Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa (Howick, August 5–8, 2010)
Publisher: The Council of the Natal Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: South Africa
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780620477185
Description: The book presents materials of the 16th Conference of the Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa (PSSA 2010) held in Howick, South Africa. Articles deal with a wide range of topics in palaeontology, including systematics, morphology, palaeobiology, palaeobiogeography, palaeoanthropology, palaeoclimatology, taphonomy, biostratigraphy, and novel research methods; as well as with broader issues of legislation, education, and palaeotourism.
The book is addressed to palaeontologists, palaeoanthropologists, biostratigraphers, geologists, and archaeologists.
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Table of contents: title: 1–2
label: Backwell, L.R., McCarthy, T., Wadley, L., Henderson, Z., Lamothe, M., Barre, M., Scott, L., Steininger, C., Sievers, C., Woodborne, S., Chase, B.M., Pollarolo, L., Brink, J., De Klerk, W.J., Sukumar, R., Rossouw, L. & Sheshashayee, M.S. – Report on excavations at Wonderkrater, a late Pleistocene spring and peat mound site in the Limpopo Province, South Africa; title: 3
label: Baker, S.E. – A detailed analysis of fossil fauna from Taung, North West Province; title: 4
label: Bamford, M.K. – Early Miocene floras from Rusinga and Mfwangano Islands, Lake Victoria, Kenya; title: 5–8
label: Barbolini, N. & Bamford, M.K. – Initial report on the palynology of an Early Permian coal seam in Karoo deposits of Botswana; title: 9
label: Bordy, E.M., Buchanan, G. & Krummeck, W. – Recent sedimentological and palaeontological discoveries in the Lower to Mid-Triassic Tarkastad Subgroup (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa; title: 10
label: Botha-Brink, J. & Smith, R.M.H. – Bone histology of carnivore coprolites from the Upper Permian South African Karoo basin; title: 11–12
label: Brain, C.K., Prave, A.R., Hoffmann, K.-H., Fallick, A.E., Botha, A.J., Condon, D., Herd, D., Young, I. & Sturrock, C.J. – Continuing investigations of sponge-like microfossils from Neoproterozoic limestones in Namibia; title: 13
label: Brothers, D.J. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. – Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Hymenoptera (Insecta) from Orapa, Botswana: an updated review; title: 14
label: Browning, C. – A preliminary study of Quaternary fossil dune snails of the West Coast: Implications for climate change; title: 15
label: Butler, E. & Botha-Brink, J. – The biology of the South African non-mammalian cynodont Galesaurus planiceps; title: 16
label: Carlson, K.J., Kuhn, B.F., Zipfel, B. & Berger, L.R. – Virtual preparation of fossilized eggshell from Taung and analysis of surface curvatures; title: 17–18
label: Caruana, M.V. – Social learning strategies underlying Early Pleistocene bone tool use; title: 19
label: Chikumbirike, J. – Archaeological and palaeoecological implications of charcoal assemblages from the Holocene from Great Zimbabwe and the immediate environment; title: 20
label: Cohen, B. & Steininger, Ch. – The small mammal assemblage of Cooper’s Cave, South Africa; title: 21
label: Collins, K., Carlson, K.J., Kuhn, B.F. & Berger, L.R. – Morphological examination of an articulated carnivore ankle using virtual preparation and disarticulation of the specimen; title: 22–23
label: Day, M. & Rubidge, B. – Middle Permian continental biodiversity changes as reflected in the Beaufort Group of South Africa: An initial review of the Tapinocephalus and Pristerognathus assemblage zones; title: 24–25
label: De Klerk, W.J. – The status of the ornithopod dinosaur Hererodontosaurus tucki in the light of new discoveries from southern exposures of the upper Elliot Formation in the Dordrecht area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa; title: 26
label: Durand, J.F. – The understanding and acceptance of evolution by first year students at the University of Johannesburg; title: 27–29
label: Galimberti, M. – Investigating the use of oxygen isotopes in Turbo sarmaticus and Donax serra for marine palaeoenvironment reconstruction during the Middle Stone Age in South Africa; title: 30–31
label: Galimberti, M. – Palaeontology and legislation: the current situation and the way forward; title: 32–35
label: Gess, R.W. – Relative abundance or variable preservational potential? A Late Devonian study; title: 36
label: Govender, R. & Chinsamy, A. – Evidence of shark and cetacean interaction at Langebaanweg, West Coast of South Africa; title: 37
label: Groenewald, G.H. – Palaeontology and construction – A case study at the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme – Eskom Holdings (Pty) Ltd; title: 38
label: Groenewald, G.H. & Botha-Brink, J. – Geology and palaeontology of the Ingula Pumped Storage scheme – Eskom Holdings (Pty) Ltd; title: 39–40
label: Güven, S., Rubidge, B.S. & Abdala, F. – Taxonomic reassessment of the dinocephalian family Tapinocephalidae; title: 41–42
label: Hancox, J., Neveling, J. & Rubidge, B. – Life in an Early Triassic lake: New developments from the Driefontein site, Burgersdorp Formation (Cynognathus Assemblage Zone), South Africa; title: 43
label: Houghton, K. – Morphometric comparisons between crania of late Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Border Cave (BC 1), Tuinplaas (TP 1) and those of modern southern African populations; title: 44
label: Huttenlocker, A.K., Botha-Brink, J. & Sidor, Ch.A. – Preliminary report on the bone microstructure and paleobiology of the Permo–Triassic therocephalian Moschorhinus (Therapsida: Eutheriodontia) from South Africa; title: 45
label: Jasinoski, S., Chinsamy, A. & Reddy, B.D. – Cranial suture morphology and its implications for skull function in herapsids; title: 46–47
label: Jirah, S. & Rubidge, B.S. – Sedimentological, palaeontological & stratigraphic analysis of the Abrahamskraal Formation (Beaufort Group) in an area south of Merweville, South Africa; title: 48
label: Kemp, T.S. – On the limits of cladism in palaeobiology, or why we should be looking more carefully at ‘characters’; title: 49–51
label: Kennedy, A.M., Bhullar, B.-A.S., Lewis, P.J. & Thies, M.L. – A preliminary analysis of a Plio-Pleistocene herpetofauna from Botswana: A conservative apomorphy-based identification; title: 52–54
label: Krummeck, W. & Bordy, E.M. – Large burrows of uncertain origin in the Triassic Katberg and Burgersdorp formations, south-eastern main Karoo Basin, South Africa; title: 55–57
label: Kurkin, A. – New locality with dinocephalian fauna in the European Russia; title: 58–59
label: Linkermann, S.A., Bordy, E. & Prevec, R. – New macrofloral assemblages from the Middle to Upper Permian of the southern main Karoo Basin, South Africa; title: 60
label: McKay, I. & Rubidge, B. – Kitching Fossil Exploration Center (KFEC): an experiment in South African palaeotourism; title: 61–62
label: Metwally, A., Neumann, F.H., Bamford, M.K., Scott, L. & Oberhänsli, H. – Palynological analysis of the Holocene section of a new core from Tswaing Crater, South Africa; title: 63–64
label: Nalla, Sh. & Zipfel, B. – The hominin first rib; title: 65
label: Neumann, F.H., Scott, L. & Bousman, C.B. – A Holocene sequence of vegetation change at Lake Eteza, coastal KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; title: 66–67
label: Neveling, J., Yates, A.M. & Bonnan, M.F. – Sedimentology of the Early Jurassic, Spionkop fossil locality in the northeastern Free State (Karoo Basin, South Africa); title: 68–69
label: Norton, L.A., Tafforeau, P., Rubidge, B.S. & De Klerk, W.J. – Study of tapinocephalid dinocephalian dentition using synchrotron microtomography; title: 70–71
label: Nxumalo, V. – Lithofacies, ichnofacies and facies associations of the Karoo Supergroup in the Gemsbok Sub-basin of Botswana and Namibia; title: 72–74
label: Ortiz, D., Lewis, P.J., Kennedy, A.M., Bhullar, B.-A.S. & Hancox, J. – Preliminary analysis of lungfish (Dipnoi) tooth plates from Driefontein, South Africa; title: 75–76
label: Ovechkina, M.N., Green, A.N., Uken, R. & Mostovski, M.B. – Quantitative changes of calcareous nannoflora from the Holocene off the eastern coast of South Africa; title: 77–78
label: Ovechkina, M.N. & Mostovski, M.B. – The Upper Cretaceous Mzamba Formation at Trafalgar, KwaZulu-Natal: A proposed heritage site; title: 79
label: Parkinson, A.H., Backwell, L.R., Roberts, E., d’Errico, F. & Huchet, J.-B. – The effects of termites on mammal and bird bone; title: 80–81
label: Rossouw, C. – An overview of Amafa/Heritage aKwaZulu-Natali’s objectives in managing palaeontological and geological sites in KwaZulu-Natal; title: 82–83
label: Rubidge, B.S., Erwin, D.H., Ramezani, J., Bowring, S.A. & De Klerk, W.J. – The first radiometric dates for the Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup of South Africa; title: 84–86
label: Schneider, J.W., Bomfleur, B., Schöner, R. & Viereck-Götte, L. – Triassic/Jurassic beetles from Antarctica and their environment; title: 87–88
label: Schneider, J.W., Lucas, S.G., Werneburg, R. & Rößler, R. – Arthropleura, Meganeura and Co. – gigantism related to Cope’s rule or atmospheric oxygen?; title: 89–91
label: Schneider, J.W., Saber, H., Voigt, S., Hmich, D., Klein, H. & Hminna, A. – Insects and tetrapod tracks from the Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic of Morocco, North Africa, as a gateway between Laurasia and Gondwana; title: 92–94
label: Schneider, J.W., Werneburg, R., Voigt, S., Koerner, F., Roscher, M., Gand, G. & Steyer, S. – Biota of playa environments – Permian and modern compared; title: 95
label: Scisio, L., Roberts, D. & Tsikos, H. – Palaeotemperature and vegetation reconstruction of Neogene deposits near Cape Town using biogeochemical and palynological tools; title: 96–100
label: Shishkin, M.A. – On some phantom in the taxonomy of the Gondwanan Triassic amphibians; title: 101
label: Taru, Ph. & Backwell, L. – Taxonomic identification of fossil hairs in Parahyaena brunnea coprolites from Middle Pleistocene deposits at Gladysvale Cave, South Africa; title: 102
label: Tawane, M.G., Berger, L.R. & Backwell, L.R. – Dental size and frequency of anomalies in the teeth of a small-bodied population of mid-late Holocene Micronesians, Palau Micronesia; title: 103
label: Thackeray, F. – Genetic and morphometric analysis of Neandertals and Homo sapiens; title: 104–105
label: Thackeray, J.F. & Odes, E.J. – Cranial comparisons between Sts 5 (Mrs Ples) and other African Plio-Pleistocene hominids: the lack of a clear boundary between Australopithecus and Homo; title: 106–107
label: Thies, M.L., Aguilar, M. & Lewis, P.J. – A morphometric comparison of Aethomys chrysophilus and Micaelamys namaquensis from northwestern Botswana; title: 108–109
label: Val, A., Carlson, K.J., Kibii, J., Kuhn, B.F. & Berger, L. – Bat remains from the Plio-Pleistocene site of Malapa (Gauteng, South Africa); title: 110–111
label: Van de Walt, M., Day, M., Cooper, A. & Rubidge, B. – Utilising GIS technology for refining Beaufort biozonation; title: 112–113
label: Van Dijk, D.E. – Further Permian insect fossils from Bulwer, KwaZulu-Natal; title: 114–115
label: Van Dijk, D.E. – Palaeontology for Hands as well as Eyes; title: 116–117
label: Vilakazi, N., Yates, A. & Berger, L. – The identification of fossil herpetological remains from selected Plio-Pleistocene aged fossil bearing sites in South Africa; title: 118–121
label: Yates, A.M. – The enigmatic “Gaskoinia” bullaeformis Tate, an African cowrie (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea) in Australia?; title: 122
label: Yates, A.M., Neumann, F.H., Hancox, P.J., Güven, S. & Parkinson, A.H. – A multidisciplinary study of a rich assemblage of coprolites from the Lower Triassic of Driefontein, Free State, South Africa; title: 123
label: Yates, C. – Unmasking the teeth and skull of Australopithecus sediba; title: 124–125
label: Zipfel, B., Kidd, R.S. & Clarke, R.J. – The ‘second australopithecine species hypothesis’ in Sterkfontein Member 4: the post-cranial evidence; title: 126–127
label: Zipfel, B., Rubidge, B.S. & Kemp, C. – Fantastic fossil facilities at the Wits Palaeocentre – upgrading of research and storage areas