Organizers
and objectives
The
Laboratory of Geodynamic and Variscan Geosciences (Department of Geology,
Faculty of Sciences, Chouaïb Doukkali University) of El Jadida has the most
important collection of Late Palaeozoic-Early Mesozoic continental trace
fossils in North Africa. More than six hundred unique specimens of Westphalian
to Late Triassic age were collected in Moroccan continental deposits during the
last years. This is an ideal frame for such a meeting and the results may
significantly contribute to the understanding of the evolution of fossil
ecosystems during an important part of life's history including the origin and
early diversification of amniotes, the rise of archosaurs and dinosaurs, as
well as the most severe mass extinction at the Permian-Triassic boundary. In
this context, the Ichnological Association of Morocco and Laboratory of
Geodynamic and Variscan Geosciences, in collaboration with the Urweltmuseum
GEOSKOP (Thallichtenberg, Germany) and the Institute of Geology (TU
Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany), the SAURIERWELT Paläontologisches Museum
(Neumarkt, Germany) with the assistance of the International Commission on
Stratigraphy, “Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy”, will organize the “First
International Congress on Continental Ichnology” [ICCI]. The [ICCI] will be
devoted to ichnology and biostratigraphy from a global perspective and
originates from activities in the "Non-Marine - Marine Correlation Working
Group". It will be also a major meeting of ichnologists and
palaeontologists. The congress will focus on ichnology and ichnotaxonomy of
continental vertebrate and invertebrate ichnofossils. The main objective of the
congress is to discuss current problems and future perspectives of
ichnotaxonomy of vertebrate and invertebrate ichnofossils from continental
deposits as well as biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic aspects of trace
fossils and their potential producers.
Topics
1.
Vertebrate and invertebrate ichnology of continental deposits
a)
Palaeobiology and ichnotaxonomy of trace fossils.
b) Taphonomy
of trace fossils and microbially induced sedimentary structures.
c) Trace
fossils in palaeoenvironmental, paleobiogeographical and biostratigraphical
analyses.
d) Trackmaker
reconstruction and the evolutionary contributions of invertebrate and
vertebrate ichnology.
2. Methods,
applications, conservation a) Ichnology of ecosystem engineers in the geologic
record.
b)
Photogrammetry and 3D modelling in ichnology.
c) Palaeoichnological
heritage : Geoconservation and valorisation.
Dates
20-26 April
2015 (2 days Conferences – 3 days post-congress Field-Excursion)
Congress Secretariat
Ichnological Association of Morocco
Faculty of Sciences, Chouaïb Doukkali University,
Route Ben
Maachou, B. P. 20, El Jadida, 24000, Morocco
Tel : 00212.523343003
Fax : 00212.523342187
icci2015@ucd.ac.ma/ icci2015@gmail.com
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