Number 31 January 1998 Newsletter of the Subcommission on ...

Permian Chronostratigraphic Subdivisions.
Brian F. Glenister and Bruce R. Wardlaw ................................................................................................. 35
Permian Ammonoid Perrinites Fauna Associated with Fusulinids Misellina in Thailand.
Zuren Zhou and Malai Liengjarern ........................................................................................................... 36
IGCP Project Annual Report Project no. 359........................................................................................... 37
Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian Stratigraphic Studies: Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Ural Mountains, Russia and
Kazakhstan. Summary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1997 Field Season: Permian Research Institute, Boise, Idaho, USA and
VSEGEI, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dale A. Kerner, Vladimir I. Davydov and Kyle Graff ................................................................................... 39
Report on <strong>the</strong> Activities and State <strong>of</strong> Art <strong>of</strong> “Working Group 5” <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> SPS.
V. R. Lozovsky and J.W. Schneider ......................................................................................................... 40
Report from <strong>the</strong> International Fish Microvertebrate Group.
Susan Turner ............................................................................................................................................. 41
International Field Conference on: The continental Permian <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Alps and Sardinia (Italy).
Regional reports and general correlations........................................................................................... 41
International Conference on Pangea and <strong>the</strong> Paleozoic-Mesozoic Transition (First Circular) ......................... 42
International Symposium: Upper Permian Stratotypes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Volga Region ............................................ 42
The Strzelecki International Symposium on <strong>the</strong> Permian <strong>of</strong> Eastern Tehys: Biostratigraphy, Palaeography
and Resources, Recently held at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; 30 November - 3 December
1997.
G. R. Shi ................................................................................................................................................... 44
PaleoForams ’97 Conference Report
Charles A. Ross and June R. P. Ross ........................................................................................................... 45
Permian Research ....................................................................................................................................... 47
Cover Photos
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Permian/Triassic boundary, Section D, Meishan, Changhxing County, Zhejiang Province, China, recommended as GSSP for <strong>the</strong> base <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Triassic
System (Yin, H., Sweet, W. C., Glenister, B. F., Kotlyar, G., Kozur, H., Newell, N. D., Sheng, Z. Y., and Zakharov, Y. D., 1996, Newsl. Stratigr. 34(2),
81-108). Three geologists, high on <strong>the</strong> quarry face near <strong>the</strong> center <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> picture, are collecting <strong>the</strong> P/T boundary interval.
center, right:
Details <strong>of</strong> P/T interval, Section D. The base <strong>of</strong> Bed 27c, 8 cm above <strong>the</strong> base <strong>of</strong> Bed 27, marks <strong>the</strong> first occurrence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conodont Hindeodus
parvus, chosen arbitrarily within an evolutionary continuum for boundary definition. Beds 25 and 26 are <strong>the</strong> “White clay” and “Black clay”,
respectively; Bed 27, 16 cm thick, is limestone; Bed 28 (number not visible in photograph) is illite-montmorillonite clay; and Bed 29 is a 26 cm
thick argillaceous calcimicrite containing ophiceratid ammonoids.
bottom:
Peng Lai Tan section, proposed stratotype for <strong>the</strong> Guadalupian-Lopingian boundary several kilometers down river from Laibin on <strong>the</strong> Red
River; showing location <strong>of</strong> boundary contact based on <strong>the</strong> first appearance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conodont Clarkina postbitteri.
center, left:
Close-up <strong>of</strong> Guadalupian-Lopingian (G and L, respectively) boundary exposed at Tieqiao reference section along <strong>the</strong> Red River, Laibin, China.
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