The 12th Symposium on Mesozoic
Terrestrial Ecosystems

Second Circular

August 16-20, 2015
Shenyang, China

The 12th Symposium on Mesozoic
Terrestrial Ecosystems
INVITATIONThe Organizing Committee, representing the relevant governmental agencies andscientific institutions, cordially invite you to participate in the “12th Symposium on Mesozoic
Terrestrial Ecosystems” held in Shenyang, China in August 16-20, 2015.
Mesozoic (252-66 Ma), a very important era in Earth history, witnessed the breakup of thePangaea, the geo-/bio- events across the Triassic/Jurassic, the global warming Cretaceous, andthe K-Pg boundary, as well as the biodiversity. The study of Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems
is very significant for exploring the origin and early evolution of birds, mammals andangiosperms, and the reason for the dinosaur extinction. The study would also be beneficial
for searching the fossil fuels (oil, coal, etc.) and protections of the fossils and other natural
heritages in the world.
China, especially the Northeast China, is rich in Mesozoic geo- and biological records,
including the well-known Early Cretaceous Jehol biota and Jurassic Yanliao biota, which havegreatly contributed to the study of the origin and evolution of Mesozoic organisms. They haveprovided fresh knowledge to scientists for better understanding of the terrestrial ecosystems indeep time, and put forward also the fossil protection efforts.
MTE-12 will provide an excellent opportunity for geoscientists in multidiscipline to
discuss the Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems, followed by the field excursions to the western
Liaoning, including Beipiao (the sites of Sinosauripteryx, and the earliest known angiosperm
Archaefructus) and Jianchang (the site of the oldest known feathered dinosaur Achiornis), togive a memorable experience on the paleoecosystem records. In the meantime, the 3rd Int'l
Workshop of IGCP 608 will be held in Shenyang, accompanied with the MTE-12.
Please join us in the summer of 2015 for the MTE-12 in the historical city of Shenyang, NE
China for a most exciting scientific gathering. We hope to see you all at the Opening Ceremony!

SUN GeChairman, the Organizing Committee of MTE-12
Director, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, China
May 20, 2015

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SYMPOSIUM VENUE AND TRANSPORTATIONThe MTE-12 will be held in Liaoning Mansion Hotel in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
Liaoning Province has fantastic historical culture, as well as the amazing geoscientificresources, particularly, its splendid Early Cretaceous Jehol biota and Jurassic Yanliao biota
greatly contributed to the study of the origin and evolution of Mesozoic organisms.

Shenyang is the capital city of Liaoning Province, and the largest city in Northeast China.
August is a pleasant season in Shenyang. The temperature varies approximately from 20oC to
30oC with occasional rains.
The Liaoning Mansion Hotel, is in downtown of the city, about 25 km from the Shanyang
International Airport, and about 5 km from the Shenyang-Bei (North Shenyang) Railway
Station connected by subway.
The Shenyang International Airport has air-lines directly to Frankfurt, Vancouver,Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, etc. However, we suggest thatthe participants would be via Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou to transfer. The air-lines of
Beijing-Shenyang have more than 10 flights for each day, and Shanghai or Guangzhou to
Shenyang have several flights for each day.
The arrival date is suggested on Aug.15, and the departure date from Shenyang issuggested on Aug.21. The free bus or car services will be arranged by the symposium
secretariat in the airport (Hotel) for your getting (leaving) to (from) the Liaoning Mansion
Hotel .

PROGRAMME
Aug.15:
Aug.16:
Aug.17:Aug.18:

Registration in Liaoning Mansion Hotel,
Shenyang
Opening Ceremony, Plenary Lectures,
Sessions; Evening: cultural performances
Sessions
Sessions, Poster exhibition, visiting PMOL
(Palaeontological Museum of Liaoning)

Liaoning Mansion Hotel, Shenyang

3Aug.19-20: Field excursions to Beipiao, Chaoyang, and Jianchang of western Liaoning
Aug.21: Leaving Shenyang

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
M-1 Biodiversity of the Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems
Conveners: Wang Y.D., Spicer R.A., Ren D.
Wang Y.D. (NIGPAS, Nanjing, China; ydwang@nigpas.ac.cn)
Spicer R.A. (Open Univ., UK; r.a.spicer@open.ac.uk)
Ren D. (Capital Normal Univ., China; rendong@cnu.edu.cn)
M-2 Mesozoic Geology and Environmental Changes
Conveners: Sun C.L., Suzuki S., Wang P.J.
Sun C.L. (Jilin Univ.,China; clsun@jlu.edu.cn)
Suzuki S. (Okoyama Univ., Japan; zysuzuk@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp)
Wang P.J. (Jilin Univ.,China; wangpj@jlu.edu.cn)
M-3 Mesozoic Tectonics and Sedimentary Mineral Resources
Conveners: Cao C.R., Pospelov I.
Cao C.R. (Shenyang Normal Univ., China; crcao@126.com)
Pospelov I. (GI RAS, Russia; pospelov-igor@rambler.ru)
M-4 Evolution of Dinosaurs and Origin of Aves
Conveners: Godefroit P., Xu X., Hu D.Y.
Godefroit P. (Royal Museum (NH), Belgium; pascal.godefroit@sciencesnaturelles.be)
Xu X. (IVPP, Beijing, China; xu.xing@ivpp.ac.cn)
Hu D.Y. (Shenyang Normal Univ., China; hudongyu1@126.com)
M-5 Mesozoic Plants and Their Diversity
Conveners: Sun G., Dilcher D.L., Nishida, H.
Sun G..(PMOL/SNU, China; sunge0817@163.com)
Dilcher D.L.(Indiana Univ., USA; dilcher@indiana.edu)
Nishida, H. (Chuo Univ., Japan; helecho@bio.chuo-u.ac.jp)
M-6 Mesozoic Climatic and Environmental Changes
Conveners: Mosbrugger, V., Herman A., Quan C., Ferguson D.
Mosbrugger, V. (Senkenburg Nat. Hist. Mus., Germany; vmosbrugger@senckenberg.de)
Herman A. (GI RAS, Russia; alexeiherman@hotmail.com)
Quan C. (Jilin Univ.,China; quan@jlu.edu.cn)
Ferguson D.(Vienna Univ., Austria; david.kay.ferguson@univie.ac.at )M-7 Cretaceous Ecosystem in Asia and Pacific (Workshop of IGCP 608)
Conveners: (specially organized by IGCP 608)
Wan X.Q. (China Univ. Geos. Beijing, China; wanxq@cugb.edu.cn)
Ando H. (Ibaraki Univ., Japan; ando@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp)
Li G.B. (China Univ. Geos. Beijing, China; liguobiao@cugb.edu.cn)
M-8 Vertebrate Key-Faunas of the Mesozoic
Conveners: Martin T, Ji S.A., Zhou C.F.
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Martin T. (Univ. Bonn, Germany; tmartin@uni-bonn.de)
Ji S.A. (Inst. Geol., CAGS, Beijing; jishu_an@sina.com)
Zhou C.F. (Shenyang Normal Univ., China; zhoucf528@163.com)
M-9 Mesozoic Fossil Footprints
Conveners: Lockley M., Matsukawa M., Li J.J.
Lockley M. (Univ. Colorado, USA; Martin.Lockley@ucdenver.edu)
Matsukawa M. (Tokyo Gakugei Univ., Japan; matsukaw@u-gakugei.ac.jp)
Li J.J. (Natural History Museum of Beijing, China; lijianjun@bmnh.org.cn)
Note: The Secretariat will inform you that your oral presentations are arranged in which
sessions.

ABSTRACTS
All abstracts are up to about two to three pages (A4 size) in length, 12 point of Time
New Roma font, including title, author(s), institution(s), corresponding details with email
address, four to six key words, the essential line drawings and references.
Please indicate if the abstract is for oral or poster presentation. Please also indicate inwhich session or symposia you would like to give the presentation. Indicate presenting
author(s) by (*).
Please send your abstract(s) via email_MTE-12@pmol.org.cn or sisifiona1985@163.com
Abstract submission deadline: June 30, 2015.
A proceeding issue is planned for publication after the symposium in journal Global Geology.

FIELD EXCURSIONS
Aug.19 7:30 am Leaving Hotel for Baipiao and Chaoyang, western Liaoning
11:00-13:00 Field excursion on Early Cretaceous “Jehol Biota” in Beipiao City area,
including the Sihetun village (site of feathered dinosaur Sinosauropteryx, etc.),
and the Huangbanjigou village (site of the earliest known angiosperm
Archaefructus, etc.)
15:00-17:00 Field excursion in Chaoyang City
Visiting the Paleontological Fossil Museum and the geological section in the
National Geopark of Chaoyang City
Living in Chaoyang City Hotel
Aug.20 7:30 am Leaving Chaoyang for Jianchang County, western Liaoning
10:00-11:00 Field excursion on Jurassic “Yanliao Biota” in Daxishan village of
Jianchang County. In the geological section of Middle Jurassic TiaojishanFormation, the participants can look the site of the earliest known feathereddinosaur Anchiornis, and other Jurassic fossils.
12:00 Leaving Jianchang for return to Shenyang
16:00 Arrival in Liaoning Mansion Hotel of Shenyang
Living in Liaoning Mansion Hotel
Note: For the field excursions, except for the hotel fees in Chaoyang (ca. US$50 for eachroom) which should be paid by the participants, all the transportation, meals, etc. for the
excursions are included in the registration fees for the symposium.
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VISA APPLICATION
For applying visa to China, it is usually needed a governmental official invitation
document which we need handled for a month with submitting special application to thegovernment. However, since the last year, in a lot of countries the Chinese Embassy(Consulate) can accept the Invitation Letter of the Organizing Committee with the official red
stamp in Chinese, which can save time for your visa handling. Thus, we are sending to you
the Invitation Letter of the Organizing Committee signed by the Chairman of the symposium
Organizing Committee. Please use this letter to handle your visa application. However, if you
meet difficulty in the handling, please let us know, then we will handle the governmental
official invitation document for you. In any case, the following data will be required for eachparticipant:1). The image of the first page of your passport;
2). Your names (surname, given name, etc.), birth date, passport number and valid date;3). Duration of your stay in China, as you hoped;4). Institution (or home) address;
5). Telephone (including mobile) and fax (if you have) numbers;
The above information should be sent to us by email as soon as possible. Then thesecretariat will deal with the official invitation for you, and send to you by email (PDF file)and the original file (by air mail).
The email address of the organizing committee:
Ms Wu Sizhu, the secretary:
MTE-12@pmol.org.cn or sisifiona1985@163.com

ACCOMMODATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION
Accommodation:
The Liaoning Mansion Hotel is a four-start hotel (105, South Huanghe Street, Shenyang),close to the Beiling Park, with convenient transport connections of bus, metro and taxi.
The organization committee has block-booked rooms with economy process forparticipants in this hotel for the MTE-12 symposium with the following two categories:
1). Standard Single Room: 330 RMB Yuan per room/night, including breakfast, with
one-bed;2). Standard Double Room: 388 RMB Yuan per room/night, including breakfasts, with
two-beds.
Note: All room above is about 31 square meters, with TV, Air-conditioner, shower andbath, and free Internet and WiFi access.

Room Reservation:
The symposium secretary will help to reserve the hotel rooms for participants. Please
note that the block-booked hotel rooms with economy prices in the Liaoning Mansion Hotelare limited and therefore an early reservation is recommended following the first come, firstserve principle.
Please contact with the symposium secretariat for your reservation by sending email to:6

MTE-12@pmol.org.cn

orsisifiona1985@163.com

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT- Registration fees:
The registration fees cover the congress material including abstract volume, program,
soveuniers, meals, and the field excursion fees and part of the organizing fee.
The standards of the registration fees are as follows:
Regular participantStudent *Accompany

US$ 500

US$ 400

US$ 300*Valid student ID is required for the student participants- Methods of Payment
The registration fees will be paid only by Credit Card or cash (US$ or equivalent Chinese
RMB Yuan according to the actual exchange rate) in the symposium Secretariat at the
Liaoning Mansion Hotel, when you arrived in Shenyang. You will get an official receipt foryour registration payment. The Symposium Secretariat does not accept any bank transfer,cheque, etc. before or after the symposium for the registration.

IMPORTANT DATESMay 20, 2015
June 20, 2015
June 30, 2015
July 31, 2015
Aug.15, 2015

Second Circular issued via e-mail and symposium web
Before the time, the secretariat sending official invitations to participants
Deadline for the abstract submission
Third and Final Circular distribution
Arrival in Shenyang, China

CONTACT
Since the number of the participants has over been in limitation for the MTE-12 already,no new registrations can be accepted in general, except for the registration for the Workshop
of IGCP608, or for scientists specially invited by the Organizing Committee.
If you have any questions and requests regarding to this symposium, please feel free tocontact us by e-mail or calls to:
Ms. WU Sizhu
MTE-12 Secretariat (PMOL/Shenyang Normal University)
253, North Huanghe Street, Shenyang 110034, China
E-mail: MTE-12@pmol.org.cn or sisifiona1985@163.com or ·Tel: +86-24-86593116；+86-13604181571; 13700017969
Web：http://www.pmol.org.cn/MTE-12

The 1st and 2nd Circulars can be downloaded from the symposium website:
http://www.pmol.org.cn/MTE-12

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International symposium on “Cretaceous ecosystems andtheir responses to palaeo- environmnetal changes in Asiaand the western Pacific"-The 3rd Symposium of the International Geosciences Program IGCP 608

August 16-20, 2015, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Second Circular

Organizers:
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Shenyang Normal University/ Paleontological Museum of Liaoning

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GENERAL INFORMATIOM
According to the arrangement/plan of the IGCP 608 program, the 3rd international
symposium of IGCP 608 will be held in Shenyang Normal University/ PaleontologicalMuseum of Liaoning, Shenyang, China. The symposium aims to create an opportunity to
discuss the Cretaceous ecosystems and their responses to paleoenvironmental changes in Asiaand the western Pacific and based upon the studies of palaeontology, palaeoecology,
stratigraphy and sedimentology.
The symposium will be held together with the 12th MTE. It includes three days of oral
and poster presentations. It is followed by regular sessions on palaeoenvironments,
stratigraphy, paleontology and tectonics. In regular sessions there will be a variety of talks
and posters on regional geology, stratigraphy, vertebrate and invertebrate fossil faunas andenvironments in the eastern part of the Asian continent during Jurassic-Cretaceous.
A post-symposium field excursion will be organized to observe the Mesozoic
palaeontology and geology in Liaoning, which contain abundant mega- and micro-fossils. In a
two-days field excursion, we will visit some important sites for the Jurassic and Cretaceous
biota, stratigraphy, and depositional environments in Liaoning.
The organizing and scientific committees warmly welcome you in Shenyang, for the
IGCP 608 symposium, hosted by China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and Shenyang
Normal University/ Paleontological Museum of Liaoning.

EXECUTIVES AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
IGCP 608 Project Leaders:Prof. Hisao Ando (Leader)Department of Earth Sciences, Ibaraki University, Japan
Prof. Xiaoqiao Wan (Co-Leader)
School of Geosciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences,
China.
Prof. Daekyo, Cheong (Co-Leader)Department of Geology, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National
University, Korea
Prof. Sunil Bajpai (Co-Leader)
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India
Organizing Committee of the 3rd Symposium of IGCP608:
Prof. Guobiao Li, China University of Geosciences (Chairman)
Prof. Gang Li, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,CAS,Nanjing
Prof. Bainian Sun, Lanzhou University
Prof. Xianghui Li, Nanjing University
Prof. Xuan Ding, China University of Geosciences
Dr. Dangpeng Xi, China University of Geosciences (Secretary General)
Dr. Tian Jiang, China University of Geosciences (Secretary)
Dr. Xiaolu Niu, China University of Geosciences (Secretary)
Yunyun Zhang, China University of Geosciences (Secretary)9

Yi Han, China University of Geosciences (Secretary)
Youjia Yao, China University of Geosciences (Secretary)
Correspondence
Prof. Guobiao Li
School of Earth Sciences and Resources
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Xueyuan Lu 29, Haidian District, Beijing 100083
P.R. China
Tel. +86-10-82321040 (office), Fax. +86-10-8232-1040
E-mail: liguobiaoli@cugb.edu.cn; shaowuren@tom.com
Dr. Dangpeng Xi
School of Earth Sciences and Resources
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Xueyuan Lu 29, Haidian District, Beijing 100083
P.R. China
Tel. +86-10-82321040 (office), Fax. +86-10-8232-1040
E-mail: xdp1121@163.com

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