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VOLUME DEI RIASSUNTI A cura di Maria Marino, Angela Girone, Rafael La Perna, Patrizia Maiorano Bari, 11-13 giugno 2014 Salone degli Affreschi, Palazzo Ateneo, Università egli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro Piazza Umberto, 1 - Bari Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Museo di Scienze della Terra, Via E. Orabona, 4 - Bari Giornate di Paleontologia XIV edizione - Bari, 11-13 giugno 2014 - Volume dei Riassunti Comitato organizzatore Ruggero Francescangeli, Rafael La Perna, Angela Girone, Patrizia Maiorano, Maria Marino Comitato Scientifico Lucia Angiolini, Diana Barra, Adele Bertini, Giorgio Carnevale, Miriam Cobianchi, Rodolfo Coccioni, Cristiano Dal Sasso, Stefano Dominici, Rafael La Perna, Maria Marino, Edoardo Martinetto, Simonetta Monechi, Maria Rita Palombo, Isabella Premoli Silva, Roberto Rettori, Antonietta Rosso, Raffaele Sardella, Andrea Tintori Collaborazioni e patrocini DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE DELLA TERRA E GEOAMBIENTALI Regione Puglia Regione Puglia 2 Giornate di Paleontologia XIV edizione - Bari, 11-13 giugno 2014 - Volume dei Riassunti PROGRAMMA Mercoledì 11 giugno 8:00-9:00 - Registrazione e affissione poster 9:00-10:00 - Apertura dei lavori e saluti delle autorità 10:00-10:30 - Comunicazione ad invito Cherchi A., Schroeder R. - Early Cretaceous orbitolinids from the Apulian Platform and their evolutionary trends within southern Neo-Tethyan margin. 10:30-11:30 SESSIONE 1 (Chairman Isabella Premoli Silva) h 10:30-10:45 Persico D., Billia E. 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E., Sala B., Ravara S. - The skull of Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from Spinadesco (Cremona, Lombardia, Northern Italy): morphological analyses and taxonomical remarks. h 10:45-11:00 Bellucci L., Empler T., Sardella R. - What’s app: Palaeontology meets new technology. h 11:00-11:15 Ruscito V., Pepe C., Mazzini I., Di Bella L., Sadori L., Mancini M., Giraudi C. - Gli ultimi 2000 anni di evoluzione del delta del Tevere attraverso l’analisi multidisciplinare dei sedimenti del Porto di Traiano (Fiumicino, Lazio). h 11:15-11:30 Tsikaridze N., Rook L., Raia P., Lordkipanidze D., Carotenuto F. - Homo erectus dispersal patterns for “Out of Africa” model I. 11:30-12:00 - Coffee break e sessione poster 12:00-12:30 - Comunicazione ad invito Manzi G. - Lo scheletro umano "arcaico" di Lamalunga (Altamura, Italia): vent'anni dopo. 12:30-13:30 - SESSIONE 2 (Chairman Miriam Cobianchi) 12:30-12:45 Gariboldi K., Cantalamessa G., Di Celma C.N., Gioncada A., Landini W., Lambert O., Malinverno E., Tinelli C., Urbina M., Bianucci G. - Diatomaceous mudstones of the Mio-Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru: implications on vertebrate preservation and role of volcanic ashes in fertilizing ocean surface. 12:45-13:00 Toti F., Bertini A., Vivarelli M., Costagliola P., Benvenuti M., D’Orefice M., Foresi L.M., Fedi M. - Il contributo palinologico alla ricostruzione dei paleoambienti e dell’impatto umano all’Isola d’Elba durante il medio e tardo Olocene: dati e nuove strategie di ricerca. 13:00-13:15 Carbonara K., Villa G., Melis R., Morigi C. - Paleoceanographic evolution in the Barents Sea during the Holocene.. 3 Giornate di Paleontologia XIV edizione - Bari, 11-13 giugno 2014 - Volume dei Riassunti 13:15-13:30 Bianucci G., Cantalamessa G., Di Celma C., Malinverno E., Gariboldi K.1, Gioncada A., Lambert O., Landini W., Tinelli C., Urbina M. - Taphonomy and stratigraphical distribution of Miocene marine vertebrates from the Pisco Formation (Peru). 13:30 -14:30 - Pausa pranzo e sessione poster 14:30-15:00 - Comunicazione ad invito Dal Sasso C., Maganuco S. - Anatomia di Scipionyx samniticus (e delle sue prede). 15:00-16:00 - SESSIONE 3 (Chairman Simonetta Monechi) 15:00-15:15 Angiolini L., Crippa G., Garbelli C. - B & B Fossil shells as archives of global change. 5:15-15:30 Barchetta A., Petrizzo M.R. - The early Aptian OAE1a in Italy and in the Pacific Ocean: microfacies and planktonic foraminifera quantitative analyses. 15:30-15:45 Coccioni R., Sabatino N., Frontalini F., Gardin S., Sideri M., Sprovieri M. - A new standard reference section for the latest Aptian–early Albian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b in the Umbria-Marche Basin (Italy). 15:45-16:00 Carnevale G. - Notes on the anatomy and relationships of Gasterorhamphosus zuppichinii, a Cretaceous syngnathoid fish from Nardò (Southern Italy). 16:00-16:30 - Coffee break e sessione poster 16:30-17:45 – SESSIONE 4 (Chairman Antonietta Cherchi) 16:30-16:45 Iurino D.A., Bellucci L., Sardella R. - Il felino di Ingarano (Pleistocene Superiore, Puglia) e l'origine del gatto selvatico (Felis silvestris) nella penisola italiana. 16:45-17:00 Lin C. H., Girone A., Nolf D. - Preliminary data on Tortonian fish otoliths from Borelli (Moncucco Torinese, northern Italy). 17:00-17:15 Cobianchi M., Mancin N., Lupi C., Bordiga M., Hayward B. - Effects of oceanic circulation and volcanic ash-fall on calcite dissolution in bathyal sediments of the last 550 ka (Chatham Rise; SW Pacific Ocean). 17:15-17:30 Mancin N., Basso E., Lupi C., Cobianchi M., Hayward B.W. - The agglutinated foraminifera from the SW Pacific bathyal sediments of the last 550ka: relationship with the deposition of tephra layers. 17:30-17:45 Vazzana A., Vertino A., La Perna R. - I coralli pleistocenici di Gallina (Reggio Calabria, Italia meridionale). 20:30 – cena sociale (Bari) 4 Giornate di Paleontologia XIV edizione - Bari, 11-13 giugno 2014 - Volume dei Riassunti Giovedì 12 giugno 7:45-20:30 – Escursione congressuale Partenza da Bari, via G. Capruzzi (h 7:45) Cava Colonnella (tra Bisceglie e Corato) – Livello Corato, un intervallo stratigrafico nel Calcare di Bari ricco in gusci di rudiste e stratigraficamente sovrastante alla facies a orbitolinidi Cava S. Leonardo (Molfetta) - Orme di dinosauro in una successione del Calcare di Bari Trani, pausa pranzo nei pressi della Cattedrale Lamalunga (Altamura) - sito che conserva l’Uomo di Altamura Pulo di Altamura Rientro a Bari (h 18:00-18:30) e visita al Museo di Scienze della Terra: Mostra fotografica del materiale tipo di foraminiferi bentonici mesozoici dalla collezione della Professoressa Elena Luperto Sinni; esposizione di Scipionyx samniticus. Rientro h 20:00-20:30 - via G. Capruzzi Venerdì 13 giugno 9:00-9:30 - video a cura di Paleontologist in progress 9:30-11:00 – SESSIONE 5 (Chairman Rodolfo Coccioni) 9:30-9:45 Bianucci G. , Post K., Lambert K. - From the seafloor to desert valleys: discovering fossil remains of mysterious beaked whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae). 9:45-10:00 Caracausi S., Sineo L., Martorana R., Obradovic M., Battaglia G. - New Data from Pleistocene deposit of S. Ciro cave, Palermo. 10:00-10:15 D’Amico C., Bracone V., Cipollari P., Cosentino D., Esu D., Faranda C., Frezza V., Gliozzi E., Grossi F., Guerrieri P., Iadanza A., Kotsakis T. Associazioni fossili della biofacies “Lago-Mare” (Messiniano superiore) di Cava Stingeti (Appennino Meridionale, Guglionesi, Molise). 10:15-10:30 De Bortoli L., Hladilová Š. - Badenian oysters from Czech Republic: taxonomy, taphonomy and paleoecological features . 10:30-10:45 La Perna R., D’Abramo M. - Systematics and palaeobiogeography of a genuine European genus, Europicardium Popov, 1977 (Bivalvia, Cardiidae). 10:45-11:00 Vuolo I., Balini M., Nicora A. - Permian conodont biostratigraphy of central Iran. 11:00-11:30 - Coffee break e sessione poster 11:30-13:00 – SESSIONE 6 (Chairman Edoardo Martinetto) 11:30-11:45 Bernardi M., Kustatscher E., Bauer K., Petti F.M, Franz M., Wappler T., Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert J.H.A. - Reconstruction of a Lopingian (Late Permian) ecosystem from the Dolomites (Bletterbach, Northern Italy). 11:45-12:00 La Perna R., Vazzana A. - Marginelliform gastropods from the Early Pleistocene of Gallina (Reggio Calabria, Southern Italy). 5 Giornate di Paleontologia XIV edizione - Bari, 11-13 giugno 2014 - Volume dei Riassunti 12:00-12:15 Bertini A., Toti F., Ciaranfi N. - Climate stratigraphy insight for the marine isotope stage 19 at the Montalbano Jonico section (South Italy). 12:15-12:30 Melis R., Bazzaro M., Celio M., Pugliese N., Varagona G. - Monitoraggio ambientale nel Golfo di Trieste (Adriatico settentrionale) attraverso l’utilizzo interdisciplinare di dati abiotici e micro faunistici. 12:30-12:45 Roghi G., Dal Corso J., Kustatscher E., Preto N., Gianolla P., Manfrin S., Mietto P. - Middle-Triassic palynological analyses in the Dolomites and Valsugana area (Southern Alps, Italy). 12:45-13:00 Marramà G., Carnevale G. - Eocene clupeoid fishes from Bolca, Italy. 13:00-14:30: pausa pranzo e sessione poster (contestualmente Consiglio SPI e votazione Concorso Giovani) 14:30-15:30 SESSIONE 7 (Chairman Raffaele Sardella) 14:30-14:45 Balini M., Jenks J.F., Martin R., McRoberts C.A., Orchard M.J., Silberling N.J. - Not only ichthyosaurs: first paleontological investigations at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, after 60 years from the discovery (Upper Triassic, central Nevada, USA). 14:45-15:00 Petruzzelli M. - First report of Bos sp. fossil tracks in Pleistocene sands of the Bradanic Trough (Spinazzola, Apulia, Italy). 15.00-15:15 Bernardi M., Klein H., Petti F.M. - Integrating skeletal and footprint data: new hints on the origin and early radiation of archosaurs. 15:15-15.30 Tomasovych A., Dominici S., Zuschin M., Merle D. - Macroevolutionary emergence of onshore-offshore gradients in community turnover. 15:30-16:00 - Coffee break e sessione poster 16:00-18:00 - Adunanza generale, premiazione concorso giovani, presentazione candidatura sede prossime Giornate di Paleontologia e chiusura dei lavori. 6 Giornate di Paleontologia
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    2 Congresso GeoSed 25-26 Settembre 2008 Aula Magna Palazzo di Scienze della Terra Campus Universitario Via E. Orabona 4 BARI Atti del Congresso a cura di: Massimo Moretti ORGANIZZAZIONE Coordinamento Luisa Sabato Segreteria Luigi Spalluto Comitato organizzatore Salvatore Gallicchio Massimo Moretti Luisa Sabato Luigi Spalluto Marcello Tropeano Collaboratori Alessia Barchetta Elisa Costantini Antonietta Cilumbriello Antonio Grippa Michele Labriola Rosanna Laragione Stefania Lisco Vincenzo Onofrio Mariangela Pepe Patrocinio e Contributo Università degli Studi di Bari Dipartimento di Geologia e Geofisica Dottorato di Scienze della Terra Regione Puglia Regione Basilicata Provincia di Bari Comune di Bari Commissione Italiana “Anno Internazionale del Pianeta Terra” 4 INDICE DEL VOLUME G. Aiello, A. Conforti, B. D’Argenio Regional marine geologic cartography of the Naples Bay (scale 1:10.000): the geological map n. 465 “Procida” pag. 1 G. Aiello, E. Marsella, S. Passaro The continental slopes off the Ischia island (Naples Bay): submarine gravity instability processes investigated by means of marine geological and geophysical data pag. 4 M. Aldinucci, I. Martini, F. Sandrelli The Pliocene deposits of the northern Siena Basin (Tuscany, Italy) revised through unconformity-bounded stratigraphic units pag. 6 A. Alfarano, M. Delle Rose, L. Orlanducci, F. Resta Rapporti stratigrafici tra pietra leccese, piromafo e Calcareniti di Andrano (area urbana e periferia est di Lecce) pag. 8 S. Andreucci, V. Pascucci, M. D. Bateman Record of three peaks during the Marine Isotopic Stage MIS5 along the Alghero coast, NW Sardinia, Italy: Sea level implication pag. 10 A. Barchetta, L. Spalluto Stratigrafia e caratteri di facies delle successioni carbonatiche affioranti nell’area compresa tra Binetto e Grumo Appula (Murge baresi, Puglia) pag.
  • Los Mamíferos Del Plioceno Y Pleistoceno De La Península Ibérica

    Los Mamíferos Del Plioceno Y Pleistoceno De La Península Ibérica

    94 investigación Los mamíferos del Plioceno y Pleistoceno de la Península Ibérica Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro | IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), ICREA Sergio Ros-Montoya, María-Patrocinio Espigares | Dpto. de Ecología y Geología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga Joan Madurell-Malapeira | Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont Paul Palmqvist | Dpto. de Ecología y Geología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga URL de la contribución <www.iaph.es/revistaph/index.php/revistaph/article/view/4203> RESUMEN España es el país con mayor número de yacimientos bien conservados, cantidad y calidad de fósiles de todo el continente europeo. Aquí se describe el patrimonio paleobiológico correspondiente al Plio-Pleistoceno (últimos 5,3 millones de años) registrado en los principales yacimientos con presencia de fósiles de grandes mamíferos de la Península Ibérica. Ningún otro país de nuestro entorno al norte del Mediterráneo ofrece mayores posibilidades para el estudio y disfrute de los registros paleontológicos del Plioceno y Pleistoceno. En este contexto destacan las principales cuencas sedimentarias como las de Besalú-Bañolas, Vallés, Calatayud-Teruel, o ya en el sur las cuencas intrabéticas, donde merece especial interés la de Baza y Guadix, con localidades emblemáticas como Baza 1 para el Plioceno, y como los yacimientos de Orce (Fuente Nueva 1 y 3, Venta Micena o Barranco León, entre otros) para el Pleistoceno inferior. También se hace referencia a otro tipo de yacimientos, como son los maares volcánicos pliocénicos del Camp dels Ninots en Cataluña, o el de las Higueruelas en la Mancha, a las terrazas fósiles de los grandes ríos peninsulares, así como a los extraordinarios registros kársticos, donde destaca el de Atapuerca en Burgos.
  • Hemibos (Bovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan

    Hemibos (Bovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan

    The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences 19(2): 2009, Pages: 98-100 ISSN: 1018-7081 HEMIBOS (BOVINI, BOVIDAE, MAMMALIA) FROM THE PINJOR FORMATION OF PAKISTAN M. A. Khan, M. Iqbal* and M. Akhtar** Department of Zoology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. * Department of Zoology, Government Science College Wahdat Road, Lahore, Pakistan ** Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan *Correspondence author: [email protected] ABSTRACT The dental material of Hemibos from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Pinjor Formation (2.6 – 0.6 Ma) in the Upper Siwaliks (Pakistan) is reported here. The new specimens consist of two fragmentary maxillae. The comparative morphological and matric study of Hemibos dental fossils provide interesting information about individual variation. Key words: Hemibos, Bovine, Pinjor Formation, Upper Siwaliks, Plio-Pleistocene. INTRODUCTION 73°34´55 E), district Jhelum and Pir Jaffar (32°46´44 N, 74°05´01 E), district Gujrat from the Pinjor Formation of Bovines (clade Bovini) are widespread group Pakistan (Fig. 1). The anatomy of the specimens confirms including extant wild and domesticated species such as that it is a member of the genus Hemibos, the ancestor of the African Cape buffalo, the American bison, the Asian the water buffalo Bubalus. water buffalo, kouprey, banteng, gaur, anoa, and yak, as well as the progenitor of domesticated cattle, the auroch (Bibi, 2007) as well as extinct species such as Bos namadicus, B. acutifrons, Leptobos falconeri, Proleptobos birmanicus, Hemibos spp., Bison spp., Bubalus spp., Bucapra daviesii and Proamphibos spp. (Pilgrim, 1937, 1939; Hooijer, 1958; Nanda, 2008, Khan et al., 2009). Bovines display a suite of craniodental characters that has facilitated their identification in the archaeological and fossil records (Bibi, 2007).