Russia - Arctic;Donetz Basin; Kazakhstan; Komi Republic; Mongolia; Moscow Syneclise; North Canada - Alberta; Arctic Archipelago; British Co Caspian Basin; North Timan; Rostov region; Sibe lumbia; Cordillera; NW Territories; Northwest; ria; Timan-Pechora Basin; Urals; Volga-Urals. West; Nova Scotia - Sydney area. Saudi Arabia - (subsurface). Czech Republic - Moravia; Silesian Region. Slovenia - Karavanke Mts. China - Autonomous region; Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Xinjiang Provinces; Tarim Basin. Southeast Asia - General studies. Egypt - Eastern Desert; Sinai. Spain - Betic Cordillera; Cantabrian Mts; As turias,Badajoz, Cantabria, Cordoba, Cuidad Real, Europe - General studies. Le6n, Palencia, & Tervel Provinces; Pyrenees; Sierra Morena. France - Franco-Belgian Basin; Montagne Noire; Massif Central; Pyrenees. Thailand - Northeast, north. Germany - Frankenwald; Harz; North Rhine- The Netherlands - (subsurface). Westphalia; Rheinisches Schiefergebirge; Ruhr Ba- sin; Saar-Nahe Basin; Saarland; Sachsen; Turkey - Istanbul area. Thuringia. Ukraine - Donbass. Greenland - Arctic. United Kingdom - Wales; Yorkshire. Hungary - General studies. USA - States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Illi Indonesia - Irian Jaya; Sumatra; Timor. nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Ireland - County Claire; North Sea drilling; Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West/NW Ireland. Washington, West Virginia; Appalachian & Illinois Basins; Midcontinent; Cordillera. Yugoslavia - Serbia Page 24 Carboniferous Newsletter QUESTION 5. Field Mapping Areas: Of the 140 replies received, 39 SCCS members indicated that they have undertaken field mapping in the past three years. The following regions were listed as the principal areas of investigation and the nature of each project is summarised in the third column of the table. As this was a very preliminary analysis of the data supplied, the summary has been greatly abbreviated and is not fully representative of the information available. COUNTRY REGIONAL LOCATION MAPPING PROJECT New EnQJand Orogen; Tamworth Belt GeochronoJoQv; ma1metostratiQraohy Australia Sydney Basin BiostratigraohY Austria I :50,000 sYstematic maooinQ Austria Austria Student maooing; research Belgium BeJQium RuQose biostratiQraohv Canada Nova Scotia Regional biostratigranhic correlation China Rue:ose biostratie:raohY China Hainan Island Research Proiect Xiniiane: Province Echinoderm faunas Czech Reoublic Moravia I :50.000 systematic mannine: France Rue:ose biostratigranhv France Massif Central Revision of Steohanian Stratotvoe Gerrnanv Germanv Coal exoloration Counties of Mayo Limerick Student instruction Ireland Ireland Basin evolution, microfacies analysis Nae:asaka District Tectonics/biostratie:raohv Okavama Prefecture Foraminifera zonation Japan Fukushima Prefecture Lower Carboniferous correlation Yamae:uchi Prefecture Fusulinids, local stratie:raohv South Kitakami Terrane Geotectonics New Zealand Southern Atos Stratie:raohY and structure Poland Lubin Uoland Basin analvsis Portue:al South PortuQuese & Ossa Morena Zone Regional maooing/economic evaluation East Donetz/Ciccaucas Petroleum Geoloe:v Russia Timan-Pechora Province N. Timan Moscovian-Kasimovian boundarv forams Siberian Platform Precious minerals search Urals - north and west slooe I :200,000 regional maooine:/minerals Asturias, Picos de Europa Ree:ional maooinQ Cantabrian Mountains PalaeoQeOITTaohv: student maooing Spain Iberian RanQe Student maooine: Palencia Re-interoretation of Carb. stratie:raphy Sierra Morena I :50,000 maooing/Strat./Sedim./Palaeontogy Thailand North east Thailand Foraminifer zones/stratie:raohic maooing Turkey Karaburum Peninsula Stratie:raohic manninQ Arizona Section studies California, Sierra Nevadas Stratie:raohic studies Colorado Research nroiect USA Illinois Coal resources· L. Pennsvlvanian Kansas Correlation New Mexico Regional manning Nevada, Arrow Canyon region Basin evolution; microfacies analysis r ------, CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP OF SCCS I On the front of the questionnaire forwarded to members of SCCS, a special message requested I I everyone to return AT LEAST THE COMPLETED FRONT PAGE indicating if: I 1. Their address was correct; and I 2. They wished to continue as Corresponding Members and to receive the Carboniferous Newsletter. I At present, 138 members have NOT returned this information. If you wish to remain on the mailing list, it is essential that this front page of the questionnaire (or a note/e-mail) be returned to the new I I Secretary, Dr Ian Metcalfe, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of New England, Annidale NSW 2351 Australia. (Tel: +61 67 732 860; Fax: + 61 67 733 300; e-mail: [email protected]) • ease make sure this is not your last Newsletter!!! 1 Carboniferous------Newsletter Page 25 QUESTION 6. Publications by SCCS Members in 1995: The following list of references has been compiled from data submitted in the recent questionnaire completed by SCCS Members. It was not practical to include any abstract references since most of the 348 abstracts for papers given at the 1995 XIII Carboniferous-Permian Congress (Krakow, Poland) contained information about the Carboniferous and would have made the listing excessively long. The contents of the Congress Abstract volume should be read in conjuncton with this listing. AMEROM, H.W.J. Yin 1995: Aphlebia princeps sp. as a trace element tool. Nucl. Inst. Meth. B. 104: DOPITA, M. & PESEK. J, 19951: Question marks of nov. from the Westphalian A/B of the former 427-431; Amsterdam. Czech coal industry. Uhli. Rudy, Geo/. Pruzk. 2: Oranje Nassau Ill coal mine at Hoensbrock 201-207: Prague (in Czech). BRUCKSCIIEN, P., BRUHN, F., VEIZER, J, & BUHL, D. (Province of Limburg, the Netherlands). Meded 1995: 87Sr/ 86 Sr isotopic evolution of Lower DURANTE, M.v. 1995: Reconstruction of Late Ryks Geol. Dienst. 53: 3-12. 4 pis. Carboniferous seawater: Dinantian of western Paleozoic climatic changes in Angaraland AMEROM, H.W.J, Yin & GAIPL, R. 1995: Ein Europe. Sedimentary Geology 100: 63-81; according to phytogeographic data. Stratigraphy bemerkenswerter Sigillariostrobus Fund Amsterdam. and Geological Correlation 3 (2): 123-133. (Sigillario-strobus angustus sp. nov.) Aus dem [Translated from Stratigraphiya - CARRJZO. H.A. & AZCUY. C.L 1995: La zona NBG Westfal B der Grube Anna, Alsdorf (Carbonifero Tardio) en las immediaciones del Geologicheskaya Korrelyatsiya 3 (2), 25-37]. (N ordrhe i n-W estfal en, Deutsch I and). rio Agua de Carlos, La Rioja, Argentina. DURKJNA, A. v. 1995: On zonal subdivision of the Palaeontographica B 235 ( 1-6): 51-60, I pl. Ameghiniana 32(3): 271-278; Buenos Aires. boundary deposits of the lower- and upper ARCHBOLD, N.W. & STOJANOVIC-KUZENKO, S. 1995: Tournaisian substages according to forami nifers CESARI, S., GUTIERREZ. P. & IIUNICKEN, M. 1995: Un Brahiopodi (Brachiopoda). In FILIPOVIC, I (Ed.). nuevo genero de licofita de la Formaci6n Bajo and about the boundary between them in the Karbon Severozapadne Srbije. Rasprave de Veliz (Paleozoic Superior) provincia de San Timan-Pechora Province. In Biosrrarigraphy of Geoloskig Zavoda 'Gemini ·, Rasprava 25: Luis, Argentina. Ameghiniana 32(4): 359-364. the middle- upper Paleozoic of the Russian 59-64, 96- 100, pis 52-67; Belgrade. Platform and the folded regions ofth e Urals and CESARI, s. & LIMARINO, c. 1995: Primer registro de Tien-Shan, Moscow, 73-79. AZCUY, C.L. & CARRIZO, II. A. 19 95: la Formaci6n Maliman (Carbonffero inferior) Archaeosigillaria confer/a (Carbonifero Cuenca Rio Blanco, Argentina. VI Congreso DVORAK. J. 1995: Geology of the Paleozoic rocks Temprano) en el Bolson de Jague, Larioja, Argentina de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, of the Sternberk-Horni Benesov Zone (Nizky Argentina. Ameghiniana 32(3): 279-286; A etas 77-83 . Jesenik Mts, Northern Moravia). Sbor. Geo/. Buenos Aires. Ved. Geo/. 46: 57-101 : Praha. CLAOUE-LONG, J.. COMPSTON, W., ROBERTS, J. & BABEK, 0., KALVODA, J, & KREJCi. z. 1'95: New FANNING. c. 1995: Two Carboniferous ages: A DVORAK, J., GALLE, A., HERBIG. H.-G., KREJCI, z .. stratigraphical results in the Paleozoic of the comparison of SHRIMP zircon dating with MALEC, J., PASZKOWSKI, M.. RACKI, G., SKOMPSKI, Drahany Upland, Moravia, Czech Republic. conventional zircon ages and 40 Ar/39 Ar analysis. s .• SZULCZEWSKI, M. & ZAKOWA, H. I995: Evolution Journal of the Czech Geological Society 39 In Geochronology, Time Scales and Global ofthe Polish-Moravian carbonate platform in the (2-3); 197-204. Stratigraphic Correlation. SEPM Special Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous: Holy BECQ-GIRDAUDIN. J.F .. MERCIER. D. & JACQUEMIN, Publication 54: 3-21. Cross Mts., Krak6w Upland, Moravian Karst. 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In LYONS. P .. MOREY. E. & WAGNER. R.H SAKAGAMI, s. 1995: Upper Paleozoic bryozoans Permian megatloras in Lerida, south-central (eds). Historical perspective of Early Twentieth from the Lake Titicaca region, Bolivia. Pt I and Pyrenees; Comparison with the Cantabrian Century Carboniferous Paleobotany in North Pt 2. Trans. Proc. Pa/aeon/. Soc. Japan. N.S. Mountains. Coloquios de Paleontologia America. (W.C. Darrah volume). Geological 180; 226-281, 25 figs . (volumen homenaje al Prof B. Melendez) 47: Society of America. Memoirs 185: 187-201 ; scoMPSKI, s. 1995: I. Tectonic framework and 177-192. Colorado. development of sedimentation at the margin of Page 28 Carboniferous Newsletter Question 7. The Future of SCCS This question elicited a wide range of responses for which an adequate summary was not possible in the time available. Appended below is an uncritical and unsorted extract of suggestions from the membership from which it may be possible to distill a framework for the future development of the Subcommission. Your more detailed proposals directed to the new Chairman/Secretary would be greatly appreciated (Ed.). c Closer relationship with Gondwana Subcommission. c Distribute bibliographies of Carboniferous workers and their projects, proposals, etc. c Prepare regional summaries of local sedimentary ba sins. c Regional group meetings to integrate SCCS with in ternal subcommissions of many countries. c Establish correlation with the classic palaeoequatorial belt and the regions of Angara and Gondwana. c Establish primary boundaries for the Carboniferous, supported by much greater detailed information in c Correlation of marine - non-marine sections and global fields such as palaeogeography and palaeoecology with magnetostratigraphic sections. special interest on the physiology of animals and their c Establish more widespread numerical timescales. response to the environment. c Prepare Intercontinental correlation charts. c Stratigraphic analysis of palaeoenvironmental events through the Carboniferous. c Co-ordinate/integrate biochronology, biostratigraphy and geochronology. c Correlate stable isotope analysis and fauna! succession in the Carboniferous. c Support the establishment of a large, global database of biozonations and numerical ages extending the work c Establish a global eustatic curve. of P. Jones (1995) at AGSO, Australia. c The function of SCCS must remain essentially the c Foster IGCP Projects with a Carboniferous content or same. 'flavour'. c SCCS committees to deal with: c Encourage use of specific fossil groups in correlation l . Methodology - consider biostratigraphy in conjunc and sequence stratigraphy. tion with sequence and event stratigraphy, magne tostratigraphy, and dating. c Publish thematic issues in particular journals on the 2. Global boundaries of major chronostratigraphic above topic. units. 3. Integrate regional chronostratigraphic classifica c Forward plan for updates of the ' Carboniferous ofthe tions which evolved within palaeogeographic areas, World'. especially where different palaeolatitudes are in c Calibrate the timescale with dates from all type areas volved. - seek research support for access to SHRIMP micro c Try to raise funds to support young geologists to probe dating of type sections. participate in SCCS projects. Better publicity about c Encourage greater efforts on biogeography. SCCS to undergraduate and graduate students. c More information about SE Asia and Africa for a c Taxpayers would appreciate more attention to applied global understanding of the Carboniferous. research as well as basic - place more emphasis on energy and mineral resource characterisation and map c Foster a multi-author publication giving normalised ping. data about all regional stages. c Publish detailed correlation charts. c Projects integrating bio- and sequence stratigraphy. c Promote better co-ordination between Carboniferous c Palaeogeography and palaeobiogeography of the Car workers. boniferous. c Investigate Carboniferous glaciation as a predictor for c International effort to produce up to date palaeo potential greenhouse events. Establish test models of geographic and palaeobiogeographic maps for the Car biotic response to ice-age and greenhouse transitions. boniferous subdivisions of all continents. c Meetings are not needed for progress to be made. Let c Include sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, palaeo us be more aggressive and depend more on the News ecology and absolute ages in any definition of strato letter, an already effective vehicle for communication. type boundaries. c Produce Stage level interpretative maps for the whole c Expand the use of sequence stratigraphy. Investigate of the Carboniferous. the evidence for global cycles. c Study global problems such as climate, palaeogeogra c Program specialist workshops to define the value of phy, effects on terrestrial and marine organisms. all palaeontological groups in the Carboniferous. Carboniferous Newslelter Page 29 Question 7C. Frequency ofMeetings/Publications of SCCS: Of the 140 replies received, 62 expressed an opinion stressed that they had great difficulty in obtaining about the frequency of SCCS meetings. Of these, funds to attend with the current two-year program. 44 opted for the present arrangement (each two years), with 8 suggesting an annual meeting, and a Opinion was divided on the frequency of publication further 9 proposing that SCCS should organise of the Newsletter - of the 54 who commented, 34 Workshops or Project Group meetings in conjunc preferred the current annual publication while 20 .: tion with other organisations at their National Meet opted for a more frequent program of two issues ings within various countries. per year. It was pointed out that the Triassic Sub commission had moved to two issues of its News A universal restriction on the scheduling of more letter per year and the consequent editorial load had frequent meetings was the difficulty of obtaining become very demanding. Their experience was that sufficient funds to be able to travel. Some members greater frequency of publication more than doubled the quantity of material offered for publication. Question 7D. The Internet and SCCS: Inadvertently, this question confused two issues by For a more immediate exchange of data, a discus- suggesting that use of the Internet would result in a sion group should be established on the Internet move to electronic publication of the Newsletter on where members can ask questions and receive re- the Internet. It was a widely expressed opinion that plies in a public forum. This contact requires mem- most members will continue to want a paper copy bers to log on to their system regularly, to read any on their desk, with very few opting for the alterna- enquiries or questions, and to reply where possible. tive. This is the public equivalent of the more private e-mail system which many members are already In respect of the establishment of a Home Page on using. Again, it does not cater for the electronically- the Internet, the response was fairly predictable - deprived but published summaries of the exchanges those with access thought it a brilliant idea while could be organised. those who do not have the necessary equipment or expertise did not reply. The key element in the The analysis of the questionnaire responses in the discussion was that this should be seen as an inevi- table below has been arranged by countries and table development which, given a little more time, although the total number of responses is relatively will spread into all areas of the globe but that for low, it does give a broad indication of those regions the present it should be seen as an experimental where electronic contact has penetrated up to the project which must not exclude those who cannot present time. Many members added qualifications participate. Since Home Pages generally tend to to their support, details of which are discussed contain fairly static data between updates they could above but not included in the table. It must be be reprinted in the Newsletter and sent to those stressed that the scene is changing rapidly and that members who make a special request for same. many members have indicated that their connection will occur in the near future. Internet Total Ireland I I Country SU DD Ort Resnonses Jaoan 5 13 Argentina 2 4 New Zealand I I Australia 8 12 P.R. China 0 5 Austria 2 2 Poland 2 2 Belgium 2 3 Portu!!al 2 2 Brazil I I Russia 5 13 Bulgaria I I Slovenia I I Canada 7 8 South Africa I 2 Czech Reoublic 2 4 Soain 3 5 Egypt 0 I The Netherlands I 4 France 2 6 United Kin!!dom 5 7 Germanv 8 13 United States 24 28 Hungary I I TOTAL 87 140 Sincere thanks to all those members who have provided the above information Page 30 Carboniferous Newsletter SCCS VOTING AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERSHIP LIST, 1996 Please check your entry and report any changes to the Secretary Prof. G. Playford Dr Marleni Marques Toigo Dr Jili Kalvoda ALGERIA Department of Earth Sciences Rua Domingos Dept. Geol. Paleont. The University of Queensland Jose de Almeida 185 Kotlaska 2 Mrs Fatma Abdesselam-Rouighi Queensland 4072, AUSTRALIA 90420 Porto Alegre, BRAZIL 61137 Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC Centre de Recherche et Develop. Ave du 1°' Novembre Prof. J. Roberts Dr A.C. Rocha-Campos DrJirf Kral 35000 Bounerdes, ALGERIE School of Applied Geology Institute de Geociencias Dept Genetics & Microbiology The University of New South Wales Universidade de Sao Paulo, Fae. Science, Charles University Sydney, NSW 2052, AUSTRALIA Rua do Lago, 562 Vinina s ARGENTINA 05508-900, Sao Paulo. BRAZIL 128 44 Praha 2, CZECH REPUBLIC Dr S. Stojanovic Dr ilja Pek Dr S. Archangelsky 71 Barracks Road Hope Valley BULGARIA Department of Geology URQUIZA 1132 Palackeho University, Svobody 26 Vicente Lopez Adelaide, SA 5090, AUSTRALIA 771 46 Olomouc, 1638 Buenos Aires Dr Y.G. Tenchov Dr GA Thomas CZECH REPUBLIC Rep. ARGENTINA Geol.lnst. ul. Acad. 40 Waterdale Road Bonchev bloc. 24 Ivanhoe. VIC 3079, AUSTRALIA Sofia 1113 Dr Jiri Pe~ek Dr Carlos Azcuy Dept. Geol. Paleontol., Fae.Science Depto. de Ciencias Geol6gicas BULGARIA Dr S. Turner Charles University Pabell6n 2, Ciudad Universitaria Queensland Museum 128 43 Praha 2, Albertov 6 1428 Nur'lez. Buenos Aires P.O. 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