Palaeontology and Historical Geology

Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress
Volume 12

Contents:

An introduction to the symposia on ``Palaeontology and Historical Geology''
Jin Yu-Gan

A hierarchical framework of Permian global marine biogeography
T.A. Grunt and Shi Guangrong

Ammonoid palaeobiogeography of the South Kitakami Palaeoland and palaeogeography of eastern Asia during Permian to Triassic time
Masayuki Ehiro

Palaeobiogeographic evolution of Permian brachiopods
Jin Yu-Gan and Shang Qing-Hua

Notes on the historical biogeography of the Osteoglossomorpha (Teleostei)
Li Guoqing

Sequence of events around the K/T boundary at El Kef (NW Tunisia)
P. Donze, H. Méon, E. Robin, R. Rocchia, O. Ben Abdelkader, H. Ben Salem and A.-L. Maamouri

Comparative faunal content of Strunian (Devonian) between Etaoucun (Guilin, Guangxi, South China) and the stratotype area (Etroeungt, Avesnois, North of France)
B. Milhau, B. Mistiaen, D. Brice, J.M. Degardin, C. Derycke, Hou Hongfei, J.C. Rohart, D. Vachard and Wu Xiantao

Palynological study of the Devonian - Carboniferous boundary in the vicinity of the International Auxiliary Stratotype Section, Guilin, China
Yang Weiping and R. Neves

Shallow-marine benthic palaeoecology of the Late Pleistocene Paleo - Tokyo Bay: a moderately sheltered bay fringed with barrier islands
Yasuo Kondo, Takanobu Kamataki and Yasunori Masaki

Freshwater molluscan fauna of the Miocene-Pliocene Churia (Siwalik) Group of Nepal and their palaeoecological implication
D. Gurung, Katsumi Takayasu and Keiji Matsuoka

The significance of freshwater malacofauna of the Churia (Siwalik) Group in Nepal and the Himalayan upheaval
Katsumi Takayasu, D. Gurung and Keiji Matsuoka

The change of Late Cenozoic marine microfauna in the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan
Iwao Kobayashi, Tetsuro Ueda, Hideaki Nagamori, Tatsuya Sakumoto, Hideo Yabe, Makoto Miyawaki and Masakazu Hayashi

Palaeosynecological development of upper Anisian (Middle Triassic) communities from Qingyan, Guizhou Province, China - a preliminary summary
F. Stiller

Shell preservation of Pleistocene freshwater bivalvian mollusc from China
Iwao Kobayashi and Qingshan Yu

First discovery of Tertiary fishes (Teleostei) from Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China
Zhang Jiangyong

Ultra-microfossils in manganese stromatolites from the East Pacific Ocean
Bian Lizeng, Lin Chengyi, Zhang Fusheng, Du Dean, Chen Jianlin, Shen Huati and Han Xiqiu

1997; vi pages
ISBN 90-6764-257-6
Price: EUR 63/US$ 74