Meeting Society Paleontology. .p58A.

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Vertebrate

David L. Dineley and Sarah J. Metcalf1999.

Fossil Fishes of Great Britain

Geological Conservation Review Series no. 16. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 675pp. Great Britain.
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I.U.G.S.

Mike Murphy & Amos Salvador eds International Stratigraphic Guide
An Abridged Version
Episodes vol. 22, no. 4, Dec. 1999 US$5.00 incl. P & P. Prepayment required. Major credit cards accepted.

order from
Episodes, PO Box 823, 26 Baiwangzhuang Road
100037 Beijing
China
episodes@public2.bta.net.cn

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Recent theses
Bertrand B. 1998. Microfossiles phosphatés du Paléozoïque de la Zone Sud-Portugaise: microrestes de Vertébrés du Dévonien supérieur et Conodontes du Carbonifère inférieur.- Mém. Maîtrise Sci. Terre, U.S.T.L., 22 Juin 1998: 27 p., 9 fig., 1 pl. [ronéotypé].

Duncan, Mags 1999. Irish Lower
Carboniferous microvertebrates. Unpublished Ph.D., Dept of Geology, Trinity College. Dublin.
Contact:magsduncan@eircom.net

Trinajstic, Kate 1999. Microvertebrate biostratigraphy of the Gneudna Formation, Upper Devonian, southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Unpublished Ph.D. University of Western Australia Nedlands.

Blom, Henning 2000. Siluro-Devonian vertebrates from the Northern Hemisphere. Uppsala University Dept of Earth Sciences Historical Geology & Palaeontology, Doctoral dissertation.

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INTERNET NEWS

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Paleozoic Microvertebrates and Mesozoic Fish Home Pages
Who We Are, UNESCO IGCP projects, Links, Meetings, Field Work, Publications, Membership, and Find Out More.
[NB. -Send interesting photos to Mark for inclusion on the Web - ed.]

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Boucot.A.J, Lawson.J.D, (eds) 1999. Paleocommunities: A case study from the
Silurian and Lower Devonian.
Cambridge University Press, 895pp.

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AND PAPERS OF NOTE

John E.A. Marshall, T.R Astin & Jenny A. Clack 1999. East Greenland tetrapods are Devonian in age. Geology 27, 7, 637-640.

Spore data confirms Famennian date for Acanthostega, Ichthyostegaetc. contra Hartz et al. 1997.

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Important for phosphtic microfossils Jeppsson L. & Anehus R. 1999. A new technique to separate conodont elements from heavier minerals. Alcheringa23, 57-62.

Papers of interest:
Gale J.W., Gall L.E., Hlavin W.J. 1998.
Preparation techniques of a complete
specimen of the Famennian Arthrodire
Dunkleosteus Terrellifrom the Cleveland
Shale. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Abstract Papers, 58^thAnnual Meeting
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. p44A. Lamm E.T. 1998. New methods for the
preparation and systematic organization of
histological sections. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Abstract Papers, 58^thAnnual

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MEETINGS

60^thAnn. SVP, Mexico City, Oct. 25-28th 2000
with trips to Mesozoic localities including the Mexican Solenhofen and associated symposia including Palaeontology of Lower Vertebrates in the 20^thCentury: National and International run by Shelton

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