Let us meet across the P/T boundary
The Bolzano workshop (held at the Natural Science Museum of South Tyrol)
has been provided a forum for all researchers interested in the studies of
palaeobotany and palynology of the Permian and Triassic time interval.
The main topics included comparisons between micro- and macrofloras of similar age as
well as the extinction event at the P/Tr boundary and its biotic recovery. Also more
general relevant questions as if and how sporomorphs and fossil plants provide
information about climate changes during the time have been discussed.
Organising and Scientific Committee
Evelyn Kustatscher (South Tyrol Museum of Natural Sciences, University of Ferrara)
e-mail: Evelyn.Kustatscher@naturmuseum.it
Johanna H.A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert (University of Utrecht, University of Leiden)
Hans Kerp (University of Münster)
Vito Zingerle (South Tyrol Museum of Natural Sciences)
Oral Presentations, Abstracts
Hans Kerp (keynote lecture): Permian floras: where does it begin,
where does it end?
Dieter Uhl: Permian and Triassic wildfires and
atmospheric oxygen levels
Johanna H.A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert et al.: Vegetation succession
through the end-Permian ecologic crisis
Annette E. Götz et al.: Distribution of sedimentary organic
matter in Anisian carbonate series
of S Poland: evidence of third-order sea-level fluctuations
Evelyn Kustatscher et al.: Triassic plant fossils from N-Italy:
a general overview
Klaus-Peter Kelber: Beyond the
Permian-Triassic extinction events: The highly diverse Lower Keuper flora (Ladinian, Triassic) of southern Germany
Carmen Heunisch: A
rare microflora from the
Mainhardt Formation (km3o; Upper Triassic) of southern Germany
Wolfram M. Kürschner: Palaeofloristic
patterns across the Triassic - Jurassic transition: catastrophic extinction or long term gradual change?
Poster Presentations, Abstracts
Georg Heumann: Neuropteridium intermedium Schimper
et Mougeot 1844 - a pteridophyte from the Upper Buntsandstein of Western Germany
Michael Hiete et al.: Organic carbon
isotopic and palynological excursions near the PTB in NW-Germany
Evelyn Kustatscher et al.: Seedferns
and horsetails from the Anisian plant locality Kühwiesenkopf / Monte Prà della Vacca (Dolomites, N-Italy)
Christian Pott et al.: Cuticular analysis
of seed plants from the Upper Triassic of Lunz (Austria): preliminary results
Guido Roghi et al.: Late
Triassic plant fossils from north-eastern Italy
Katrin Ruckwied et al.: Palynofacies of the Wielkie Koryciska
section (Middle Triassic, Tatra Mts.): tool for reconstruction of the eustatic evolution of the Hronicum Basin
Birgit Vörding et al.: Cuticular
features of Dicroidium from the uppermost Permian of Jordan
Some Web Links:
Field Trip
June 18, 2005: Field trip to the Bletterbach/Butterloch canyon, western Dolomites, through the Upper Permian.
Geoparc Bletterbach (in German)
Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University:
Excursion Italia 2000
Butterloch (in Italian)
Der Bletterbach - ein Naturdenkmal (in German)
Südtirols Süden:
Die Bletterbachschlucht (in German)