2013 ANNUAL REPORT OF SPANISH WORKING GROUP IGCP-596 “CLIMATIC CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS IN THE MID-PALAEOZOIC (EARLY
DEVONIAN TO LATE CARBONIFEROUS)” Spanish Leader: Prof. Dr. José Ignacio VALENZUELA-RIOS Secretary: Jau-Chyn LIAO
Abstract
The Spanish Working Group (SWG) has participated in three international meetings: 1) the Morocco joint SDS-IGCP 596 symposium with two talks and one poster; 2) the ICOS meeting in Mendoza (Argentina), with four talks (one of them as key note) and two posters. All these presentations were related to the IGCP-596; and 3) the GSA meeting in Denver, Colorado with three contributions in connection with the IGCP-596 goals, (two talks and one poster). The SWG has offered scientific support and field guidance for the celebration of the XXIX Annual Meeting of the Spanish Paleontological, where a monographic IGCP-596 Symposium has been organised and a field trip guided. This meeting took place in Córdoba, and besides the technical sessions (15 contributions -13 oral and two posters) the special symposium was dedicated “In Memoriam” to Mena Schemm-Gregory; the opening talk was a lovely homenage to her life. On this occasion, the SWG celebrated its annual meeting. The Secretary (J.-C. Liao), the Leader (J.I. Valenzuela-Ríos) and one of the members of the SWG (Sergio Rodríguez García) were involved in the organisation of the Spanish Paleontological Meeting, in one of the field trips and in the editorial work that leaded to the publication of a special Conference Volume. The SWG has also taken part in the XI Meeting of Young Palaeontologists of Spain, hold in Atarfe (Granada), with a Conference addressed to the young Master and Ph. D. students on IGCP matters (José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos).
During this year the SWG has published 14 scientific papers, 16 Proceedings, 13 abstracts, edited a Field guide, participated in the edition of one book and co-organised a major Conference and symposium.
Partial support for attending and organising the different activities outlined above has been obtained by the Spanish IGCP National Committee, the International IGCP-596, and mainly by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO), Grant CGL2011-24775.
Next year the SWG will organise a Special Symposium in connection with the XXX Annual Meeting of the Spanish Paleontological Society that will take place in Teruel Besides, it is the intention to participate, at least, in the Joint SDS-IGCP 596 to be held in Mendoza (Argentina) and to attend the Mongolia fieldwork and IGCP-596 meeting. Finally, four more researchers (three females, one male) have joint the SWG this year. List of Publications:
Coronado, I., Pérez-Huerta, A. & Rodríguez, S. (2013) Primary biogenic skeletal structures in Multithecopora (Tabulate,Upper Carboniferous): Paleoenvironmental implications for Paleozoic corals. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 386: 286-299.
Cózar, P., Medina-Varea, P., Somerville, I.D., Vachard, D., Rodríguez, S. & Said, I. (2013) Foraminifers and conodonts from the late Viséan to early Bashkirian succession in the Saharan Tindouf Basin (southern Morocco): biostratigraphic refinements and implications for correlations in the western Palaeotethys. Geological Journal, DOI: 10.1002/gj.2519.
Ernst, A. & Rodríguez, S. (2013) Stenolemate bryozoan fauna from the Mississippian of Guadiato Area, Southwestern Spain. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 28 (2):175-194. Gouwy, S.; Liao, J.-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Eifelian (Middle Devonian) to Lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) conodont biostratigraphy in the Villech section (Spanish Central Pyrenees). Bulletin of Geosciences, 88 (2): 315-338. DOI: 10.3140/ bull.geosci.1348.
Liao, J.-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): The Middle and Upper Devonian conodont sequence from la Guardia d’Àres sections (Spanish Central Pyrenees). Bulletin of Geosciences, 88 (2).339-368. DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1348
Rodríguez, S., Somerville, I.D., Said, I. & Cózar, P. (2013) An upper Viséan (Asbian-Brigantian) and Serpukhovian coral succession at Djebel Ouarkziz (Northern Tindouf Basin, Southern Morocco). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 119(1): 3-17. Rodríguez, S., Somerville, I.D., Said, I. & Cózar, P. (2013) Rugose corals from a Carboniferous biostrome in the Tindouf Basin, S. Morocco. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 28(2): 255-284.
Rodríguez, S., Wagner, R.H., Álvarez-Vázquez, C. , Cózar, P. & Coronado, I. (2013) El Carbonífero del Alto Guadiato. XXIX Jornadas Sociedad Española de Paleontología. Guía de excursiones, 38-62.
Rodríguez-Cañero, C. & Martín-Algarra, A. (2013): Frasnian/Famennian crisis in the Malaguide Complex (Betic Cordillera, Spain): stratigraphic discontinuites and a new pebbly mudstone horizon with shallow marine carbonate clasts and conodonts. Paleogeographic significance. Terra Nova, 0: 1-17. doi:10.1111/ter.12068.
Rodríguez-Cañero, R., Navas-Parejo, P., Somma, R., Martín-Algarra, A. & Perrone, V. (2013): First finding of upper Silurian and Lower Devonian conodonts from the Peloritarini Mountains (NE Sicily, southern Italy). Bolletino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 52 (2): 113-121.
Said, I, Somerville, I.D., Rodríguez, S. & Cózar, P. (2013) Mississippian coral assemblages from the Khenifra area, Central Morocco: Biostratigraphy, biofacies, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. Gondwana Research, 13 (1): 367-379.
Sánchez de Posada, L. C. (2013): El Carbonífero de la Zona Cantábrica: sucesión estratigráfica y registro paleontológico. Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 23-40. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Somma, R., Navas-Parejo, P., Martín-Algarra, A., Rodríguez-Cañero, R., Perrone, V. & Martínez-Pérez, C. (2013): Paleozoic Stratigraphy of the Longi-Taormina Unit (Peloritarini Mountains, southern Italy). Stratigraphy 10 (3): 127-152.
Somerville, I. D., Cózar, P., Said, I., Vachard, D., Medina-Varea, P. & Rodríguez, S. (2013) Palaeobiogeographical constraints on the distribution of foraminifers and rugose corals in the Carboniferous Tindouf Basin, South Morocco. Journal of Paleogeography 2(1): 1-18.
Books
2013: Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.). ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Proceedings and Book-Chapters
Blanco Ferrara, S. & Sanz López, J. (2013): Evolución temprana de las especies de Idiognathodontidae (conodontos) en torno al límite Misisípico/Pensilvánico. Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 197-198. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Fernández-Martínez, E.; Fernández, L.P.; Vera de la Puente, C. & Ernst, A. (2013): Primera aproximación al estudio de los montículos de fango del Devónico Inferior (Lochkoviense-Praguiense) de la Formación Lebanza (Zona Cantábrica). Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 199-200. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Ferrón, H. & Botella, H. (2013): Análisis de los patrones de escamación en telodontos e inferencias sobre su modo de vida. Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 201-202. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Ferrón, H., Martínez-Pérez, C. & Botella, H. (2013): Estudio de los patrones de escamación y el modo de vida de tiburones actuales para inferencias paleoecológicas en taxones fósiles. Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 203-204. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
González Parra C. & Villa Otero, E. (2013): Formaciones Escalada y Fito (Unidad del Ponga, Zona Cantábrica): Contenido en fusulinas y correlación: Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 223-224. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Liao, J.-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Conodontos, microfacies y biofacies del Givetiense de Renanué (Deónico Medio, Pirineos Aragoneses). In Libro de Resúmenes
de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 205-206. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Martínez Chacón M.L. & Winkler Prins, C.F. (2013): Kozlowskia (Productidina, Brachiopoda) del Bashkiriense superior/Moscoviense inferior (Carbonífero), Cordillera Cantábrica (N de España). In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 207-208. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Martínez-Pérez, C. & Donoghue, P.C.J.(2013): Aplicación del Synchrotron X-Ray tomographic microscopy al estudio funcional de los elementos conodontales. In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 209-210. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Martínez-Pérez, C. & de Esteban Trivigno, S. (2013): Patrones de integración morfológica en el género Polygnathus (Conodonta). In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 211-212. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Martínez-Pérez, C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Polygnátidos del Emsiense en los Pirineos Centrales Españoles y su importancia para la comprensión de la evolución temprana del grupo. In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 213-214. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Pardo Alonso, M.V. (2013): Cirtospiriféridos del Devónico de la Zona Centroibérica meridional. In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 215-216. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Rodríguez, S. & Kopaska-Merkel (2013) Corales del Misisípico de Alabama. In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 217-218. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Sanz López, J. & Blanco Ferrara, S. (2013): Revisión del criterio de correlación mediante conodontos para el límite Misisípico/Pensilvánico. Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 219-220. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Valenzuela-Ríos, J.I. (2013): El Programa Internacional de Geociencias (PICG) en España y la contribución de los jóvenes científicos a la mejora de la sociedad mediante la cooperación multidisciplinar e intergeneracional auspiciada por la UNESCO y la IUGCS. In: Trending topics in Paleontology (Navas-Parejo, P., Martínez-Pérez, C. & Pla-Pueyo, S. eds.). p. 20-21. Atarfe, Granada.
Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. & Murphy, M. A. (2013): Correlación de las secuencias de conodontos del Lochkoviense (Devónico Inferior) de Nevada (USA) y de los Pirineos
Centrales Españoles. In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 221. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I.; Slavík, L.; Calvo, H.; Hušková, A.; Liao, J-C. & Koptíková, L. (2013): Conodontos del Lochkoviense (Devónico Inferior) en los Pirineos Centrales Españoles y su correlación con l as secuencias de Bohemia (República Checa). In Libro de Resúmenes de las XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología y Simposio del Proyecto PICG 596 (Álvarez-Vázquez, C & López-Rodríguez, I, eds.): 222. ISBN: 978-84-938181-2-8.
Abstracts
Gouwy, S.; Liao, J-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Graphic correlation of the upper Eifelian to Lower Frasnian (Middle-Upper Devonian) conodont sequences in the Spanish Central Pyrenees. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 45( 7): 836
Gouwy, S.; Liao, J-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Conodont-based Graphic correlation of the upper Eifelian to Lower Frasnian (Middle-Upper Devonian) sections in the Spanish Central Pyrenees. Conodonts from the Andes : Proceedings of the 3rd International Conodont Symposium and Regional Field Meeting of the IGCP project 591. In: Albanesi, G.L. & Ortega, G. (eds.). Publicación Especial Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 13: 141.
Liao, J-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Revisiting Renanué, a never-ending Givetian history in the core of the Aragonian Pyrenees (Middle Devonian, Spain). Conodonts from the Andes : Proceedings of the 3rd International Conodont Symposium and Regional Field Meeting of the IGCP project 591. In: Albanesi, G.L. & Ortega, G. (eds.). Publicación Especial Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 13: 144.
Liao, J-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Eifelian (Middle Devonian) to Middle Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Global correlations using conodonts: contributions from the Spanish Central Pyrenees. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 45( 7): 528.
Liao, J-C. & Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): The Givetian Conodont subdivision in the Spanish Central Pyrenees and its global correlation. Document de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, 26: 78-79.
Slavík, L.; Valenzuela‐Ríos, J. I.; Husková, A.; Calvo, H.; Liao, J-C. & Koptíková, L. (2013): Hi-res correlation and dating of Mid-Palaeozoic sedimentary sequences of Peri-Gondwana using integrated biostratigraphy and chemo-physical methods- an insight to the Lochkovian. In Bak, M., Kowal-Kasprzyk, J., Waśkowska, A. & Kaminski, M.A. (eds): 14th Czech-Slovak-Polish Paleontological Conference and 9th Micropaleontological Workshop, Abstract Volume. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 19: 52-53.
Valenzuela-Ríos, J. I. (2013): Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) conodont biotic Events and Global correlations. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
45( 7): 528
Valenzuela‐Ríos, J. I. & Calvo, H. (2013): Conodonts around middle/upper Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) from the section Segre 4 in the Central Spanish Pyrenees. Document de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, 26: 125-126.
Valenzuela‐Ríos, J. I. & Calvo, H. (2013): The composite conodont sequence from the Segre sections (Spanish Central Pyrenees) and its relevante for the Lochkovian Global standardization (Lower Devonian). Conodonts from the Andes : Proceedings of the 3rd International Conodont Symposium and Regional Field Meeting of the IGCP project 591. In: Albanesi, G.L. & Ortega, G. (eds.). Publicación Especial Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 13: 151.
Valenzuela‐Ríos, J. I. & Liao, J-C. (2013): The conodont power: why geologists are afraid of these tiny beasts . An example from the Spanish Central Pyrenees. Conodonts from the Andes : Proceedings of the 3rd International Conodont Symposium and Regional Field Meeting of the IGCP project 591. In: Albanesi, G.L. & Ortega, G. (eds.). Publicación Especial Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 13: 150.
Valenzuela‐Ríos, J. I. & Martínez-Pérez, C. (2013): Contribution to understanding the early evolution of polygnathids (Aragonian Pyrenees, Spain). Conodonts from the Andes : Proceedings of the 3rd International Conodont Symposium and Regional Field Meeting of the IGCP project 591. In: Albanesi, G.L. & Ortega, G. (eds.). Publicación Especial Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 13: 151.
Valenzuela‐Ríos, J. I.; Slavík, L.; Calvo, H.; Husková, A.; Liao, J-C. & Koptíková, L. (2013): What conodonts can tell about the Spanish-Czech connection during Lochkovian times. Conodonts from the Andes : Proceedings of the 3rd International Conodont Symposium and Regional Field Meeting of the IGCP project 591. In: Albanesi, G.L. & Ortega, G. (eds.). Publicación Especial Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 13: 152.
Valenzuela‐Ríos, J. I.; Slavík, L.; Calvo, H.; Husková, A.; Liao, J-C. & Koptíková, L. (2013): Correlation of the middle Lochkovian (Lower Devonian) conodont successions in peri-Gondwana key localities. Document de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, 26: 123-124.
Organization of meetings:
Organizing Committee of the XXIX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología Main theme: Paleozoic Paleontology. Name of the SWG organizer member: Sergio Rodríguez García.
The Spanish Working Group (SWG) has also organised a Special IGCP Symposium within the frame of the XXIX Spanish Palaeontological Meeting. Within the Symposium 15 works were presented (see above) and they were published in the special book (attached as pdf) of the Meeting. Besides, the SWG has also organised a field trip to the Carboniferous of the Guadiato Area.
Name of field trip Leader: Sergio Rodríguez García
Date and location: Córdoba, Spain, (2-6 October 2013)., Spain. Number of participants: 97 participants of 6 countries.
Funding: IGCP-National Spanish Committee; CGL2011-24775 Spanish Grant from MINECO.
Besides, the SWG held its annual business meeting and a commitment to organise a new symposium next year was fully supported by all participants. Consequently, the next year, the SWG will organise a special symposium within the XXX Annual Meeting of the Spanish Paleontological Society to be held in Teruel.
Other IGCP-related activities
Post-Graduate Training: Conodont laboratory and fieldwork basic techniques. General Devonian Biostratigraphy and Chronostratigraphy. April 2013; University of Valencia. Organiser: José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos. Student: Ph. D. student Lu Jianfeng, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences
Granted Projects related to the IGCP
Lower Devonian Global Events of Spain and its worldwide correlation. CGL2011-24775. Main Researcher: José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos. Grant Agency: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Duration 3 years (2012-2014).
Hi-Res correlation and dating of Mid-Palaeozoic sedimentary sequences of Peri-Gondwana using integrated biostratigraphy and chemo-physical methods. M100131201. Main Researchers: Ladislav Slavík & José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos Financial Source: Czech Academy of Sciences. Czech Republic. Duration July 2012-June 2015
List of participants.
This is an open list; therefore, below are only the persons who have contacted me and confirmed they wanted to be included in the SWG-IGCP-596. This year four more persons (highlighted) has joint the group. Unfortunately, one young, very active person, Mena Schemm-Gregory, untimely leaved us last July.
Silvia Blanco Ferrera; Assistant Professor, University of Oviedo Héctor Botella Sevilla; Professor, University of Valencia Helena Calvo Sanchis, Master student, University of Valencia Pilar Clariana García, Ph. D student; Geological Survey of Spain. Ismael Coronado; Ph. D. student, University Complutense of Madrid. Esperanza Fernández Martínez; Professor, University of León Jenaro García-Alcalde, Professor, University of Oviedo Susana García-López; Professor, University of Oviedo
Cristina González Parra; Master Student, University of Oviedo
Jau-Chyn Liao; Ph. D. student; University of Valencia and University Complutense of Madrid.
Esther Manzanares Úbeda; Ph. D. student; University of Valencia. Agustín Martín-Algarra; Professor, University of Granada. María Luisa Martínez Chacón; Professor, University of Oviedo.
Carlos Martínez-Pérez; Post-doctoral student at Bristol; University of Valencia. Isabel Méndez Bedia; Professor, University of Oviedo.
Andreas Mey; Researcher; University of San Luis, Madrid Pilar Navas-Parejo; University of Granada. Just finished her Ph. D. Miguel Pardo Alonso; Professor, University of Valencia
Rosario Rodriguez-Cañero, Retired (but active) Researcher, Málaga Sergio Rodriguez García; Professor, University Complutense of Madrid). Luis Carlos Sánchez de Posada; Professor, University of Oviedo. Javier Sanz López; Assistant Professor, University of Oviedo
†Mena Schemm-Gregory; Post-doctoral student; University of Coimbra (Portugal) Montserrat Truyols-Massoni, Professor, University of Oviedo
José Ignacio Valenzuela-Ríos; Professor, University of Valencia. Elisa Villa Otero; Professor, University of Oviedo
Currently we are 25 members (14 females and 11 males; 2 Post-docs; 5 Ph. D. students and 1 Master Student).
Photos captions:
Photo 1: Participants in the SWG- IGCP-596 post-conference field-trip to the Devonian and Carboniferous of the Guadiato area. Spain
Photo 2: The Secretary of the SWG, Teresa, at the GSA meeting poster session with Gil Klapper (right) and Bill Kirschgasser (middle). Denver, Colorado, USA.
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