ANCIENT LIFE AND MODERN APPROACHES-IPC2006 JUNE 17

FOREWORD
PREFACE
PLENARY SESSION
SPECIAL SESSIONS
S1.Palaeoembryology and developmental biology in Earth history
S2.Geo-biodiversity:taxa,morphology and ecology
S3.The EARTHTIME project
S4.Evo-devo,palaeontology and evolution
S5.Fossil microbial communities and their geological processes
S6.Past and present global changes and biotic saltations
GENERAL SESSIONS
G1.Palaeobotany
G2.Microflora
G3.Invertebrate palaeontology
G4.Vertebrate palaeontology
G5.Fossil lagarstatten
G6.Trace fossil and ichnofacies
G7.Palaeoecology,palaeobiogeography,palaeogeography and palaeoclimate
G8.Reef evolution
G9.Comuter analysis of fossil data and morphometrics
G10.Impact stratigraphy,chemostratigraphy
G11.High resolution biostratigraphy
G12.Integrative stratigraphy
G13.Palaeoanthroplogy
G14.Micropalaeontology
TOPICAL SYMPOSIA
T1.earliest evidence of life on earth
T2.Neoprterozoic palaeobiology and geobiology
T3.Cambrian radiations and extinctions
T4.Ordovician World:temporal and spatial changes in physical and bioticenvironments
T5.Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography,palaeogeography and climate
T6.Early vascular plant diversity and environmental interactions
T7.Devonian land-sea interaction:evolution of ecosystems and climate
T8.Late Palaeozoic:the end-Permian extinction following a 100 m.y.long stability
T9.Triassic marine vertebrates and ecosystem:evolution,migration interaction with invertebrate and palaeoenvironmental-palaeo geographic changes
T10.Life and environment of Triassic Time
T11.Triassic-Jurassic boundary events
T12.Marine and non-marine Jurassic:biodiversity and ecosystem
T13.Reconstructing the Lower Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem-evidence from the Jehol Biota in China and its lateral equivalents in other areas
T14.Dawn of the Danian
T15.Neogene climatic and biotic changes in Eastern Eurasia
T16.Mammals:Phylogeny,divergence and biogeography
T17.The evolutionary history of vent,seep and other chemosynthetic ecosystems
T18.Ancient molecules and isotope signals:methodology and application
T19.Black smokers and cold seep faunas
T20.Evolution of the pelagic realm
T21.Stratigraphy of orogeny belts
T22.Workshop on palaeontological education in universities and museums in the 21 Century
T23.Workshop on Palaeontological Parks-the world-wide conservation of outstanding fossil sites
T24.Sharing information sources of palaeontology and stratigraphy
T25.The past,present,and future of palaeontology in China
T26.Cretaceous biota and K/T boundary in the Heilongjiang River area and its adjacent regions
OTHER ABSTRACTS
AUTHOR INDEX