The Compleat Mesoangler

Mesozoic Fish News

Volume 1, Number 2 June 16, 1994

Group photo of conference participants, Jura Museum, Eichstätt, Germany, 1993.

Newsletter Name Update Potential of Mesozoic by Mark Wilson Fish Microfossils to Aid

any thanks to all those who submitted Biostratigraphy suggestions for the name. Unfortunately, by Susan Turner M no clear choice has emerged from the judging. The list of suggestions is pro- everal people have been in contact about vided on page 2, so that all readers can vote for the suggestion to propose an IGCP project their personal favourite. Names preceded by a * S to include Mesozoic microvertebrates. were the five finalists, each receiving nearly Favourable responses have come from Dr. equal support from judges. In view of the lack H. Capetta (France), David Ward (UK), Noel of consensus, the current name, one of the final- Kemp (Australia), G. Prasad (India), and D. ists, remains in place for now. Please indicate Thies (Germany). Other interested parties your preference(s) with your next submission. include Marji Johns (Canada). It would also be nice to have a symbol or If others are interested in this project please logo for the newsletter and for our interest contact Sue Turner as we hope to develop a group. See page 5 for details on how to make project to succeed IGCP 328 (Paleozoic suggestions, and thanks in advance for any and Microvertebrates). This topic will be discussed all ideas. I propose to choose the winner, to at the IGCP 328 Annual General Meeting in ■ (“Newsletter Name” continued on page 2) Moscow on July 9, 1994.

1 Middle-Aged Angler Middle-Aged Fish Tales II International Symposium Midlife Angler Midlife Crises in Fish Evolution “Lithographic Limestone” Midlife Fish Tales Cuenca - Spain PisciForm PisciForum July 9-16, 1994 Poisson Distributions Poissons Mesozoiques Contact: REAL Fish Bernardo P. Pérez-Moreno, * The Compleat Mesoangler ■ Unidad de Paleontología, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Fish Tales: 28049 - Madrid, SPAIN News from Readers Arratia, Gloria, Change of address effective Sept. 1: Paläontologisch-Geologisches Institut (“Newsletter Name” continued from page 1) und Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Invalidenstr. 43, D- keep the process simple. 10115 Berlin, Germany. Here is the complete list of newsletter Fax: 49-30-28972561 names suggested by various readers, of various Blieck, Alain, Université des Sciences et ages and degrees of seriousness: Techniques de Lille Flandres Artois, Sciences Amazing Technicolour Dreamfish de la Terre, URA 1365 du CNRS, F-59655 (The) Complete Mesoangler Villeneuve d’Ascq Cédex, France. Fisch Fiche Phone: 33-20 43 4140 Fish Bone Pickings Fax: 33-20 43 69 00 Fish Tales Current research: 1) Paleozoic agnathans * Fishes of the Mesozoic — A Newsletter (Heterostraci); 2) taxonomy, phylogeny, bio- Flat Fossil Fish stratigraphy, paleobiogeography (mainly IchthyoLexicon Ordovician to Devonian). IchthyoLexis Bürgin, Toni, Hellberg, CH-8626 Ottikon, IchthyoLog Switzerland. IchthyoLogos Phone: 01-259-4178, 01-935-4421 IchthyoLogica Current research: 1) neopterygian fishes * MesIchthyoLog from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, MesIchthyoLogos Switzerland; 2) a Middle Triassic fish fauna Mesichthyologist from eastern Switzerland; 3) fish remains from Meso Mash the Miocene of Crete. Mesoangler Duffin, Chris, 146 Church Hill Road, Sutton, MesoFishes Surrey SM3 8NF, England. Mesoichthyologist Phone: 081-644-7028 MesoPisciForum Current research: 1) Triassic, Jurassic and MesoPisciNews Cretaceous microvertebrate faunas from Mesopisco News Britain, Germany and Belgium; 2) new articu- MesoPoissoNews lated Sinemurian neoselachian shark from Mesozoic Chronicles Osteno (Italy); 3) revision and description of Mesozoic Fish Facts new Toarcian neoselachians from Holzmaden * Mesozoic Fish News (Germany); 4) Mesozoic chimaeroids. * Mesozoic Fish Tales Jackson, Keith L., Department of Zoology Mesozoic Fishes (Dept. Biological Sciences after July 1), Mesozoic Mail University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G Mesozoic Miscellany 2E9, Canada. Mesozoic Minutes Phone: (403) 492-1298 Mesozoic Records (See “Fish Tales”: continued on page 3)

2 (“Fish Tales”: continued from page 2) Fax: (403) 492-9234 ASIHASIH 19951995 E-mail: [email protected] Edmonton, Alberta Canada Current research: 1) systematics of Psychrolutidae; 2) would appreciate reprints on 75th Annual Meetings of the teleost osteology and systematics. Kemp, Anne, Department of Anatomical American Society of Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Queensland 4072, Australia. with Phone: 61 7 365 2955 or 1943 American Elasmobranch Fax: 61 7 365 1299 Society

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Featuring the symposium: Items suitable for “Interrelationships the newsletter: of Fishes”

• news from your lab or reports of fieldwork Also take time to visit:

• statement of research interests • Paleontology Museum & • meeting announcements Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology • hints or questions on techniques • West Edmonton Mall, the world’s largest, • small photos of problematical fossils with indoor lakes & amusement park that someone else might be able to identify • Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology • small photos of Mesozoic fish or of (in Drumheller) localities, field parties, etc. (please!) • Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta • employment and graduate school • Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park, British Columbia opportunities available • Banff and Jasper National Parks in the or needed Canadian Rockies, including Columbia Ice Fields, • publications (last two years, not pre- Lake Louise, etc. viously listed) • address changes See you here!

Remember, keep items short (less than 100 words). Long items may have to be edited or omitted. Current research: 1) taxonomy and phylogeny Items such as photos should have no copyright of Mesozoic and Cenozoic dipnoans; 2) conser- restrictions. vation of Recent lungfishes; 3) development of Send submissions to: Recent lungfishes; 4) palaeopathology of fishes, especially lungfish; 5) writing a book on lung- • electronic mail: fishes; 6) new ways to assess the affinities of conodonts. [email protected] Kemp, Noel R., Tasmanian Museum, GPO Box • FAX: 1164M, HOBART, Tasmania 7001, Australia. Dr. M. V. H. Wilson Phone: 61-02-350720 1-403-492-9234 Fax: 61-02-347139 • regular mail: E-mail: [email protected] Dr. M. V. H. Wilson Current research: all things chondrichthyan Dept. of Biological Sciences from the Cretaceous. University of Alberta Kriwet, Jürgen, Frei Universität Berlin, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9 Institut für Paläontologie, Malterserstraße 74- CANADA 100, Haus D, D-12249 Berlin, Germany. Phone: {49} (030) 7792-273 Next Deadline October 30/94 Fax: {49} (030) 7762-070

Optional Contribution to defray Current research: (1) work on elasmobranch expenses of production and mailing: remains from the Barremian of north-eastern $5. U.S. per year Spain; (2) description with my colleague Uwe Gloy of new pycnodontid fishes from the In lieu of money, please send copies of publications with your news if you can. (See “Fish Tales”: continued on page 4)

VIII International Meeting: Palaeontological Association Field Excursion -

Early Vertebrates/ Exceptionally Preserved Biotas Messel, Solnhofen, Holzmaden & Ries Crater Lower Vertebrates Sept. 8 - 13, 1994

Paris - France Contact: Dr. M. E. Collinson, Geology Dept., Royal Holloway University of London, September 4-9, 1995 Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX U.K. Tel. 0784 443607 Fax 0784 471780 Contact: Early Vertebrates/Lower Vertebrates Laboratoire de Paléontologie - URA 12 History,Central Park West @ 79th Street, New 8, rue Buffon York, NY 10024-5192, USA. 75005 Paris, France Phone: (212) 769-5811 Fax: (212) 769-5842 E-mail: [email protected] (“Fish Tales”: continued from page 3) Current research: 1) systematics of Lower Cretaceous fishes from the Santana Formation Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain; (3) (NE Brazil); 2) ionoscopid/basal halecomorph description of some unknown neoselachians relationships; 3) feeding and reproduction in from the Upper Jurassic coal min Guimarota. fossil fishes; 4) Cretaceous fish assemblages Lambers, Paul H., Paleontologische from Venezuela and Colombia. Werkkamer, Biologisch Centrum, Postbus 14, Nazarkin, M.V., Lab. of Ichthyology, Institute 9750 AA Haren, the Netherlands. of Biological Problems of the North, Far East Phone: 31-50-632267(w), 136591(h) Center, Academy of Sciences of Russia, 685000 Fax: 31-50-635205

Bobasatrania in UALVP collections from Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Current research: (1) study of Mesozoic hale- Magadan, K. Marx str. 24, Russia. costomes (pycnodonts, caturids, pachycormids, Nelson, Joseph S., Department of Biological pholidophorids); (2) study of the jaw joint and Sciences (formerly Dept. of Zoology), tail in halecostomes; (3) study of some University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G Mesozoic coelacanths; (4) finishing two papers 2E9 Canada on Caturids and pachycormids, extracted from Phone:(403) 492-4741 (or message at 3308) my thesis. Fax: (403) 492-9234 Maisey, John G., Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural (See “Fish Tales”: continued on page 5)

4 Saurichthys skull in UALVP collections from Wapiti Lake, British Columbia, Canada.

(“Fish Tales”: continued from page 4) Phone: (716) 271-5935 Fax: c/o George McIntosh, Rochester Current research: The third edition of my book Museum & Science Center Fishes of the World is now available. See the Current research: Continuing analysis of lower separate announcement in this newsletter for actinopterygian (see Gardiner & Schaeffer, details. I was pleased to attend the 1993 1989) for more thorough analysis of interrela- Eichstätt conference and the book was better for tionships via PAUP and MacClade (with B. my discussions with people there. I ask that Gardiner, King’s College, London); details will readers of the newsletter send me either reprints be supplied on request. or references to their systematic works so that Schultze, Hans-Peter, change of address, the fourth edition may include even more on fossil fish groups. Thank you! (See “Fish Tales”: continued on page 6) Northwood, Caroline, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Logo Suggestions Current research: 1) Ph. D. student of Dr. Anne Warren; 2) paleoecology of Early Triassic sites for the Newsletter & Group at Rewan and Duckworth Creek in central Deadline October 30, 1994 Queensland; 3) would appreciate reprints on Whatever the name of the newsletter, it’s time actinopterygian scale variation - has identified to think about the next need - a logo or several actinopterygian scale types including symbol suitable for use on the newsletter and Saurichthys. (Submitted by Sue Turner). also for announcements, communications, or Schaeffer, Bobb, 1400 East Avenue, No. 505, conferences that our group might wish to Rochester NY 14610, USA. organize in the future. To keep the process simple, the editor will be the final judge.

Guidelines: Santana Fossils: an Illustrated Atlas • Logo should be in black and white only. • Suitable for reduction to a size no larger Edited by John Maisey than 5 cm X 5 cm. TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ, U.S.A. • May be drawn with black pen by hand, or 459 pp. printed by computer, or submitted as a file on floppy disk. Copies of this book are still available at • Chosen entry will be read or converted or considerable savings ($75. rather than publish- scanned or redrawn into a form suitable for er’s price of $200.) directly from John Maisey printing by computer. ([email protected]), American • Person submitting the chosen idea will be Museum of Natural History. announced in the next issue.

5 (“Fish Tales”: continued from page 5) Fishes of the World, 3rd Edition effective 1 July 94: Paläontologisch- by Joseph S. Nelson Geologisches Institut und Museum, Museum John Wiley & Sons, New York 600 pp. für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. The completely revised third edition of this book Fax: 49-30-28972561 (ISBN 0-471-54713-1) gives a more expanded and criti- Tintori, Andrea, corrections to previous cal treatment of fish groups and their phylogenetic rela- listing: tionships than the 1984 second edition, for both fossil Phone: 39 2 23698202 and extant groups. Fax: 39 2 70638261 The inside cover gives a revised "Hierarchy of higher Tokaryk, Tim, change of address, effective categories of fishes". A brief discussion of fish diversity, immediately: Earth Sciences, Royal classification and systematics, and biogeography are Saskatchewan Museum, Wascana Park, Regina, found in the introduction. Although the emphasis of the Saskatchewan, S4P 3V7, Canada. book is on fishes, the lower chordate taxa, including Phone: 787-9053 conodonts, are discussed. Some eight monophyletic Fax: 787-2820 classes of vertebrates, with over 48,100 extant species, Wenz, Sylvie, Laboratoire de Paléontologie, are recognized. Fishes are placed in all eight, with tetra- Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 8 rue pods being placed in one, the Sarcopterygii. All 482 Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. recognized families of extant fishes, which contain about Phone: 33 1 40 79 30 04 24,600 species, are discussed. For most of these families Fax: 33 1 40 79 35 80 there is an illustration and common name and for each Current research: 1) Late Jurassic and Early there is a statement on the general habitat and range, a Cretaceous fishes from Europe (France, Spain brief description, a listing of all or a sample of major ...); 2) study of ex-Holostei fishes from north- genera, and an estimate of the number of species. east Brazil. ■ Categories above the family level and higher categories of fossil fishes are also discussed, and modern alternative and controversial schemes in classification are often Fisch Fiche: mentioned. The book also gives four cladogram charts, a diagram showing the relative number of species of major Recent Publications taxa, a checklist of families, and about 1500 references to current literature through 1993. The 45 distribution maps Barale, G., Martinell, J., Martinez-Delclos, X., Poyato- of the 2nd edition have been omitted in order to devote Ariza, F. J., & Wenz, S. In press, 1994. Les gisements more space to text. de calcaires lithographiques du Crétacé inférieur du For ordering information please contact John Wiley & Montsech (Province de Lérida, Espagne): apports récents Sons, Inc. appropriate to your area: in the USA at 1 à la paléobiologie. Geobios mém sp., 16. Wiley Drive, Somerset, NJ 08875-1272 (FAX 908-302- Bartholomew, P., Lund, R., & Kemp, A. 1992. The 2300)—also for the rest of N. & S. America (except mineralisation of fish dental hard tissues. In Structure, Canada), the Middle East, and from all other areas if Function and Evolution of Teeth. Edited by P. Smith and stock not carried); in Canada at 22 Worcester Road, E. Tchernov. Freund Publ. House, Tel Aviv, pp. 1-10. Rexdale, Ontario M9W 1L1 (Fax 416-675-6599). John Bürgin, T. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Wiley & Sons, Inc. also has offices in Chichester (“Fisch Fiche”: continued on page 7) (England) for Europe, Brisbane for Australia, and Singapore for most of Asia. Orders may also be placed

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Subscription $20 (Australian) payable to Queensland Museum (Microvertebrate Account) North American Paleontological Convention NAPC - VI Send to: Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Dr. Susan Turner June 9-12, 1996 Queensland Museum Contact: M. A. Buzas, Chair, NAPC VI PO Box 3300 Dept. Paleobiology, NMNH MRC-121 S. Brisbane, Qld 4101 Smithsonian Institution AUSTRALIA Washington, D.C. 20560 U.S.A.

6 (“Fisch Fiche”: continued from page 6) chondrichthyan remains from British Triassic cave deposits. In IGCP328: SDS The Gross Symposium. Edited by Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San S. Turner : 2. Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweiz. Paläont. — 1993g. Teeth of Hybodus (Selachii) from the Early Abh., 114 : 1-164. Jurassic of Lyme Regis, Dorset (southern England): pre- — & Furrer, H. 1992. Zähne und Kieferreste der liminary note. Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Gattung Birgeria (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) aus der Paper, 264 : 45-52. ostalpinen Obertrias der Bergüner Stöcke (Kanton — In press. Myriacanthid holocephalans Graubünden, Schweiz). Eclogae Geol. Helv., 85 : 931- (Chondrichthyes) from the British Late Triassic. Neues 946. Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen. — & — 1993. Kieferreste eines grossen Strahlenflossers — & Delsate, D. 1993a. The age of the Upper Triassic (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) aus der ostalpinen vertebrate fauna from Attert (Luxembourg, Belgium). Obertrias der Bergüner Stöcke (Kanton Graubünden, Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 264. Schweiz) und Diskussion der Validität von ?Birgeria — & — 1993b. A new myriacanthid holocephalan costata (Münster 1839). Eclogae Geol. Helv., 86 : 1015- (Chondrichthyes) from the Early Jurassic of 1029. Luxembourg. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Cappetta, H., Duffin, C. J., and Zidek, J. 1993. Paläontologie Monatshefte, 1993: 669-680. Chapter 34. Chondrichthyes. In The Fossil Record 2. — & Patterson, C. In press. The Jurassic fishes of Edited by M. J. Benton. Chapman & Hall, London, pp. Osteno. Palaeocronache. 593-609. — & Sigogneau-Russell, D. 1993. Fossil shark teeth Delsate, D., & Duffin, C. J. 1993. Chondrichthyens du from the Early Cretaceous of Anoual, Morocco. Belgian Sinemurien de Belgique: Révision et compléments aux Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 264 : 175-190. Hybodontidae et Holocephales. Présence des Neoselachii — & Ward, D. J. 1993. The Early Jurassic palaeospina- Palaeospinax Egerton 1872 et Agaleus Duffin et Ward cid sharks of Lyme Regis, southern England. Belgian 1983. Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 264 : 53-102. 264 : 103-136. Kemp, A. 1992a. New neoceratodont cranial Dettman, M. E., Molnar, R. E., Douglas, J. remains from the late Oligocene-middle E., Burger, D., Fielding, C., Clifford, H. Miocene of Northern Australia with com- T., Francis, J., Jell, P., Rich, T., Wade, ments on generic characters for Cenozoic M., Rich, P. V., Pledge, N., Kemp, A., & lungfish. J. Vertebr. Paleontol., 12 : 284- Rozefelds, A. 1992. Australian 293. Cretaceous terrestrial faunas and floras: — 1992b. Ultrastructure of the develop- biostratigraphic and biogeographic impli- ing dentition in the Australian lungfish, cations. Cretac. Res., 13 : 107-262. Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft). In Duffin, C. J. 1992. A myriacanthid holo- Structure, Function and Evolution of teeth. cephalan (Chondrichthyes) from the Edited by P. Smith and E. Tchernov. Freund Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of Osteno (Lombardy, Publ. House, Tel Aviv, pp. 11-33. Italy). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del — 1993a. Ceratodus diutinus, a new fossil ceratodont Museu Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 132 : 293- from Cretaceous and Tertiary deposits in Australia. J. 308. Paleontol., 67 : 883-886. — 1993a. Late Triassic shark's teeth (Chondrichthyes, — 1993b. Problematic fossil dipnoans from Australia. In Elasmobranchii) from Saint-Nicolas de Port (north-east The Nonmarine Triassic. Edited by S. G. Lucas and M. France). Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Morales. New Mexico Museum of Natural History 264 : 7-32. Science Bulletin, 3 : 223-227. — 1993b. Mesozoic chondrichthyan faunas. 1. middle — 1993c. An unusual oviposition site for Neoceratodus Norian (Upper Triassic) of Luxembourg. forsteri. Copeia, 1993 : 240-241. Palaeontographica A, 229 : 15-36. — & Nicoll, R. 1993. A histochemical analysis of bio- — 1993c. New record of the phoebodontid chon- logical residues in conodont elements. In SDS: Gross drichthyan Thrinacodus ferox (Turner, 1982) from the Symposium. Edited by S. Turner. Carboniferous of England. Belgian Geological Survey, Lambers, P. 1992. On the ichthyofauna of the Solnhofen Professional Paper, 264 : 1-6. Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, Germany). — 1993d. New records of Late Jurassic sharks teeth from Ph.D. dissertation, University of Groningen, x + 336 p. southern Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, — In press. The halecomorph fishes ‘Caturus' and Series B. ‘Amblysemius' in the Lithographic Limestone of — 1993e. The palaeospinacid shark "Synechodus" juren- Solnhofen (Tithonian), Bavaria. Geobios, mém. spec., 16. sis (Schweizer, 1964) from the Late Jurassic of Germany. — In press. The actinistian fish ‘Macropoma willemoe- Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 264 : 157- sii' Vetter from the Late Jurassic lithographic limestone 174. of Solnhofen, Bavaria. In Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics — 1993f. Reworked Courceyan (Early Carboniferous) (“Fisch Fiche”: continued on page 8) 7 (“Fisch Fiche”: continued from page 7) Society of and Palaeoecology. Edited by G. Arratia, and G. Viohl. Vertebrate Paleontology Verlag Dr. Pfeil (Muenchen). — & Arratia, G. In press. The caudal skeleton of Seattle, Washington October 19-22, 1994 Pachycormiformes: parallel evolution? In Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and Palaeoecology. Edited by G. Contact: SVP ‘94 Arratia, and G. Viohl. Verlag Dr. Pfeil (Muenchen). Dept. of Geological Sciences — & Boekschoten, G. J. In press. - Fish remains from University of Washington AJ-20 the Aptian near Bentheim. Geologie en Mijnbouw. Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A. Lund, R., Bartholomew, P., & Kemp, A. 1992. The composition of the dental hard tissues of fishes. In Structure, Function and Evolution of Teeth. Edited by P. Posidonienschiefers. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Smith and E. Tchernov. Freund Publ. House, Tel Aviv, Naturgeschichte, 1 : 11-21. pp. 35-71. Thies, D. 1992. A new species of Palaeospinax Maisey, J. G. 1993a. A new clupeomorph fish from the (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Lower Jurassic Santana Formation (Albian) of NE Brazil. Amer. Mus. Posidonia Shale of Southern Germany. Paläontol. Z., 66 : Novitates, 3076 : 1-15. 137-146. — 1993b. Tectonics, the Santana lagerstatten, and the Thies, D. 1993. New evidence of Annea and Jurabatos, implications for Late Gondwanan biogeography. In two rare neoselachians (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) from the Biological Relationships between Africa and South Jurassic of Europe. Belgian Geol. Survey Professional America. Edited by P. Goldblatt. Yale University Press, Paper, 264 : 137-146 pp. 435-454. Thies, D. 1993. Palaeospinax, Synechodus and/or Paraorthacodus. Is the problem of palaeospinacid genera (Pisces, Neoselachii) solved? Neues Jahrbuch für Biodiversity and Phylogeny Geologie und Paläontologie, Mh., 1993 : 724-732. Thies, D. & A. Müller. 1993. A neoselachian fauna XIII Meeting of the (Vertebrata, Pisces) from the Late Cretaceous Willi Hennig Society (Campanian) of Höver, near Hannover (NW Germany). Paläontol. Z., 67 : 89-107. Copenhagen, Denmark, August 23-26, 1994 Tintori, A. 1992. Fish taphonomy and Triassic anoxic Contact: basins from the Alps: a case history. Rivista Italiana di Dr. Nils M. Andersen, HennigXIII Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 97 : 393-408. Zoological Museum — & Sassi, D. 1992. Thoracopterus Bronn Universitetsparken 15 (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii): a gliding fish from the DK-2100 Copenhagen Upper Triassic of Europe. J. Vertebr. Paleontol., 12 : 265- DENMARK 283. Wenz, S. In Press. Les Amiidés du Crétacé inférieur du Martill, D. M. 1993. Fossils of the Santana and Crato Montsec (Province de Lérida, Espagne): Urocles sauva- Formations of North East Brazil. Palaeontological gei as a synonym of Vidalamia catalunica. Treb. Mus. Association, Field Guides to Fossils No. 5. Geol. Barcelona. Nelson, J. S. 1994. Fishes of the World. 3 ed. John Wiley —, Bernier, P., Barale, G., Bourseau, J.-P., Buffetaut, & Sons, New York, 600 pp. E., Gaillard, C., & Gall, J.-C. In press. L'ichthyofaune des calcaires lithographiques du Kimméridgien supérieur Roman, J., Arnaud, M., Barale, G., Barrat, J. M., ■ Boulleir, A., de Broin, F., Michard, J. C., Taquet, P., de Cerin (Ain). Geobios mém sp., 16. & Wenz, S. In press. Le gisement tithonique inférieur de Canjuers (Var, France): état actuel des connaissances. Geobios mém sp., 16. IGCP 328 Paleozoic Microvertebrates Sempere, T., Aguilera, E., Doubinger, J., Janvier, P., and Subcomission on Devonian Stratigraphy

Lobo, J., Oller, J., & Wenz, S. 1992. La formation de Moscow/Timan, July 8-23, 1994 Vitacua (Permien moyen à supérieur — Trias ?inférieur, Bolivie du Sud): stratigraphie, palynologie et paléontolo- Contact: Dr. Oleg Lebedev gie. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh., 185 : 239-253. Palaeontological Institute Sorbini, L., & Bannikov, A. F. 1991. The Cretaceous Academy of Sciences of Russia fishes of Nardo. 2o. An enigmatic spiny-rayed fish. Profsoyuznaya 123 Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 30 : 239- MOSCOW 177 868 249. RUSSIA Thies, D. 1992. Die Erhaltung von Fischen in den Tel. +7(095)3391988; Fax. +7(095)3391266 Geoden-Lagen des nordwestdeutschen email: [email protected]