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The Compleat Mesoangler a Newsletter About Mesozoic Fishes Volume 5, Number 2 December 31, 1998 The Compleat Mesoangler A Newsletter About Mesozoic Fishes Volume 5, Number 2 December 31, 1998 faunas from Upper Jurassic marine sediments of Announcements the Boulonnais, Nord-Pas de Calais, France; Kenny Monsch (Bristol, UK): Possible implica- tions of fossil taxa for the phylogeny of The Third European Workshop on Verte- scombroids (Teleostei); Lionel Cavin (Esperaza, brate Palaeontology was organized in France): A new Cretaceous fish fauna from Maastricht from May 6-9, 1998, with nine southern Morocco. Niels Bonde: Tiny sessions of presentations mainly on dinosaurs acanthomorph fishes of the marine Mo-clay but also on fish (including microvertebrates), (Paleocene/Eocene, Denmark), and the problems birds and mammals, one poster session and a of using phylogenetic relationships for estimat- field trip to the type Maastrichtian and the K/T ing palaeoecology. boundary section at the Geulhemmerberg. The poster session included a poster on At the opening Niels Bonde (Copenhagen, placoid scales of little known late Jurassic sharks Denmark) spoke in commemoration of Colin by Armin Leidner (Hannover, Germany). Pro- Patterson. The eight fish presentations were by gramme and Abstracts, Paul Lambers (Groningen, and Field Guide were the Netherlands): Crushing edited by John W.M. teeth of fishes from the Jagt et al., Maastrichtian type area, Natuurhistorisch Mu- southern Limburg, the seum Maastricht, de Netherlands; Michel Martin Bosquetplein 6-7, the (Boulogne, France): Afri- Netherlands. E-mail: can lepidosirenids (Dipnoi) [email protected] during the Mesozoic and Jo Vergoossen Cenozoic, with the descrip- tion of a new species of Conodont listserver Lavocadotus from the Just a short message to Eocene of Mali; Jo announce the launch of Vergoossen (Groningen, the con-nexus, a listerver Netherlands): late Silurian fish microfossils providing a forum for the rapid exchange of from OEvedskloster, Skane, southern Sweden; ideas and information concerning conodonts and Jan Rees (Lund, Sweden): Sharks from the early conodont related research. For more informa- Jurassic Hasle Formation, Bornholm, Denmark; tion, check the con-nexus website at: Alexander Mudroch (Hannover, Germany): Fish http://www.le.ac.uk/geology/map2/con-nexus/ 1 con-nexus.html To subscribe to con-nexus send the following message to [email protected] subscribe con-nexus [email protected] (where [email protected] is your e-mail address) The con-nexus is associated with the Pander Society website, hosted by the University of Leicester. Mesozoic Fishes Listowner: Mark Purnell, Department of Geol- ogy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K Home Page Phone: +44 116 2523645 on the Fax: +44 116 2523918 Web: http://www.le.ac.uk/geology/staff/ World Wide Web map2.html is at: The Bob Savage Memorial Fund http://gause.biology.ualberta.ca/wilson.hp/ mesofish.html Bob Savage established a fund in 1992 to assist students from Bristol to attend palaeontol- Add a link to your personal home ogy conferences. Before he died, he asked that page, your museum’s home page, or the proceeds from sales of his scientific books to a file that you are allowing others to and papers should also be placed in that fund, download by sending us its WWW name and address. and that its aims should be broadened to allow support of a wider range of student activity, including expeditions and field work. We are happy to accept cheques in Bob’s memory, payable to ‘The University of Bristol’, Mesozoic Fish Tales: and in any currency (although preferably £Ster- ling, U.S.A. $, or Eurocheques). News from Readers Michael J. Benton, Dept. of Earth Sci- ences, Univ. of Bristol, Wills Memorial Build- New Members: ing, Queens Road, Bristol, BS9 1RJ England, Doug Nelson, 1405 Centaur Village Ct., United Kingdom Lafayette, Colorado USA E-mail: [email protected] ■ Phone: 303/433-2598 Fax: 303/433-8820 E-mail: [email protected] Associations: Department Associate, Earth Sciences Dept., Denver Museum of Natural History and partner Paleontological Investiga- tions (a private company dedicated to the study and mitigation of Paleontological Resources on 2 Revised addresses: public and private lands). Interests: The verte- Paul Lambers, Teylers Museum, Spaarne 16, brate fauna of the Western Interior Seaway. 2011 CH Haarlem, Netherlands Currently working on a rich macro and micro Phone: 00 31 23 5319010 fauna of the Juana Lopez Mb. of the Carlile Fm E-mail: [email protected] (Turonian) south of Colorado Springs, CO. I could use some help as to the i.d.’s of some of Bob Davidson, my specimens - the elasmobranchs are OK but E-mail: [email protected] I’m having some problems with isolated fish Peter Forey, Department of Palaeontology, The teeth. Also, as part of the same project, we have Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, some interesting fish parts from the Smoky Hill London SW7 5BD, England, U.K. Member of the Niobrara Fm. Fax: (0)171-938-9277 E-mail: [email protected] Eric Hilton, Biology Department, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Keith Thomson, Oxford University Museum of Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003 USA Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, England, Phone: (413) 545-4391 OX1 0BH United Kindgom Fax: (413) 545-3243 E-mail: [email protected] ■ E-mail: [email protected] Interests: My first love and fascination for vertebrate morphology came in articulating Squish Fisch Fiche: reptile skeletons for display and teaching pur- poses as an undergraduate. Willy Bemis led me Recent Publications away from the “dark side”, and showed me the Anderson, M. E. 1998. A Late Cretaceous need for good morphological studies of fishes (Maastrichtian) galaxiid fish from South Africa. (though I guess you never do completely forget J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special your first love). I am interested in variation of Publication 60:1-12. the skeleton that may be found within a species. In particular, I have been working with Arratia, G., and Chorn, J. 1998. A new primi- shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, tive acanthomorph fish from the Greenhorn from western Massachusetts. I am currently Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Nebraska. Jour- working on my Ph.D. at Univ. Massachusetts on nal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):301-314. the anatomy of basal teleost fishes, with the bulk of my work centered on the anatomy of Hiodon, Benveniste, L. M. 1998. Phylogenetic systemat- including skeletal, muscular and nervous system ics of Gymnarchus (Notopteroidei) with notes anatomy. I have become a firm believer in the on Petrocephalus (Mormyridae) of the complementary relationship that exists between Osteoglossomorpha. Master of Arts in Biology, paleontology and neontology; that studies on City College of New York, 1-88 pp. living groups are necessary to understand fossils better, and in turn, fossils may help us under- Cuny, G. 1995. Évolution des faunes de stand the living world better. vertébrés à la limite Trias-Jurassique: apports de la Lorraine. Bulletin de la Société belge de Géologie 104 (1-2):55-65. 3 Cuny, G. 1997. Radiation of Neoselachian sharks in the Upper Triassic of Western Europe. The Compleat Mesoangler Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3S):40A. is edited and published by Mark V. H. Wilson. TCM is mailed to 140 People in 21 Countries. Cuny, G. 1998. Un émail particulier. To join the list or to update your entry, submit L’évolution des requins revue grace à l’émail de a Mesozoic Fish Tales item: leurs dents. Pour La Science 247(May):21. • research interests, address changes • news from lab or reports of fieldwork Cuny, G., and Benton, M. J. 1998. Early • meeting announcements radiations of the Neoselachian sharks. • hints or questions on techniques or specimens • photos of Mesozoic fish, localities, field parties, Paleodiversifications:17. meetings, researchers, etc. • employment & grad school opportunities available Delsate, D., and Thies, D. 1995. Teeth of the or needed fossil shark Annea Thies 1983 (Elasmobranchii, • publications (since 1992, not listed before; reprints are greatly appreciated) Neoselachii) from the Toarcian of Belgium. Send to: Belgian Geological Survey Professional Paper, • e-mail:[email protected] Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 278:45-64. • FAX: 1-403-492-9234 • post: Dr. M. V. H. Wilson Forey, P. L. 1997. A Cretaceous notopterid Dept. of Biological Sciences (Pisces: Osteoglossomorpha) from Morocco. University of Alberta South African Journal of Science 93:564-569. Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9 CANADA Forey, P.L. 1998. History of the coelacanth fishes. Chapman and Hall. London, England, Next Deadline March 31, 1999 U.K. 419 pp. Optional contribution to defray expenses of production and mailing: $5. U.S. per year. Forey, P.L. and Grande, L. 1998. An African twin to the Brazilian Calamopleurus Gottfried, M. D., L. L. Randriamiarimanana, (Actinopterygii: Amiidae). Zoological Journal J. A. Rabarsion, and D. W. Krause. 1998. Late of the Linnean Society of London, 123:175-195, Cretaceous fish from Madagascar: implications 8 figs. for Gondwanan biogeography. Journal of Afri- can Earth Sciences 27(1A):91-92. Gallo-Da-Silva, V., Cavalcanti, M. J., and Lopes, P. R. D. 1998. Comparative Greenwood, P. H., and Wilson, M. V. H. 1998. morphometrics of Semionotidae, Lepisosteidae Bonytongues & their allies pp. 80-84 IN: and Amiidae (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii) by Paxton, J. R., and Eschmeyer, W. N. (editors). Multivariate Analysis of Truss Networks. An. Encyclopedia of Fishes. Academic Press 2nd Acad. Bras. Ci. 70:117-124. edition, San Diego, California, pp. 1-240. Gottfried, M. D., and Krause, D. W. 1998. Hampe, O. 1997. Dental growth anomalies and First record of gars (Lepisosteidae, morphological changes in teeth of the Actinopterygii) on Madagascar: Late Cretaceous Xenacanthida (Lower Permian; Saar-Nahe remains from the Mahajanga Basin. Journal of Basin, SW-Germany). Modern Geology [Special Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (2):275-279. Issue Gross Symposium Volume 2] 21:121-135.
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