I II © 7th European PalAeobotany-Palynology Conference PROGRAM and ABSTRACTS 7eppc 2OO6 September 6-11 czech republic Prague III Issued by the National Museum, Prague, 2006 Logo & Design © by Pavel Šťastný – Plechárna 2006 Computer typeset by Petr Materna Printed by Arpa, Dvůr Králové nad Labem ISBN 80-7036-198-0 IV SPONSORS PARTNERS V CONTENT Preface . VII PROGR AM Program summary . X Wednesday, 6th Sept., 2006. XI Thursday, 7th Sept., 2006 . XI Friday, 8th Sept., 2006 . XV Saturday, 9th Sept., 2006 . XX Sunday, 10th Sept., 2006. XX Monday, 11th Sept., 2006 . XXIII Tuesday, 12th Sept., 2006 . XXIII Posters . XXIV−XXVIII ABSTRACTS All submitted abstracts . 1−167 Index . .168−170 Notes . 171 → VI WELCOME TO THE 7TH EUROPEAN PALAEOBOTANYPALYNOLOGY CONFERENCE The conference takes place in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, as it was agreed upon in the IOP meeting in Athens 2002. The interest of palaeobotanists and palynologists to participate has extended well beyond Europe. Thanks to contributions of various sponsors and registration money, tens of colleagues without or with minimal funding pos- sibilities have been invited, mostly from eastern Europe. So far about 300 registrations have been obtained from Europe, USA, China, Japan, India, Egypt, Argentina and other countries. Because numerous oral presentations have been submit- ted, the program of the conference must run in five parallel sections. In such a situation, related topics may clash. We have tried to minimize such conflicts but they cannot be entirely avoided. The conference has been placed in the Czech Technical University area, in the joint building of the Faculty of Civil En- gineering and Architecture STAVEBNÍ FAKULTA ČVÚT FAKULTA ARCHITEKTURY), Thákurova 7, Praha 6 (near the Vítězné nám. square from the terminal of the underground – metro line A – “DEJVICKÁ” via the Technická Street to the end). The welcome party (6th Sept. 19:00) and the workshop (9th Sept. 9:00) will take place in the main building of the National Museum, upper part of the Václavské nám. square (the underground metro lines A and C, station “MUZEUM”). The oral presentations start at 8:30 for morning sessions and at 14:20 for afternoon sessions. The speakers are kindly requested to upload the presentations 10 min. before the block of lectures starts and strictly follow the schedule. The space for the posters in the entrance hall is divided and the posters are numbered according to the sections and topics. They can be mounted starting with the registration and must removed before the end of the Sunday session. Technical aid is provided at the registration desk. Only poster sessions within the sections are an- nounced in the program. Participants are encouraged to view the posters also during the breaks. Details about the field trips are separately available (field guide book, last information circular). In any case of difficulty, we provide cellphone numbers that the participants can use and ask help: Jiří Kvaček: +420 24412283, Zlatko Kvaček: +420 720548168, Jiřina Dašková: +420 776000824, Helena Loneková: +420 608408708, Jakub Sakala: +420 732713860, Vasilis Teodoridis: +420 777311159. For financial support of the conference and facilities our thanks are due to the British Palaeontological Society, Lon- don, the North-Bohemian Mining Corporation, Chomutov, Olympus C&S, Praha, the National Museum, Praha, the Charles University, Praha, the Czech Geological Survey, Prague, the County Museum, Plzeň and Mayor of the town of Plzeň. We also thank to the Conference Partners, who helped much with the organisation of the meeting. We hope that the conference will offer a good opportunity to exchange scientific views and contribute to extension of personal contacts among palaeobotanists and palynologists. We wish to you all an enjoying stay in Prague and much thank for participating. Zlatko Kvaček, Jiří Kvaček, Jiřina Dašková, Vasilis Teodoridis, Oldřich Fatka, Jiří Bek, Stanislav Opluštil, Zbyněk Šimůnek, Josef Pšenička, Milan Libertín, Eva Břízová, Petr Pokorný and Jakub Sakala VII VIII © 7th European PalAeobotany-Palynology Conference PROGRAM 7TH EUROPEAN PALAEOBOTANYPALYNOLOGY CONFERENCE, PR AGUE IX X PROGR AM SUMMARY WED, 6TH SEPT. 8:00–17:00 PRE-CONFERENCE FIELDTRIP TO THE BARRANDIAN AREA 19:00 WELCOME PARTY – National Museum Palaeozoic (B1) Mesozoic (B2) Tertiary (B3) Quaternary (B4) General topics (B5) THU, 7TH SEPT. 8:30–10:40 OPENING SESSION (A) 11:00–13:00 Outstanding challenges to under- Reproductive structures of Cenozoic evolution of open Quaternary palynostratigraphy Taphonomy standing early land plant Cretaceous angiosperms landscapes in Eurasia and inter- and palaeoecology vegetation and evolution action with climate change 14:20–16:20 Early Palaeozoic plant taxonomy Reproductive structures Cenozoic evolution of open land- Quaternary Taphonomy and evolution of Cretaceous angiosperms-cont. scapes in Eurasia and interaction palynostratigraphy-cont. and palaeoecology-cont. with climate change-cont. 17:00–19:00 Ferns and lignophytes Mesozoic and Tertiary polar floras Meeting of NECLIME Quaternary Miscellaneous contributions in Palaeozoic landscapes & poster session palynostratigraphy-cont. to palaeobiology FRI, 8TH SEPT. 8:30–10:30 Palaeozoic gymnosperms, Mesozoic and Tertiary Tertiary volcanic setting Human impact on Holocene Fossil wood systematics and evolution polar floras-cont. and the plant record vegetation (9:10) Mesozoic gymnosperms with particular interest in Cheirolepidiaceae conifers 11:00–13:00 Palaeozoic gymnosperms, Mesozoic gymnosperms with Tertiary carpological Human impact on Holocene Fossil wood-cont. systematics and evolution-cont. particular interest and leaf studies vegetation-cont. (12:00) Reproductive structures in Cheirolepidiaceae of Palaeozoic plants and their conifers-cont. spores in situ 14:20–16:20 Reproductive structures Evolution of climate Tertiary palynology Human impact on Holocene Fossil wood-cont. of Palaeozoic plants and their in the Mesozoic and phytostratigraphy vegetation-cont. spores in situ-cont. 17:00–19:00 Palaeozoic spores and pollen Cretaceous floristics Tertiary palynology Miscellaneous contributions Fossil wood-cont. and palynology and phytostratigraphy-cont. to Quaternary palaeobotany and palynology SAT, 9TH SEPT. 9:00–13:00 WORKSHOP – “HOMAGE TO KAŠPAR MARIA STERNBERG” – National Museum 14:00–17:00 SIGHTSEEING TOUR SUN, 10TH SEPT. 8:30–10:30 Miscellaneous contributions esozoic pteridophytes taxonomy, Tertiary palaeofloristics Poster session Palaeophysiology to Late Palaeozoic palaeobotany Mevolution, palaeoecology of fossil plants 11:00–13:00 IGCP 469 session: Pensylvanian Mesozoic pteridophytes taxonomy, Tertiary palaeofloristics-cont. Poster session Palaeophysiology terrestrial biotas evolution, palaeoecology-cont. of fossil plants-cont. 14:20–16:00 IGCP 469 session: Pensylvanian Triassic-Jurassic evolutionary trends Palaeogene floras and global Poster session Poster session terrestrial biotas-cont. and plant environment interaction change events 16:30–17:50 Early Palaeozoic marine Miscellaneous contributions to Meso- Palaeogene floras and global Poster session Poster session microplankton zoic palaeobotany and palynology change events-cont. 18:10–19:00 CLOSING SESSION (A) MON, 11TH SEPT. POST-CONFERENCE FIELDTRIPS B1-4 TUE, 12TH SEPT. FIELD TRIP B3, cont. WEDNESDAY, 6TH SEPT., 2006 8.00–17.00 PRE-CONFERENCE FIELDTRIP TO THE BARRANDIAN AREA (leader O. Fatka) – meeting at 8:00 a.m. in front of the building “STAVEBNÍ FAKULTA ČVÚT FAKULTA ARCHITEKTURY” – Thákurova 7 (Metro station line A “DEJVICKÁ”) 9.00–18.00 REGISTRATION – entrance hall of the building “STAVEBNÍ FAKULTA ČVÚT FAKULTA ARCHITEKTURY” – Thákurova 7, first floor 19.00 WELCOME PARTY – National Museum, Václavské nám., second floor, “Pantheon” (Metro station line C and A “MUZEUM”) THURSDAY, 7TH SEPT., 2006 “STAVEBNÍ FAKULTA ČVÚT FAKULTA ARCHITEKTURY” THÁKUROVA 7, SECOND FLOOR 8:30–10:40 OPENING SESSION (lecture room A) 8:30–8:35 Zlatko Kvaček – OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE 8:35–8:45 Margaret E. Collinson – ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT OF THE IOP 8:45–8:55 Thomas Litt – ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT OF THE IFSP 8:55–9:25 Thomas Litt – THE SPREAD OF A VIW CONIFER SPECIES THROUGHOUT EUROPE SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL PERIOD: A COMBINED APPROACH BASED ON POLLEN, MACROFOSSIL AND MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DATA 9:25–9:55 Jean Galtier – FERNS SEED PLANTS RELATIONSHIPS AND THE ORIGIN OF MEGAPHYLLS 9:55–10:25 David L. Dilcher – MAJOR EVENTS IN ANGIOSPERM EVOLUTION 10:25–10:40 Johanna H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert – DELIVERY OF THE W. H. JONGMANS AWARD 10:40–11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00–13:00 SESSIONS/SYMPOSIA IN THE SECTIONS Palaeozoic (lecture room B1) Symposium Outstanding challenges to understanding early land plant vegetation and evolution (convenors Dianne Edwards and Chris Berry) 11: 00 –11:40 Dianne Edwards and Chris Berry – EARLY LAND VEGETATION: CHALLENGES FOR PLANTS AND PEOPLE 11:40 –12: 00 Wilson A. Taylor – DETAILED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF SPORE TETRADS AND DYADS FROM THE CAMBRIAN OF NORTH AMERICA. 12:00–12:20 Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, Hans Kerp and Hagen Hass – MICROORGANISMS AND THE EARLY EVOLUTION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF VASCULAR PLANTS 12:20–12:40 Charles H. Wellman – THE ORIGIN AND DIVERSIFICATION(S) OF LAND PLANTS: INTEGRATING EVIDENCE FROM DIS- PERSED SPORE AND MEGAFOSSIL RECORDS THROUGH IN SITU SPORES 12:40–13:00 Alan Channing – ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF LOWER DEVONIAN RHYNIE CHERT PLANTS Mesozoic (lecture room B2) Symposium Reproductive structures of Cretaceous angiosperms (convenors Else Marie Friis