Mesozoic Fish News

September 2010

Fifth International Meeting on Mesozoic Fishes Global Diversity and Evolution Saltillo, México, July 29 to August 10, 2010 Meeting web site: Mesofishes V
	The meeting was a big success, and attended by a great group of dedicated and friendly people from almost all continents. Thanks to all who attended, and especially to the organizers and volunteers who made it possible!

February 2010
	Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts Edited by Joseph S. Nelson, Hans-Peter Schultze, and Mark V. H. Wilson Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, 480 pp (2010), ISBN 978-3-89937-107-9 This book, published in February 2010, includes the papers presented at the symposium in honor of Gloria Arratia that was held at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting in St. Louis, USA, in 2007. At that meeting of ASIH, Gloria was presented with the society's highest honor, the Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., Memorial Award, for outstanding lifetime contributions to systematic ichthyology and paleoichthyology. Order from the publisher.

November 2008

Mesozoic Fishes 4: Homology and Phylogeny Edited by Gloria Arratia, Hans-Peter Schultze, and Mark V. H. Wilson Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, 502 pp (2008). has now been published. It contains the papers presented at the Fourth Mesozoic Fishes Meeting held in Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, in 2005. Order from the publisher.
		Fishes and the Break-up of Pangaea in honour of Peter L. Forey Edited by Lionel Cavin, Alison Longbottom, and M. Richter Geological Society Special Publication No. 295, 384 pp., 2008. Details and ordering information are available here (pdf file).

References on Mesozoic Fishes of North America to accompany Wilson and Bruner, 2004. Mesozoic fish assemblages of North America; pp. 575-595 in G. Arratia and A. Tintori (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 3—Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munich, 649 pp. have been updated once again.

February 2008

	The Compleat Mesoangler Volume 12, issue 1, is now available in pdf format, here: (1.75MB) Click on the file-size link above to download the file. Please let me know (mark.wilson@ualberta.ca) if you have any trouble with this procedure.
References on Mesozoic Fishes of North America to accompany Wilson and Bruner, 2004. Mesozoic fish assemblages of North America; pp. 575-595 in G. Arratia and A. Tintori (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 3—Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munich, 649 pp. have been updated once again.

November 2006

Messel on Tour Touring Exhibition with Eocene Treasures from the German World Heritage Monument Messel Pit Available for Booking Now The Grube Messel fossil site joined the World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1995. It is an Eldorado for palaeontologists because its rich and highly diversified invertebrate and vertebrate fauna reflects a 47-million-year-old ecosystem right down to the smallest details. The mammals, especially, are world-famous because of their diversity and excellent preservation. The Hessisches Landesmsuseum houses the oldest and one of world's most important Messel collections and has been intensively engaged in field work, research, curation and public presentation for decades. In 2001, it acquired an excellent private collection which consists exclusively of aesthetically pleasing and very rare Messel fossils. The approval of monetary support for this acquisition was combined with the obligation to make it available to the general public. The 10th anniversary of the inclusion of the Messel Pit in the UNESCO World Heritage List is the occasion to fulfil this duty in the form of an exhibition that is able to travel the world. This exhibition will not only present the 2001 acquisitions, but all other important original specimens from the HLMD Messel collection. Among them is the unique, world famous anteater Eurotamandua joresi, the primeval tapir Hyrachyus minimus, and, of course, the famous primeval horses of the genus Propalaeotherium. It will be the most complete and spectacular assemblage of rare and famous Messel fossils that has ever been brought together and arranged as a touring exhibition ready for public display. The exhibition will be presented first at HLMD and other museums in Germany and presently is available for further bookings from autumn 2008. A pdf with more comprehensive information is available at http://www.hlmd.de/w3.php?nodeId=573 . You may also contact us at messel-on-tour@hlmd.de.

January 2006

The Compleat Mesoangler, Volume 11, issue 2, is now available in pdf format: here (308K) Click on the file-size link above to download the file. Please let me know (mark.wilson@ualberta.ca) if you have any trouble with this procedure.

References on Mesozoic Fishes of North America to accompany Wilson and Bruner, 2004. Mesozoic fish assemblages of North America; pp. 575-595 in G. Arratia and A. Tintori (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 3—Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munich, 649 pp. have been updated.

March 2005

February 2004

The Compleat Mesoangler, Volume 11, issue 1, is now available as two electronic versions in pdf format: A small file (544 KB) for screen viewing and a large file (2.3 MB) for printing in higher quality. Click on the file-size links above to download the file. Please let me know (mark.wilson@ualberta.ca) if you have any trouble with this procedure.

European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) Third Meeting, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany, July 18-23, 2005 First Circular February 2005; Second Circular April 2005 (pdf files)

Symposium in July 2006: Biomineralisation in Fish Bones and Teeth: from Microscopy to Design of Materials Organizers: Anne Kemp and Gilles Cuny If interested click here (rtf file)

November 2004

Mesozoic Fishes 3: Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity Edited by Gloria Arratia and Andrea Tintori Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, 703 pp (2004) has now been published. It contains the papers presented at the Third Mesozoic Fishes Meeting in Serpiano, Switzerland, in 2001. See more details or order from the publisher.

November 2004

April 2004 - Vol. 10 of The Compleat Mesoangler has been emailed or mailed to subscribers.
It is also available as two electronic versions in pdf format: A small file (400 KB) for screen viewing and a large file (1.5 MB) for printing in higher quality. Click on the file-size links above to download the file. Please let me know (mark.wilson@ualberta.ca) if you have any trouble with this procedure.
October 2003 - Vol. 9 of The Compleat Mesoangler is now being sent to subscribers.
It is also available as two electronic versions in pdf format: A small file (136 KB) for screen viewing and a large file (1.5 MB) for printing in higher quality. Click on the file-size links above to download the file. Please let me know (mark.wilson@ualberta.ca) if you have any trouble with this procedure.

January 2002 - Vol. 8 of The Compleat Mesoangler has been mailed to subscribers and is available here in PDF format
Please click on the image to the right to see the electronic version of TCM 8(1-2). Once you have the electronic version of the newsletter on your computer, you can save it to disk or print it to your own printer. Please let me know mark.wilson@ualberta.ca if you have any trouble with this procedure.

March 2001 - Experimentation with an electronic version of our newsletter, The Compleat Mesoangler, in PDF format.
To read this format you should have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system or the Acrobat Reader plugin installed in your browser. If you do, please click on the image to the right to see the electronic newsletter. Once you have the electronic version of the newsletter on your computer, you can save it to disk or print it to your own printer. Please let me know (mark.wilson@ualberta.ca) if you have any trouble with this procedure.

January 2001 - Mesofish Italy - Switzerland 2001

Third International Meeting on Mesozoic Fish
Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity

August 2001
Serpiano (Italy - Switzerland)


The Second Circular is now available.

The first circular is still at this link.

January 2001 - The Compleat Mesoangler, Vol. 7, No. 2 has been mailed to subscribers.
It contains an abbreviated version of the Second Circular for Mesozoic Fishes III Click on the image to see the newsletter in electronic format.

January 2001 - The 10th Early/Lower Vertebrates Meeting

May 2003
Brazil

More information is available here.
June 2000 - The Compleat Mesoangler, Vol. 7, No. 1, was mailed



August 1999 - Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography on sale

"Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography"

(edited by John Long, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, 369pp, softback)

is now available at a deeply discounted price!
See the list of contents here.

The regular retail price for this book is $45 US (=$60 Aus), but it is now offered for one third the price - $15 (plus another $5 for postage, packaging). To order, send an international money order made out to John Long equivalent to $28Aus. Sorry, no personal cheques can be accepted.

Dr John Long
Western Australian Museum
Francis St, Perth
Western Australia 6000
Phone: (08) 9427 2757 Fax: (08) 9427 2882
E-mail John Long <long@museum.wa.gov.au>

July 1999 - The Compleat Mesoangler, Vol. 6, No. 1, was mailed

It contains an important announcement about the timing and location of the next Mesozoic Fishes meeting.

December 1998 - The Compleat Mesoangler, Vol. 5, No. 2, was mailed

July 1998 - The Compleat Mesoangler, Vol. 5, No. 1, was mailed

March 1998 - Loss of Colin Patterson

Colin Patterson, 1933-1998

You have probably heard by now that the famous British vertebrate paleontologist Colin Patterson died recently, at the age of 64. Colin's early scientific contributions were in the area of Mesozoic fishes, but he also became widely respected as an authority on the systematics of extant fishes and for his work on principles of systematics.

Recent honours included a commemoration of his work in the volume "Interrelationships of Fishes" (edited by M. Stiassny, L. Parenti, & G. D. Johnson; Academic Press, 1996), and the Romer-Simpson medal, awarded by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 1997. His passing is a great loss.


January 1998 - The Compleat Mesoangler, Vol. 4, No. 2, was mailed


August 1997 - Translation section added to Mesozoic Fishes Home Page

Section begins with English translations of two Russian papers.


August 1997 - Symposium on Fish Paleontology

was held on August 24-30, 1997 in Trieste, Italy


August 1997 - Mesofish Germany 1997

The Second International Meeting on Mesozoic Fish

July 6-10, 1997
Buckow, Germany

The meeting was a big success, held in the pleasant surroundings of Buckow and attended by researchers from many countries.

Proceedings of the meeting will be published as a book, edited by Dr. Gloria Arratia and Dr. H.-P. Schultze, and published by Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München


May 1997 - The Compleat Mesoangler, Vol. 4, No. 1, was mailed


February 1997 - Paleoichthyology Handbook Back Issues on sale

Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil has acquired back issues of the Handbook of Paleoichthyology and is selling them at a deep discount. Details are here.


November 1996 - The Compleat Mesoangler Vol. 3 No. 2 has been mailed



September 1996 - Eichstatt symposium volume has been published

June 1996 - Gloria Arratia successfully defended her doctoral thesis at Uppsala University Congratulations!
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