The Graptolite Working Group is an association of geologists, paleontologists, and others who have expertise in graptolites or an interest in their use in solving geological problems. The GWG is organized under the auspices of the International Palaeontological Association . The goal of the group is to promote the exchange of information about graptolite studies and to promote the use of graptolite research in improving our understanding of Earth history, the evolutionary process, and international scientific cooperation. The newsletter is distributed free to all member of our mailing list.
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Meetings generally include two or three days of formal research presentations and informal workshops, and are usually preceded and followed by field trips to localities where participants may collect particularly well preserved, or otherwise important specimens for their reference. GWG member news . Listings of recent research activities and publications by graptolite specialists from around the world. Darriwilian GSSP Approved . Proposal for a Global Stratotype Section and Point at the base of the Undulograptus austrodentatu Zone, Huangnitang, China, approved in votes by the Ordovician Subcommission and the IUGS Commission on Stratigraphy.