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Scientific programmes for Heidelberg meetings




The 18th IAS Regional European Meeting on Sedimentology, 2-4 September 1997,
will include several sessions of interest to palaeontologists. Below follow
the scientific programmes of sessions 17 and 18. For programmes of other
sessions, please refer to the Web page of the IAS Meeting at 

http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/fak15/geol/dc8/Sessions/Programm.html


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Session 17: Regional Meeting of IGCP Project 381 "South Atlantic Mesozoic
Correlations"


TALKS (order of presentation), Tuesday, 2 September 1997

P. Bengtson & E.A.M. Koutsoukos: Opening statement

Ibrahim, M.I.A., Aboul Ela, N.M. & Kholeif, S.: Paleoecology, palynofacies,
thermal maturation and hydrocarbon source-rock potential of the
Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous sequence in the subsurface of the north Eastern
Desert, Egypt

Olivero, E.B.: Jurassic-Paleogene stratigraphy and basin evolution of the
eastern Andes of Tierra del Fuego

Hathway, B., Duane, A.M., Kelley, S.P. & Cantrill, D.J.: 40Ar/39Ar
geochronology and palynology of the Lower Cretaceous Cerro Negro Formation,
western South Shetland Islands: a key succession for nonmarine, Antarctic
Mesozoic biostratigraphy

Braccini, E., Denison, C.N., Scheevel, J.R., Jeronimo, P., Orsolini, P. &
Barletta, V.: Chrono-lithostratigraphic framework for the Pre-Salt (Early
Cretaceous) in Cabinda, Angola

Pletsch, T., Wagner, T., Holbourn, A., Kuhnt, W., Erbacher, J. & Moullade,
M.: Sedimentary dynamics along an opening oceanic gateway: the Cretaceous
Equatorial Atlantic (ODP Leg 159)

Koutsoukos, E.A.M. & Bengtson, P.: Biostratigraphic constraints for
correlation of the upper Aptian-Albian succession of north-eastern Brazil

Dias-Brito, D. & Ferré, B.: Albian roveacrinids (stemless crinoids) in
fine-grained carbonates from the Santos Basin in southeastern Brazil,
western South Atlantic

Ferré, B. & Granier, B.: The Albian stemless microcrinoids (Roveacrinidae,
Crinoida) of the Congo Basin, Angola

Bengtson, S.: Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Sergipe Basin, Brazil

Ferré, B. & Bengtson, P.: An articulated roveacrinid from the Turonian of
the Sergipe Basin, Brazil

Gayet, M., Meunier, F.J. & Werner, C.: Maastrichtian Polypteriformes of
South America and their African affinities

Crame, J.A.: The Maastrichtian Stage in Antarctica


POSTERS (alphabetical order)

Fauth, G., Koutsoukos, E.A.M. & Bengtson, P.: Uppermost Maastrichtian
Ostracoda from the Poty Quarry section, Pernambuco-Paraíba Basin,
northeastern Brazil

Ferré, B., Walter, S. & Bengtson, P.: The role of roveacrinids in study of
the mid-Cretaceous of the Sergipe Basin, north-eastern Brazil

Garcia, A.J.V., da Rosa, A.A.S. & Goldberg, K.: Paleoenvironmental and
paleoclimatic controls on early diagenetic processes and the fossil record
in continental Cretaceous sandstones of Brazil

Martinioni, D.R.: Cretaceous-Paleogene surface stratigraphy of the Austral
Basin in the southernmost Andes: new evidences from central Tierra del
Fuego, Argentina

PDVSA et al.: Distribution of Cretaceous planktonic foraminifers in
Venezuela: preliminary results

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Session 18: Second European Meeting on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of
South America


TALKS (order of presentation), Wednesday, 3 September 1997

P. Bengtson & H. Bahlburg: Opening statement

Gayet, M.: Various problems posed by the discovery of fossil vertebrates in
South America: a review (keynote speaker)


Palaeozoic: Chairman: H. Bahlburg

da Rosa, A.A.S., Paim, P.S.G., Chemale Jr., F., Girardi, R.V. & Zucatti da
Rosa, A.L.: The  state-of-art  of the Cambrian Itajaí Basin (southern Brazil).

Müller, J., Egenhoff, S., Maletz, J., Erdtmann, B.D. & Jacobshagen, V.: The
Ordovician basin in the eastern Cordillera of southern Bolivia: a first
attempt of reconstructing its geometry

Moya, M.C.: The Upper Tremadoc and the Upper Arenig: two critical times in
the evolution of the Ordovician basin in the north of Argentina (invited
speaker)

Lehnert, O.T.H., Bergström, S.M. & Vaccari, N.E.: Arenig conodonts from the
Famatina Range, northwestern Argentina: faunal affinities and
paleogeographic implications

Bassett, M.G.: Facies in the Silurian plant-bearing succession of Angosto de
Jarcas, southern Bolivia

Edwards, D.: Progress in Siluro-Devonian palaeobotany in South America

Pazos, P.J.: Facies and ichnocoenoses in glacial-postglacial deposits (Late
Carboniferous), Paganzo Basin, eastern Precordillera, Argentina



Mesozoic and Cenozoic: Chairman: P. Bengtson

Riccardi, A.C., Iglesia Llanos, M.P. & Vizan, H.: Bio- and
magnetostratigraphy of the Pliensbachian-Toarcian (Jurassic) of Neuquén
Basin, Argentina (invited speaker)

Barragan, R.: Stratigraphic and sedimentological significance of the Aptian
(Lower Cretaceous) transgressive event in northeast Mexico

Jaillard, E.: A sedimentary model for the Cretaceous Oriente Basin of Ecuador

Dhondt, A.V. & Jaillard, E.: Cretaceous bivalves from Ecuador and northern Peru

Luther, A.: Euscalpellum antarcticum - cirripede or coelenterate?

Hungerbuehler, D., Steinmann, M., Peterson, D. & Winkler, W.: Basin
development and ostracode paleontology in a coastal plain environment
(Miocene, southern Ecuador) - evidence for young uplift of the Andes

Torra, R.: Genesis and age of the Ituzaingó Formation sands, northeastern
Argentina: a preliminary note



POSTERS (alphabetical order)

Aguilera-Franco, N., Allison, P.A. & MacLeod, N.: Biostratigraphy around the
Cenomanian-Turonian boundary, southern Mexico

Bengtson, P. & Jaillard, E.: Stratigraphic revision of the Upper Cretaceous
of the Peruvian-Ecuadorian border region: preliminary data and tectonic
interpretations

Gayet, M., Marshall, L.G., Sempéré, T., Cappetta, H. & Rage, J.-C.:
Paleoecology and biostratigraphy of the vertebrate fauna of Pajcha Pata
(middle Maastrichtian), Bolivia, with comments on the El Molino Basin

Grajales-Nishimura, J.M., Cedillo-Pardo, E., Sánchez-Ríos, M.A.,
Padilla-Avila, P., Morán-Zenteno, D. & Rosales-Dominguez, M.C.: Stratigraphy
of carbonate Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sections from southeastern Mexico

Lehnert, O.T.H. & Keller, M.: Latest Cambrian to Early Ordovician conodont
biostratigraphy and sea-level changes in the Argentine Precordillera

Moya, M.C.: The Irúya unconformity in the Andes of northwestern Argentina:
evidence of glaciation during the late Upper Cambrian?

Rohn, R.: The Upper Permian of the Paraná Basin, Brazil: a new stratigraphic
approach

Wood, G.D. & Miller, M.A.: The stratigraphic and paleoecologic importance of
acritarchs, chitinozoans and spores from the Silurian Vargas Peña Shale,
Paraguay

Wood, G.D., Wahlman, G.P., Groves, J.R. & Brenckle, P.L.: Palynomorphs,
smaller foraminifers, fusulinaceans and associated calcareous microfossils
from the Copacabana Formation (Pennsylvanian-Lower Permian), Peru

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Prof.Dr. Peter Bengtson
Geologisch-Palaeontologisches Institut
Im Neuenheimer Feld 234
D-69120 Heidelberg
Germany

Tel.: +49 6221 548293
Fax.: +49 6221 548640 (direct), 545503 (department)
E-mail: Peter.Bengtson@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
WWW site: www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/fak15/geol/dc8/pal/paleo.html
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