Department of Palaeontology, Geological Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University Borissiak Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Foundation for Basic Research Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Palaeozoic Early Vertebrates II International Obruchev Symposium dedicated to th the 110 Anniversary of Dmitry Vladimirovich Obruchev St. Petersburg – Luga, August 1-6, 2011 Abstracts Edited by Oleg Lebedev and Alexander Ivanov Saint Petersburg 2011 ABSTRACTS II International Obruchev Symposium Abstract Volume of the II International Obruchev Symposium “Palaeozoic Early Vertebrates”. Edited by O. Lebedev & A. Ivanov. St. Petersburg, 2011, 46 pp. Published by Alexander Ivanov (Department of Palaeontology, Geological Faculty, St. Petersburg University) with the support from the grants of the St. Petersburg State University 3.41.1167.2011 and the RFBR 11-05-06067-g. © A. Ivanov, O. Lebedev 2 II International Obruchev Symposium ABSTRACTS CONTENTS Dmitry Vladimirovich Obruchev. Curriculum vitae …………………………………….. 5 List of D.V. Obruchev’s publications …………………………………………………… 11 Scientific heritage of Dmitry Vladimirovich Obruchev and contemporary palaeoichthyology. Greetings from E.I. Vorobyeva ……………………………………... 23 ABSTRACTS Afanassieva, O. Development of the exoskeleton in osteostracans: new evidence of growth ……………………………………………………………………………………. 25 Ahlberg P.E., Beznosov P., Lukševičs E., Clack J.A. A new stem tetrapod from the lowermost Famennian of South Timan ………………………………………………….. 25 Arratia G. Early diversification of Teleostei and phylogy ……………………………… 26 Beznosov P., Lukševičs E., Ahlberg P. E. A unique vertebrate community from the Sosnogorsk Formation (Lower Famennian, South Timan) ……………………………… 27 Blieck, A. & Žigaite, Ž. Early and Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate palaeobiogeography: recent advances and critical comments …………………………… 28 Botella, H., Plá, C., Manzanares, E. & Martínez-Pérez, C. A new ischnacanthid (Acanthodii) based on disarticulated remains from the Lower Devonian of Spain ……… 28 Davesne D., Mondejar Fernandez J., Hairapetian V., Rücklin M., Wendt J., Clément G. Remains of a large tetrapodomorph fish from the Zarand Formation (Upper Devonian) of Southeastern Iran …………………………………………………. 29 Ginter M., Korn D. Late Viséan pelagic chondrichthyans from Central Europe ……….. 30 Grogan E.D., Fath M., Lund R. New information on petalodont chondrichthyans ……... 30 Hairapetian V., Clément G., Ahlberg P.E., Hejazi S.H. Tournaisian chondrichthyan remains from the Tizi Mount, Central Iran ………………………………………...……. 31 Ivanov A., Lebedev O., Clément G., Lukševičs E., Blieck A., Olive S., ZupiĦš I. Palaeoichthyological research in the Luga District of the Leningrad Region: past and present ………………………………………………………………………….. 32 Krupina N. A new dipnoan from the Late Givetian (Middle Devonian) of the East-European Platform …………………………………………………………………. 33 Lebedev O., Clément G. Upper Devonian (Frasnian) tetrapods of the Leningrad Region, Russia …………………………………………………………………………… 33 Lebedev O., Lukševičs E., Ivanov A. Palaeozoic palaeoichthyology and collectioning in Russia: 1813-1930 …………………………………………………………………… 34 Lyapin V.R., Bagirov S.V. Steshevian (Early Carboniferous, Serpukhovian) vertebrates from the south of the Moscow Region, Russia …………………………………………. 35 3 ABSTRACTS II International Obruchev Symposium Manzanares E., Plá C., Martínez-Pérez C., Rasskin D., Botella H. The microstructure of the scale enameloid in the evolutionary history of Chondrichthyes ………………… 36 Mednikov D.N. New view on the Devonian limbs …………………………………….. 36 Novitskaya L.I. The works of D.V. Obruchev and further development of the study of agnathans …………………………………………………………….……………… 37 Olive S., Lebedev O., Ivanov A., Clément G., Lukševičs E., Blieck A., Zakharenko G., ZupiĦš I., Sturis V. 2009-2010 Russo-Franco-Latvian expeditions in the Main Devonian Field (north-western Russia) ………………………………………………… 38 Petukhov S.V., Petrov G.S., Pakhomov I.O. First record of Eugeneodontiformes (Chondrichthyes) in the Middle Carboniferous of the Lower Volga region ……………. 39 Plax D. Change of vertebrate associations in the Devonian deposits of the Volyn Monocline ………………………………………………………………………….…… 39 Popov E.V. New data on chimaeroid fishes (Holocephali; Chimaeroidei) from the Cretaceous and Neogene of Australia ………………………………………………. 40 Schultze H.-P. Scales, enamel, cosmine, ganoine, and early osteichthyans …………… 41 Skutschas P., Ivanov A., Lukševičs E., Lebedev O. The unique locality of Middle Devonian fishes in the Lemovzha River (Leningrad Region) ………………………….. 41 Spiridonov A., Brazauskas A. Morphometric study of Pa elements of the Ozarkodina eosteinhornensis s.l. Walliser, 1964 (Conodonta: Ozarkodinida) in the Přidolian strata of Lithuania …………………………………………………………………………….. 42 Štamberg S. Upper Palaeozoic actinopterygians and possibility of their use for biostratigraphy of continental Permo-Carboniferous basins of Central Europe ………… 43 Udovichenko N. Scyliorhinidae (Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Maastrichtian- Palaeocene of the Crimea, Ukraine …………………………..…………………………. 44 VasiĜkova J., Lukševičs E., ZupiĦš I., Stinkulis Ă. Taphonomy of the Famennian vertebrate assemblage from the Tērvete Formation of Latvia ………………………….. 44 Vaškaninová V. Placoderms of the Barrandian area near Prague (Czech Republic) ….…. 45 Zakharenko G. A new plourdosteid arthrodire from the Evlanovian (Frasnian, Upper Devonian) deposits of Central European Russia ………………………………… 46 4 II International Obruchev Symposium ABSTRACTS Dmitry Vladimirovich Obruchev CURRICULUM VITAE compiled by N. V. OBRUCHEVA K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology of the RAS, [email protected] 26.07.1900 Born in Luga town, St. Petersburg Gouvernement, Russia 1901-1911 Childhood in Tomsk and studies in the grammar school 1911-1918 Studies at the Flyorov high school, Moscow Studies at the Moscow University, Natural History Department of the 1918-1924 Physico-Mathematical Faculty, under the guidance of Prof. Nikolai K. Koltsov 1925 First studies of Devonian fishes from Siberia Postgraduate student in the Geological Committee (later VSEGEI), 1926-1933 Leningrad 1927 First publication of an arthrodire from the Yenissei River area Participation in the expeditions aimed at Devonian stratigraphy of the 1929-1931 Main Devonian field with Roman F. Hecker Temporary staff member in the Paleozoological (later 1933-1936 Palaeontological) Institute of the Academy of Sciences of USSR in Leningrad, then in Moscow A mountain in Greenland named after D.V. Obruchev by the Swedish 1933 palaeontologist G. Säve-Söderberg 1935 Conferment of the Ph.D. degree without defence Resulting joint publication "Deposits of the Main Devonian Field" of 1935 previous biostratigraphical research 1936-1970 Permanent staff member in the Paleontological Institute, Moscow 1937 Foreign member of Geological Society of London and Honorary Member of the New York Academy of Sciences 5 ABSTRACTS II International Obruchev Symposium Member of the New York Academy of Sciences 1937 Publications in the Stratigraphic Thesaurus of the USSR 1939 Discovery and publication of amphiaspid agnathans in Siberia 1941-1943 Evacuation during the II World War to Sverdlovsk and Alma-Ata 1943 Defence of the Doctor of Science (Biology) dissertation 1945 Borissyak prize of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of USSR 1948 Marriage to Olga P. Turovskaya 1949 Birth of his daughter Elena 1953 Monograph "Edestid Studies and the Works of A.P. Karpinsky" Participation in the International Zoological Congress, UK. Report: 1958 Body form, fins and mode of life of ancient vertebrates Publication of the Russian version of "Fundamentals of Palaeontology. 1964 Agnathans, Fishes" volume Monograph "Psammosteids (Agnatha, Psammosteidae) from the 1965 Devonian of the USSR" in coauthorship with E. Mark-Kurik Participation in the congress Problèmes actuels de paléontologie: 1966 Évolution des vertébrés (Paris, France). Report: On the evolution of the Heterostraci Publication of the Russian translation of the International Code of 1966 Zoological Nomenclature 1966 and Visits to the Geological Museum (Oslo, Norway) 1967 Publication of the English version of "Fundamentals of Palaeontology, 1967 vol. XI. Agnatha, Pisces" 21.12. 1970 Passed away in Moscow 6 II International Obruchev Symposium ABSTRACTS 7 ABSTRACTS II International Obruchev Symposium 8 II International Obruchev Symposium ABSTRACTS 9 ABSTRACTS II International Obruchev Symposium 10 II International Obruchev Symposium ABSTRACTS LIST OF D.V. OBRUCHEV’S PUBLICATIONS Published papers 1. 1927. Angarichthys , новый род Arthrodira из девона р. Бахты { Angarichthys , noviy rod Arthrodira iz devona r. Bakhty} [ Angarichthys , a new genus of Arthrodira from the Devonian of the Bakhta River]. Izvestiya Geologicheskogo Komiteta 45 (6), 679-691 (in Russian, with German summary). 2. 1928a. Ненормальный экземпляр зубного аппарата Myliobatis {Nenormal’niy ekzemplyar zubnogo apparata Myliobatis } [An abnormal specimen of the Myliobatis dentition]. Yezhegodnik Russkogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva 7, 139-141 (in Russian). 3. 1928b. Орбитальные окостенения Bothriolepis panderi {Orbital’niye okosteneniya Bothriolepis panderi } [Orbital ossifications of Bothriolepis panderi ]. Yezhegodnik Russkogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva 7, 142-144 (in Russian). 4. 1930. Значение ихтиофауны для стратиграфии северо-западного девона {Znacheniye ikhtiofauny dlya stratigrafii severo-zapadnogo devona} [Importance of ichthyofauna for Devonian stratigraphy