______SPORES AND POLLEN NEWSLETTER Number 3 December, 2001

Compiled by Duncan McLean and Ken Higgs

Spores and Pollen Subcommission Commission Internationale de Microflore du Paléozoïque ______Spores and pollen Subcommission Newsletter No. 3, December, 2001.

Sucommission officers Chairman Secretary Dr. Ken Higgs Dr. Duncan McLean Department of Geology, Centre for Palynology, University College Cork, University of Sheffield, Cork, Dainton Building, Republic of Ireland Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK (01) 609-511 (0114) 222-3692 [email protected] [email protected]

Newsletter Contents

1. Message from the Subcommission Officers 2. Calls for Assistance 3. Activities of Working Groups 4. The Subcommission on the Web 5. First Meeting of the Subcommission: Preliminary Announcement 6. Book Review 7. Recent Publications and Abstracts (2000,2001) 8. Taxonomic News (2000,2001) 9. Requests for Reprints 1. Message from the Subcommission Officers

It has been a very busy year for Palaeozoic spore and pollen workers. This is witnessed by the large numbers of research presentations that have been given at the many conferences around the world. More than 80 titles of research papers and abstracts have been collected in the Newsletter. Many thanks to those of you who sent in this information. Please continue to do so. The Subcommission Officers are hoping that next year will see a continuation of this high level of activity and that many of you will be able to present research findings at the first meeting of the Subcommission. This is being arranged by the Subcommission Chairman at University College Cork. Ken is currently working on the programme and has planned interesting field visits for delegates. Details are given elsewhere in the Newsletter. At the time of publication we have already received several offers of presentations, and so we anticipate that this will be a well attended and lively meeting.

Ken Higgs Duncan McLean

2. Calls for Assistance

The following are areas that should be covered in the Newsletter. Some of these are now being covered, although probably notcomprehensively, by the Newsletter. Similar things can already be seen in the Newsletters of the Acritarch and Chitinozoan Subcommissions. 1. List of recent publications and presentation abstracts. Probably the most important role for the Newsleter is to keep the membership informed of current research. In the present climate of library cutbacks, titles from provincial journals and from conferences are in particular need of advertisement. In this area there will be an important benefit to all members. The Newsletter aims to produce an up-to-date listing of all publications and presentations titles for each year. Over time these list will be added to the Subcommission webpages to provide a downloadable archive of Palaeozoic spore/pollen references. 2. Recent thesis abstracts A research thesis or dissertation rarely sees the light of day outside of its own Alma mater. As with research papers, the palynological community would benefit from wider knowledge of the existence of many of these. An aim of the Newsletter is to produce an up-to-date listing of all doctoral research titles up to the present and (where candidates allow) reproduction of abstracts. Over time this list will be added to the Subcommission webpages to add to the downloadable archive of Palaeozoic spore/pollen references. 3. Recent taxonomic developments Again, it is intended that the Newsletter should act as a means of advertising taxonomic devleopments such as the erection, recombination or emendation Palaeozoic spore/pollen taxa. 4. Subcommission membership For whatever obscure historical reasons, C.I.M.P. has oftern been viewed as a european organisation and has had gaps in its membership which can largely be recognised as geographical. C.I.M.P. and its Subcommissions should be international and should include all Palaeozoic palynologists who wish to be members. In order to achieve this I would urge the current Spore-pollen Subcommission membership to encourage their colleagues to become affilliated. The work of the Subcommission will only be really effective if it has comprehensive input from the world of Palaeozoic spore/pollen studies.

In all of the above cases, the Newsletter can only carry comprehensive and current information if the membership keep the Newsletter compilers informed of developments. So please make a point of letting us know of anything that you produce that will be of relevance to other Palaeozoic spore and pollen workers around the world.

Have you paid your C.I.M.P. subscriptions?

Rates are exceedingly low and are vital for the continued operation of the organisation. Subscriptions pay for reproduction and postage of all Commission and Subcommission Newsletters. See current C.I.M.P. Newsleter for details Please act now! 3. Activities of Working Groups

In their role as facilitators to the Subcommission the Chairman and Secretary are keen to see the establishment of new and successful Working Groups. These should vary in scope (taxonomic, stratigraphic, palaeoenviromnmental or palaeoecological..etc) and identify worthwhile areas of specific study. If you are interested in setting up your own Working Group under the aegis of the Spores and Pollen Subcommission, please contact the Chairman or Secretary. While there are no rigorous criteria to be met before establishing a C.I.M.P. Working Group such a group should have clearly defined and achievable research aims and should result in publications which benefit all of its contributors. If in doubt please feel free to contact any of the coordinators of existing Working Groups for advice.

C.I.M.P. Working Group on Dinantian-Namurian palynostratigraphy

During the meeting on Carboniferous Stratigraphy (SCS) held at the 13th International Congress of Carboniferous - Permian (ICCP) in Krakow in 1995, it was proposed to establish a multidisciplinary working group on the definition of the Viséan - Namurian boundary and its global equivalents. One of the first steps was to set up a palynological sub-group to compile and contribute to the palynological component to the Project. John Utting (GCS Canada) and Zhu Haucheng (Nanjing) agreed to work with Bernard Owens (BGS UK) to establish this new C.I.M.P. working group. If you have any interest in the Viséan - Serpukhovian or Late Mississippian palynology, why not join the working group? Perhaps you could supply data or material. All offers of help are welcome. The first objective is to establish a global network for co-operation on this problem to make real progress before the next ICCP in 1999. Why not join now and indicate how you can contribute, what you are working on and what material you are able to offer for study. Contact: Bernard Owens (e-mail: [email protected]) C.I.M.P. Working Group on Gondwanan Permo-Carboniferous palynostratigraphy

The Working Group was founded in 1999 to investigate Gondwana-wide palynostratigraphic correlation in an interval where other biostratigraphic media are scarce. The Group includes representatives of oil companies active in the Arabian Peninsula and Brasil, and academics from India, Argentina, Brasil, Germany, UK and Uruguay. A formal list of objectives has yet been agreed but may include: 1. Compilation of an 'electronic' atlas of key palynomorphs from the Arabian and South American basins; 2. Exchange of literature, slides and type material. Members of the Working Group have met informally, though never all together. At the ICCP in Calgary in 1999, Mike Stephenson (UK) met Rosaline Weiss (Germany) and Rodolpho Dino (Brasil). Mike met Paulo Alvez de Souza (Brasil) and members of the CIMP-Saudi Aramco Palynostratigraphy project at the IGC in Rio de Janerio. At the invitation of Rodolpho Dino he visited the Petrobras research centre in Rio to discuss similarities between assemblages in the Parnaíba and Arabian basins. The Working Group has produced an atlas of key Arabian palynomorphs, compiled by Mike Stephenson. A similar atlas for South American basins is planned. A short report of collaboration was also circulated amongst the Group members. It details a number of key palynomorph species, some unpublished, which appear to be common to the widely separated Al Khlata and Parnaíba basins, indicating the possibility for real progress in pan- Gondwanan correlation. Mike Stephenson is currently seeking funding to investigate a possible deglaciation related flooding event in the Gharif Formation of Oman. The dispersed nature of the Group membership has made meeting difficult, but some real progress has been made showing that collaboration can be achieved by electronic means. It is hoped that members of the group will continue to work together.

Mike Stephenson (e-mail: [email protected]) British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, Ng12 5GG, UK C.I.M.P. Working Group on Namurian-Westphalian boundary palynostratigraphy

T Working Group is intended to deal with problems in late Namurian and early Westphalian palynostratigraphy in Europe, North Amewrica and South America. The Group will be please to hear from the C.I.M.P. members who would like to join them and who can contribute material, slides, photographs and ideas. If you are interesested in the Working Group, please contact: Duncan McLean (e-mail: [email protected]) Centre for Palynology, Dainton Building, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK.

C.I.M.P. Working Group on cryptospore systematics

Recent rapid developments in the study of pre-Devonian terrestrial palynomorphs indicates an opportunity for workers to co-operate in the field of cryptospore systematics. It is intended to establish a Working Group within the C.I.M.P. to encourage discussion and exchange of materials. This area of study is still small enough to allow for a meaningful and workable classification and inventory of taxa be established. In order to discuss the format and aims and objectives for such a group Dr. Charles Wellman has agreed to act as an initial coordinator. If you are interested in establishing and developing this Working Group please contact Charles Wellman (e-mail [email protected]) Centre for Palynology, Dainton Building, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK.

4. The Subcommission on the Web

The C.I.M.P. website is at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cidmdp/index.html The Spores and Pollen Subcommission pages can be accessed directly at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cidmdp/cimpsubs.html First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission

Conference report

Duncan McLean 6. Book Review

FRIEND, P.F.,. & WILLIAMS, B.P.J. (eds.) New Perspectives on the Old Red Sandstone. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 180

Charles Wellman 7. Recent Publications and Abstracts (2000, 2001)

Publications New:

BEK, J., OPLUŠTIL, S. & DRÁBKOVÁ, J., 2001. Two species of Selaginella and their spores from the Bohemian Carboniferous continental basins of the Czech Republic. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 114, 57-81. CÉSARI, S.N. & GUTTIÉREZ, P.R., 2000. Palynostratigraphy of Upper Paleozoic sequences in central-western Argentina. Palynology, 24, 113-146. DALHOFF, F., VIGRAN, J.O. & STEMMERIK, L., 2000. Stratigraphy and palynology of the Lower Carboniferous Sotebakker Formation, Wandel Sea Basin, eastern North Greenland. Geological Survey of Greenland Bulletin, 187, 51-63. FAIRON-DEMARET, M., LEPONCE, I. & STREEL, M., 2001. Archaeopteris from the Upper Famennian of Belgium: heterospory, nomenclature and palaeobiogeography. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 115, 79-97. HIGGS, K.T., AVKHIMOVITCH, V.I., LOBOZIAK, S, MAZIANE- SERRAJ, N., STEMPIEN-SALEK, M. & STREEL, M., 2000. Systematic study and stratigraphic correlation of the Grandispora complex in the Famennian of northwest and eastern Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 112, 207-228. JUTRAS, P., PRICHONNET, G. & UTTING, J., 2001. Newly identified Carboniferous units (the Pointe Sawyer and Chemin-des-Pêcheurs formations) in the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec; implications regarding the evolution of the northwestern sector of the Maritimes Basin. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 38, 1-19. LOBOZIAK, S., MELO, J.H.G. & STREEL, M., 2000. Latest Devonian and Early Carboniferous palynostratigraphy of Northern Brazil and North Africa - A proposed integration of Western European and Gondwanan miospore biozonations. Bull. Centre Rech. Elf Explor. Prod., 22, 241-259. MARSHALL, J.E.A., 2000. Devonian (Givetian) miospores from the Walls Group, Setland. In FRIEND, P.F.,. & WILLIAMS, B.P.J. (eds.) New Perspectives on the Old Red Sandstone. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 180, 473-483 MATYJA, H., TURNAU, E. & ZBINKOWSKA, B., 2000. Lower carboniferous (Mississippian) stratigraphy of northwestern Poland : conodont, miospore and ostracod zones compared. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 70, 193-217. MELO, J.H.G. & LOBOZIAK, S., 2000. Visan [sic] miospore biostratigraphy and correlation of the Poti Formation (Paranaba Basin, northern Brazil). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 112, 147-165. OBHUKOVSKAYA, T.G. , AVCHIMOVITCH, V.I., STREEL, M. & LOBOZIAK, S., 2000. Miospores from the Frasnian - Famennian Boundary deposits in Eastern Europe (the Pripyat Depression, Belarus and the Timan Pechora Province, Russia) and comparison with Western Europe (Northern France). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology., 112, 229-246. PLAYFORD, G. & DINO, R., 2000a. Palynostratigraphy of upper Palaeozoic strata (Tapajós Group) Amazonas Basin, Brazil: part one. Palaeontographica Abt. B, 255, 1-46. PLAYFORD, G. & DINO, R., 2000b. Palynostratigraphy of upper Palaeozoic strata (Tapajós Group) Amazonas Basin, Brazil: part two. Palaeontographica Abt. B, 255, 87-145. STEMPIEN-SALEK, M., 1999, Upper Devonian miospore stratigraphy in Western Popmerania (NW Poland). Acta Palaeobot. Suppl., 2, 59-65 STREEL, M., 2000. Quantitative Palynology of Famennian Events in the Ardenne-Rhine Regions. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Wien, 54, 201-212. STREEL, M., CAPUTO, M.V, LOBOZIAK, S. & MELO, J.H.G., 2000. Late Frasnian - Famennian climates based on palynomorph analyses and the question of the Late Devonian glaciations. Earth Science Reviews, 52, 121- 173. TRIPATHI, A., 2001. Permian, Jurassic and Early Cretaceous palynofloral assemblages from subsurface sedimentary rocks in Chuperbhita Coalfield, Rajmahal, India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 113, 237-259. VAVRDOVA, M. & BEK, J., 2001. Further palynomorphs of Early Cambrian age from clastic sediments underlying the Moravian Devonian (borehole Nemecicky-3). Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, 76, 113- 115.

Abstracts New:

BEK, J., 2001. Discinites spores: an example of unusual variation. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 11. BEK, J. and OPLUŠTIUL, S., 2001. Palaeoecology and palynology of the Radnice Member, Kladno-Rakovnik Basin, central Bohemian (Bolsovian). First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 12. BODMAN, D., 2001. Early Namurian miospores from the Barrock Park borehole, Cumbria, UK. . First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 13. CONNERY, A., LEHANE, M. & HIGGS, K. T., 2001. Palynology of the Late Devonian plant beds of the Toe Head Sandstone Formation, West Cork, Ireland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 14. DORNING, K.J., 2001. The interpretation of Palaeozoic spore abundances in relation to depositional sequences, climate change and land plant productivity. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 15. FINUCANE, D. & HIGGS, K.T., 2001. Palynological correlations of Devonian-Carboniferous boundary beds in southwest Britain. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 16. FOSTER, C.B. & STEPHENSON, M.H., 2001. Description, illustration, comparison and biological affinities of species of the genus Reduviasporonites Wilson 1962. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 17. GILL, F.L., 2001. Palynology of the Middle Devonian Huergas Formation, Cantabrian Mountains, northwest Spain. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 18. HIGGS, K.T. & FINUCANE, D., 2001. Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous microfloras from the Hakkari Province of southeastern Turkey. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 19. HUGHES, G., 2001. Biostratigraphic correlation of the new Devonian timescale using palynology. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 20. JAMES, J. & CLAYTON, G., 2001. The Provenance of the Dinantian Ballyvergin Shale; an integrated palynological, heavy mineral and lithostratigraphic investigation. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 21. JARVIS, D.E. & KLAVINS, S., 2001. Palaeobotany, palynofacies and palaeoenvironment of plant-bearing horizons at Sandeel Bay, Hook Head, Co. Wexford, Ireland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 22. LAVENDER, K. & CLAYTON, G., 2001. Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian miospores from Northwest Spain, Southwest France and the Central Irish Sea Basin. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 23. LUND, J.J., 2001. Vittatina in Westphalian D of the North Sea? First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 24. MARSHALL, J.E.A. & ASTIN, T.R., 2001. The Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in East Greenland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 25. McLEAN, D., 2001. Brigantian palynomorphs from the Lofthouse inlier, Yorkshire, U.K. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 26. McLEAN, D. & NEVES, R., 2001. Palynomorphs from the Tournaisian Ballagan Formation of Scotland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 27. O’BRIEN, M., 2001. A palynological correlation of tuff-bearing sequences in the Munster and South Munster basins, Ireland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 28. OLIWKIEWICZ-MIKLASINSKA, M., 2001. Namurian miospore assemblages from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin and comparison with Chesterian assemblages from the North America and mid-Namurian assemblages from the Pennine Basin in England. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 29-30. OLIWKIEWICZ-MIKLASINSKA, M., 2001. Miospore assemblages in the Palaeozoic basement of the Carpathian Foreland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 31-32. OWENS, B., AL-HAJRI, S., RUWALI, M.H. & FILATOFF, J., 2001. Palynological event Stratigraphy in the Palaeozoic of Saudi Arabia. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 33. OWENS, B., ZHU, H. & TURNER, N., 2001. Comparative palynostratigraphy of the Pendleian–Arnsbergian (Namurian) boundary between Great Britain and China. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 34. PEREIRA, Z. & OLIVEIRA, J.T., 2001. The Viséan age of the orogenic volcanic complex of “Toca da Moura”, Ossa Morena Zone, Portugal: preliminary results based on palynostratigraphy. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 35-36. RICHARDSON, J.G., 2001. Palynostratigraphy of the Lower Carboniferous Borden Delta complex (Tournaisian) of Kentucky and Indiana, U.S.A. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 37. RODRÍGUEZ-GONZÁLEZ, R.M., 2001. An attempted correlation of Lower Stephanian strata of the Cantabrian Zone (Hercynian Massif, NW Spain) and other sections from West Europe by means of miospore associations. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 38. ROUIGHI, F., 2001. Biostratigraphy of the Devonian-Carboniferous of the Illizi-Ghadames Basins. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 39. RUBINSTEIN, C.V., 2000. Primer hallazgo de criptoesporas, acritarcos y quitinozoos llandoverianos (Silúrico inferior) en la Formación Salar del Rincón, Puna argentina. Abstracts, 11th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y palinología, September 12-14, 2000, Tucuman, Argentina, p. 99. RUBINSTEIN, C.V. & VACCARI, N.E., 2001. Palynomorphs of the Ordovician-Silurian boundary in the Salar del Rincón Formation, Argentine Puna. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 40-41. SMITH, J., 2001. The palynology of the Upper Carboniferous Bencroy Shale Formation, Northwest Ireland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 42. STEEMANS, P., AL-RUWAILI, M., FILATOFF, J. & STREEL, M., 2001. A miospore assemblage at the Siluro-Devonian boundary from the Tawil Formation, Qatif Field, Saudi Arabia. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 43. STEPHENSON, M.H. & MITCHELL, W.I., 2001. Definitive new palynological evidence for the Early Devonian age of the Fintona Group, Northern Ireland. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 44. STEPHENSON, M.H. & OSTERLOFF, P.L., 2001. High resolution palynostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeoclimatology of the deglaciation sequence represented by the Early Permian Rahab and lower Garif Members, Oman. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 45. STEPHENSON, M.H., WILLIAMS, M., MONAGHAN, A., ARKLEY, S. & SMITH, R., 2001. Tracking palynological, ostracod and sedimentological changes in the Ballagan Formation (Tournaisian, Lower Carboniferous) in Ayrshire, Scotland, and a relative age for the Heads of Ayr volcanic vent. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 46. STREEL, M., 2001. The pusillites Morphon, taxonomy, stratigraphy and palaeoecology. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 47. WAGNER, P. & CLAYTON, G., 2001. The turnover of palynomorph taxa at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 48. WEDDELL, T., 2001. Lower to Middle Devonian biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Restigouche Basin, Canada. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 49. WELLMAN, C.H., 2001. Spore wall development in early land plants. First Meeting of the C.I.M.P. Spores and Pollen Subcommission National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, 2nd to 7th September, 2001, 50. 8. Taxonomic News (1999. 2000)

For references see above. Many of the taxa described by Lu (1999) and listed below are invalidly published. Any taxon marked [*] is invalidly published as it has no Latin or English diagnosis or description (ICBN Art. 36.3).

Newly described taxa

Genera Meristocorpus Playford & Dino 2000b, p. 98.

Species Apiculatasporites daemonii Playford & Dino 2000a, p. 16-17, pl. 1, figs. 7-9, pl. 2, figs. 4-6. Grandispora tamarae Loboziak in Higgs et al., 2000, p. 223, pl. 6, figs. 5, 6, 8 Hamiapollenites andiraensis Playford & Dino 2000b, p. 106, pl. 8, figs. 5-9, pl. 11, fig. 6, pl. 12, figs. 1, 2. Limitisporites amazonensis Playford & Dino 2000b, p. 102, pl. 5, figs. 7-9. Limitisporites scitulus Playford & Dino 2000b, p. 102-103, pl. 5, fig. 10, pl. 6, figs. 1-8, pl. 7, fig. 12. Lophotriletes lentiginosus Playford & Dino 2000a, p. 17, pl. 2, figs. 1-3, pl. 3, figs. 1-4, pl. 6, fig. 4. Lunatisporites onerosus Playford & Dino 2000b, p. 107, pl.8, figs. 12-14. Potonieisporites marleniae Playford & Dino 2000a, p. 27-28, pl. 8, figs. 1-3, pl. 9, figs. 3-5. Potonieisporites pyriferus Playford & Dino 2000a, p. 29, pl. 10, figs. 1, 3, 4. Potonieisporites seorsus Playford & Dino 2000a, p. 30, pl. 11, figs. 3,4,8. Striomonosaccites incrassata Playford & Dino 2000b, p. 97, pl. 3, figs. 1-3, pl. 4, figs. 5-7. Verrucosisporites insuetus Playford & Dino 2000a, p. 15, pl. 4, figs. 1-4, pl. 6, figs. 1-3 Taxonomic changes Genera Columinisporites Peppers 1964 considered as a junior synonym of Striatosporites Bhardawj 1954 (see Playford & Dino, 2000a, p. 22-23). Perocanoidospora Ouyang & Lu 1979 considered as a junior synonym of Striatosporites Bhardawj 1954 (see Playford & Dino, 2000a, p. 22-23).

Species Auroraspora speciosa (Naumova) Obukhovskaya in Obukhovskaya et al. 2000 [Recombination of Hymenozonotriletes speciosus Naumova 1953] Corbulispora viminea (Nekriata) Obukhovskaya & Nekriata in Obukhovskaya et al. 2000 [Recombination of Dictyotriletes vimineusa Nekriata 1974] Cordylosporites magnidictyus (Playford & Helby) Melo & Loboziak 2000 [Recombination of Reticulatisporites magnidictyus Playford & Helby 1968] Cristatisporites imperpetuus (Sennova) Obukhovskaya in Obukhovskaya et al. 2000 [Recombination of Hymenozonotriletes imperpetuus Sennova in Nazarenko et al., 1971] Cymbosporites acanthaceus (Kedo) Obukhovskaya in Obukhovskaya et al. 2000 [Recombination of Archaeozonotriletes acanthaceus Kedo 1957] Grandispora distincta (Naumova) Avkhimovich in Higgs et al. 2000 [Recombination of Archaeozonotriletes distinctus Naumova 1953] Grandispora famenensis (Naumova) Streel in Higgs et al. 2000 [Recombination of Archaeozonotriletes famenensis Naumova 1953] Grandispora famenensis var minuta (Naumova) Streel in Higgs et al. 2000 [Recombination of Archaeozonotriletes famenensis var minutus Nekriata 1974] Grandispora gracilis (Kedo) Streel in Higgs et al. 2000 [Recombination of Archaeozonotriletes gracilis Kedo 1957] Grandispora micronulata (Kedo) Avkhimovich in Higgs et al. 2000 [Recombination of Archaeozonotriletes micronulatus Kedo 1957] Grandispora microseta (Kedo) Streel in Higgs et al. 2000 [Recombination of Hymenozonotriletes microsetus Kedo 1963] Grandispora minuta (Kedo) Avkhimovich in Higgs et al. 2000 [Recombination of Archaeozonotriletes minutus Kedo 1963] Grandispora subsuta (Nazarenko) Obukhovskaya in Obukhovskaya et al. 2000 [Recombination of Hymenozonotriletes subsutus Nazarenko 1978] Mabuitasaccites crucistriatus (Ybert) Playford & Dino 2000b. [Recombination of Striomonosaccites crucistriatus Ybert 1975] Parkhapites ovatus (Bose & Kar) Playford & Dino 2000b. [Recombination of Fusacolpites ovatus Bose & Kar 1966] Striatosporites heyleri (Doubinger) comb. nov. emend. Playford & Dino 2000a. [Recombination of Columinisporites heyleri Doubinger 1968] Verrucosisporites evlanensis (Naumova) Obukhovskaya in Obukhovskaya et al. 2000 [Recombination of Lophozonotriletes evlanensis Naumova 1953] Vittatina saccata (Hart) Playford & Dino 2000b [Recombination of Protosacculina saccata Hart 1960]

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