International Subcommission on Paleogene Stratigraphy (ISPS)

Annual Report 2009 on the activity of the Russian Paleogene Commission

Russian Paleogene Stratigraphical Commission numbers about 50 Members now, introduced 17 Geoscientific Organisations Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, St. Petersbourgh, Ekaterinburgh, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok etc) States Universities (Moscow, St. Petersbourgh, Saratov, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Tomsk), the Branches Geological Institutions, Departments and Regional Geological Expeditions of Geological Survey. There are several participants from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bielorussia, which took part in Paleogene Commission activity. Members of Russian Paleogene Commission published (2009): 1 Monograph, 1 Paleontological Atlas. 13 papers and more then 27 abstracts to International and all Russian Meetings, Symposia and Workshops. Popov S.V., Akhmetiev M.A., Lopatin A.V., Sychevskaya E.K., Andreeva-Grigorovich A.S., Bugrova E.M., Nikolaeva I.A., Zaporozhets N.I. (specialists by malacology, plant megafossils, mammals, fishes, dinocyststs, nannoplankton, foraminifera, ostracodes, organic-walled phytoplankton + pollen and spores) “Paleogeography and biogeography Paratethys basins” Part 1. Late Eocene – Early Miocene // Moscow, Nauchny Mir. 2009, P. 174 + 10 maps (Paleontological Inst. RAS; Transaction Vol. 292). Andreeva-Grigorovich A.S (Ukr.)., Aleksandrova G.N.(Russia), Iakovleva A.I (Russia)., Shevchenko T.V.(Ukr.), Zaporozhets N.I (Russia). Atlas Paleogene dynocysts of the USSR former (Geological Institute Ac. Sci Ukraine, Geological Ins. Russian Ac Sci ) (Explan. text - 45 p and 61 Paleont. plates). Ph.D. and D. Sci Theses (maintained): Dolya Zh. A. (St. Petersburgh). Stratigraphy and Minerageny of the Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary cover of the south part of West Siberian Plate (Omsk district). (Abstract 22 p.). Zykin V.S. (Novosibirsk). Oligocene and Neogene stratigraphy West and Middle Siberia (stratigraphy, paleogeography and environments) (Abstract 52 p.). Pavlyutkin B.I (Vladivostok). Phytostratigraphy, Paleogene and Miocene Deposits South part of Russian Far East (Abstract 54 p.).
Papers published:
Akhmetiev M.A, Beniamovsky V.N. (2009) Paleogene floral assemblages around epicontinental seas and straits in Northern Central Eurasia: proxies for climate and paleogeographic evolution, Geologica Acta. Vol. 1-2, 297-309.
Gadenkov Ju. B., Beniamovsky V.N. (2009). New data on Paleocene foraminifera Sinegorian horizon, South Sakhalin //Stratigraphy, Geological correlation. V. 17. N 4, 95- 106.
Gavrilov Ju., Shcherbinina E., Golovanova O., Pokrovsky B. (2009). A variety of PETM in different settings, North-Eastern Peri-Tethys // GNS Science Miscellaneous Series 18. P. 66-69.
Radionova, Aleksandrova, Gavtadze, T.T., Stupin S.I., Khokhlova I.E. (2009). Analysis of the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene microplankton from the Kheu River section, West Pre-Caucasus // GSN Science Miscellaneous Series 18. P. 110-115.
Herman A.B., Akhmetiev M.A., Kodrul T.M., Moisseeva M.G., Iakovleva A.I., (2009). Flora Development in Northeastern Asia and Northern Alaska during the Cretaceous-Paleogene Transitional Epoch // Stratigraphy, Geol. Correlation, Vol. 17 N1, P. 88-109.
Oreshkina T.V. (2009). New data on Diatoms marine Paleogene deposits of Western Kamchatka// Stratigraphy, Geological Correlation.Vol. 17 N3 P. 105-119.
Shcherbinina E.A., Aleksandrova G.N. (2009). High-Resolution Paleogene Study of nannofossil and dinocysts assemblages from the Eastern Caucasus, Southern Russia // GNS. Science Miscellaneous Series, 18. P. 122-128.
Vassilyeva O.N., Mussatov V.A. (2009). Paleogene nannoplankton and dinoflagellate cysts biostratigraphy of Northern Prycaspian Depression // GNS Science Miscellaneous Series 18, P.148-153.
Beniamovsky V.N. (2009). Dnieper-Donets basin – is connecting link between North-Western Eurasia seas by benthonic foraminifera // Transaction of Geological Inst. Ukrain. Ac. Sci . Kiev, p. 207-211.
Vassilieva O.N., Mussatov V.A. (2009). Paleogene biostratigraphy of Northern Prycaspian depression // Stratigraphy. Geol. Correlation. 30 p. (in press).
Akhmetiev M.A., Walter H., Kvachek Z. (2009). Mid latitude Paleogene Floras of Eurasia bound the volcanic setting and paleoclimate events experience obtained the Far East Russia (Sikhote-Alin) and Central Europe. (Charles Univ. publ.) (in press) , 70 p.
Akhmetiev M.A. (2009). Paleocene and Eocene Floristic and Climatic Change in Russia and Northern Kazakhstan (in press) (publ. in Great Britain).
Kezina T.V. (2009). To the Paleocene age of Wuyun Formation (China) by palynological data // Stratigraphy., Geological Correlation 2008 (in press)
Symposia and Meetings:
Paleogene Commission Members took part in 9 International and Russian Meetings and Symposia and had 27 presentations.
CBER 2009 Wellington, New Zealand (Beniamovsky, Gavrilov, Shcherbinina, Vassilieva, Mussatov, Iakovleva) (12-15 January 2009).
Paleostrat – 2009 Moscow) (Annual Meeting of Paleontol. Section Natural History Soc (Moscow) (Beniamovsky) (February, 2009).
LIV Session Paleontological Society St Petersburgh (Beniamovsky) (6-9 April 2009).
Sino-Russian Symposium on Evolution and Development of Eastern Asian Flora based on Paleontological Data Guangzhou, China, (Akhmetiev, Herman, Kodrul) November 24-29 2009.
International Symposium on Geoscienses in Northeast Asia, Changchun, China 27-28 2009.
7-Micropaleontolological workshop Micro-2009, Poland) (Beniamovsky) September 2009.
Diatom- 2009 Conference Minsk, Byelorussia (Oreshkina) September 2009.
8-International Symposium on the Cretaceous system Plymouth University (Great Britain) 6-12 September (Probleme K/T boundary) (Beniamovsky).
Annual Paleogene Commission Meeting St Petersburgh. 8-9 April 2009 (17 participants).
Program of this Meeting:
Akhmeiev M.A. Introduction. and Information about Paleogene Commission Activity 2008 and main problems to 2009.
Beniamovsky V.N. Information about Meeting “Climate and Biota Events SBER– 2009”
Oreshkina T.V., Aleksandrova G.N. “New Data on diatoms and dinocysts PETM Transuralian zone (Volga River Basin)
Popov S.V., Akhmetiev M.A., Sychevskaya E.K., Zaporozhets N.I. New Data oh Maykopian Group stratigraphy (North Azerbaijan).
Fieldworks:
Study and sampling borehole material (K/T Boundary to Oligocene) (4 boreholes to 400-500 m) South Part of West Siberian Plate (Omsk district) (Foraminifera, Diatoms, Dinocysts) (Beniamovsky, Aleksandrova).
Study and sampling borehole 13) 200 km south-west from Volgograd (Paleocene-Eocene deposits 250 m) (Nannoplankton, Fotaminifera, Dinocysts, Pollen and Spores, Mollusks, Nummulites) (Popov, Zastrozhnov, Beniamovsky, Aleksandrova, Tabachnikova, Zaporoxhets, Zakrevskaya).
Central Dagestan Area sections (nannoplankton, palynology) (Aleksandrova G.N., Shcherbinina E.A.). (Gerga River Area sections), Danian and Zelandian deposits. Upper Dzhengutay village vicinity (Thanetian- Ypresian deposits). Chirkey-water reservoir (Lower part of Maylopian Group (Oligocene).
The main results of studying Paleogene deposits:
Reconstruction paleogeography, environment, biotic and abiotic changes on the main Paleogene biospheric events (South Russia, West Siberian plate Far East) Correlation of regional subdivisions based on different biotic groups. Paleoclimatic reconstructions and reflections of climatic events on different biotic groups. Detail regional zonal subdivisons by different microplanktonic groups. The Transition “Warm”-to “Cool” biosphere in Central Part of Extratropical Eurasia.

Report by M.A. Akhmetiev, Chairman

Annual Report 2008 on the activity of the Russian Paleogene Commission

Russian Paleogene Commission numbers 45 Members of the Institutes Russian Acad. Sci., Ministry Natural Researches, State Universities and other Organizations (13 towns: Moscow, Saint Petersburgh, Ekaterinburgh, Saratov, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Blagovestchensk, Ufa, Tiymen). 6 Foreign Members from Ukraine (2), Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Georgia.
Members of Paleogene Commission presented papers of different International and Russian, Congresses, Conferences and Meetings (XXXIII Session International Geological Congress (Oslo), {XII International Palynological Congress + VIII Conference IOP (International Organization Paleobotany) (Bonn), International Workshop K/T boundary on the Amur River Area.(Jyain, China), 12 All-Russian Palynological Conference (Saint Petersburgh), All-Russian Micropaleontological Conference (Novosibirsk), All-Russian Paleontological Society (Saint Petersburgh) etc. (more then 50 reports).
There were published 16 papers (reviewing magazines), more then 20 short papers (Materials of Meetings and Conferences) and more then 30 abstracts. To the 33 Session of The International Geological Congress there was prepared special Issue Russian Stratigraphical Commission. One of paper there was information activity of Russian Paleogene sequences studying, main results of last years and tasks of investigations (authors: Akhmetiev M., Nikolaeva I.). 13 Members of the Paleogene Commission had International or Russian grants.
Annual Meeting of the Russian Paleogene Commission took place at April 9, 2008 in All-Russian Geological Institute, Saint Petersburgh. 29 Members of Commission (11 Organization, 6 towns), 2 Ukrainian participants took part at this Meeting.

Timetables1. Akhmetiev M. (Geological Institute Russian Ac. Sci, Moscow) Information Report: «Paleogene Commission activity, 2008, and main directions of Paleogene deposits study of Russia”, corresponding with International Paleogene Subcommission activity.
2. Zakrevskaya E.Yu (State Geological Museum, Moscow). Results of biostratigraphic studying of Gubs River section (West Caucasus) by large foraminifera.
3. Zakrevskaya E.Yu. (State Geological Museum, Moscow). Comparative analysis the Lutetian large foraminifera assemblages northern and southern slopes West Caucasus sections (Gubs and Loo).
4. Beniamovsky V.N. (Geological Institute Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow). The problems of the Lutetian regional zonal planktonic foraminifera scheme and its correlation with large foraminifera zonal scheme (Gubs section, West Caucasus).
5. Oreshkina T.V., Aleksandrova G.N., Iakovleva A.I. (Geological Institute Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow). Correlation of the Boreal Paleogene zonal schemes by diatoms and dinocysts (bore-hole 19-M, Ust’ Manya, West Siberia).
6. Radionova E.P. (Geological Institute Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow). Norway - Greenland Basin Paleogene and correlation with Arctic Paleogene.
7. Sinelnikova V.N. (Geological Institute Russian Ac. Sci., Moscow). Paleogene of Kamchatka peninsula. New paleontological data of the key-sections. Field-works The field investigations took place at the different regions : South Ural and Transuralian, West Siberia, Russian Far East, North Caucasus and Volga River Basin.
The main directions of the Paleogene sequences researches were: 1) Paleogene biosphere events on K/T, P/E, E/O boundaries, their causes and consequences, (Akhmetiev M., Beniamovsky V., Gavrilov Yu., Zaporozhets N., Tscherbinina E. et al.), 2) More detailed biostratigraphical studying aleogene deposits Sambian Peninsula (Baltic sea coast), first of all, using organic walled phytoplankton, pollen and spores. 3. Correlation of Paleocene and Eocene stratigraphic subdivisions Volga River Right bank area deep bore-holes sections to the east of Saratov town by nannoplankton and dinocysts (Vassilieva O., Mussatov V.), 4) North West Pacific Paleogene Diatom stratigraphy worked out by Gladenkov Yu and Oreshkina T. (Kamchatka, Sakhalin), 5) Early Paleogene Stratigraphy and Flora, problem of K/T boundary (International Project support Chinese Ac. Sci) (Russian participants: Kodrul T, Kezina T., Markevich V., Akhmetiev M.), 6) The Cretaceous and Early Paleogene Phytostratigraphy North Eastern Russia (Koryakia) and Northern Alaska (Herman A., Moisseeva M.), 7). Paleogene Evolution of Flora by the biotic and abiotic background. Preliminary results of this theme were presented at Bilbao Meeting (Akhmetiev, Beniamovsky).

Report by M.A. Akhmetiev, Chairman

Annual Report 2007 on the activity of the Russian Paleogene Commission

The Paleogene Commission of the All-Russian Stratigraphical Committee (33 constant members and 5 foreign members) represented different organizations of the Russian Acad. Sci., Ministry of the Natural Researches, State Museums and Universities.
In 2006 Members of Commission took part in 11 International and All-Russian meetings and prepared 28 presentations on different problems of Paleogene stratigraphy, paleontology, paleogeography, events etc.

Directions of investigations (2007:
1. Working out and perfection of the Regional zonal scheme of Russia by different biotic groups.
2. Studying of intervals Paleogene biotic and abiotic events, with their reflections on sedimentation and biota.
3. Monographic study and descriptions important groups of biota.
4. Field investigations with complex paleontological, magnetostratigraphical and isotopic-geochemical studying the main Regional reference sections.
5. The last time micropaleontologists began examine material of the Russian expedition to the North Pole (2007).

Participation on the International and Russian Conferences and Symposia:
April 6-7 2007 – Annual Meeting Russian Paleogene Commission took place in St. Petersburg (All Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI)). 19 members of commission visited to this Meeting.
Agenda of this Meeting
1. Akhmetiev M.A. (Geological Institute Acad. Sci.). Results of activity the Paleogene Commission 2006 and main directions of studying Paleogene deposits of Russia.
2. Akhmetiev M.A., Beniamovsky V.N. (Geological Institute RAS). Paleogene marine communication system Tethys-Turgai strait – West Siberian inner sea – Polar basin (Paleontological, stratigraphical and climatological aspects)
3. Sinelnikova V.N. (Geological Institute RAS). The last biostratigraphical data on the Paleogene Kamchatka.
4. Oreshkina T.V. (Geological Institute RAS). The last data on the Oligocene marine diatom assemblages of the West Kamchatka.
5. Popov S.V., Sychevskaya E.K. (Paleontological Institute RAS), Zaporozhets N.I., Akhmetiev M.A. (Geological Institute RAS). New data on stratigraphy the Oligocene Middle Miocene Maykopian Groups and Pteropoden beds of the North Azerbaijan.
6. Kodrul T.M. (Geological Institute RAS). The Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene floras of the Amur District (Russia) and North China.
7. Beniamovsky V.N. (Geological Institute RAS). Zumaya reference section (North Spain)- candidate of GSSP Selandian and Thanetian. The main criterions.
8. Aleksandrova G.N., Tsherbinina E.A. (Geological Institute RAS).Danian and Selandian dinocysts and nannoplankton of the Eastern Dagestan (North East Caucasus).
Discussion: Aleksandrova G.N., Akhmetiev M.A., Beniamovsky V.N., Kodrul T.M., Sinelnikova V.N. (all Geological Institute RAS), Bugrova E.M., Nikolaeva I.A. (VSEGEI), Schick S.M. (Regional Stratigr. Commission Central European part of Russia).
1. It was recommend reference section Kheu (North Caucasus) like Russian Selandian GSSP limitotype (all grope carbonate and organic- walled biota, rich pollen and spores assemblages, some intervals – siliceous biota).
2. It was recommended continuation studying rich Paleocene and Eocene dinocysts and nannoplankton assemblages in Dagestan with correlation their regional zonal subdivisions.
3. It is necessary to continue studying and inspecting Early Paleocene Tsagayan – type flora on Amur Area (Russian Far East), especially to turn the attention to reproductive organs of angiosperms.
In 2007 Members of Paleogene Commission took part in other conferences. They made presentations. Abstracts of papers, some of them were published.
February 14 2007. Conference “The Early Paleogene Biota and Climate”. It was organized Department of Stratigraphy Geological Institute RAS. There were examined and discussed of decisions Bilbao International Conference (2006).
1. Tsherbinina E.A. P/E and Ypresian events and their appearances in Pyrenees reference sections.
2. Beniamovsky V.N. Proposal Selandian GSSP limitotype in Spain and possibilities traced this level in Russian reference sections.
3. New data Paleogene Stratigraphy by Nummulitidae. There were distributed Nummulitidae in Spanish reference sections (analyses).
4. Radionova E.P. New method of approach to the estimation of the K/T, D/S, P/E, E/O events
February 17 2007. On the Meeting Regional Stratigraphical Committee “Central and South Russian plate”. Beniamovsky V.N. presented information on the result of last field studying Paleogene deposits in Volga River Area, Ulyanovsk-Saratov trough, Eastern part of Donetsk basin and Voronezh anticlyze. He analyzed of the Regional zonal schemes of the microplanktonic groups and their subdivisions correlation (the reference sections:Sengiley, Inza, Djupa ravine and others).
On the Meeting of Ukrainian Paleontological Society May 16-18 2007 Special Ukrainian-Russian Symposium was held on Systematic and Distribution Middle-Late Eocene Foraminifera assemblages in Kantemirovka reference section Voronezh anteclyze. At autumn there was prepared joint project for studying Middle-Late Eocene reference sections.
September 29, and October 4 2007. Akhmetiev M.A. took part International Workshop K/T boundary Heilongjiang River Area and I International Paleontological meeting in Benxi Area (NE China) and presented two topic: K/T boundary on Heilongjang River Area and changes Maastrichtian-Danian Flora and “The Peculiarity of the East Asian Early Paleogene Flora” evolution.
Kryshtofovich Memory Readings (St. Petersburg, October 31 2007). Several papers were presented (Akhmetiev M.A., Moisseva M.G., Herman A.B. and Kodrul T.M.). Early Tertiary North Pacific Floras (Russian Far East, North East Russia, Alaska) and their correlation.

Field work:
Five Field expedition were organized: in Trans-Urals (Vassilieva O.N. Paleocene-Eocene key – sections), Black Sea shore between Adler and Tuapse towns (Radionova E.P., Iakovleva A.I., Paleogene sections), Zakrevskaya E.Yu. (North Caucasus Paleocene and Eocene sections), Popov S.V. (Oligocene reference sections Central and North West Caucasus), Aleksandrova G.N., Tsherbinina E.A. (Dagestan, East Caucasus, Lower Paleogene reference sections).

Publications:
3 monographies and 26 papers were published 2007. List of papers we should send You to the end of this year. The Monographies such as.
1. Gladenkov A.Ju. “Late Cenozoic detailed stratigraphy and marine ecosystems of the North Pacific Region (based on diatoms). M.: GEOS. 2007. 296 p. (Trans. Geol. Inst. RAS. Vol. 571) In this book – put two chapters on Oligocene Pacific Diatoms assemblages)
2. Akhmetiev M.A., Beniamovsky V.N. In.: The Cretaceous and Paleogene straits of the North Hemisphere (co-authors: Baraboshkin Ye.Yu., Naydin D.P., Herman A.B.). M.: Moscow University, 2007. 157 p.
3. Nikolaeva I.A., Bugrova E.M., Tabachnikova I.P., Aleksandrova G.N., Iakovleva A.I., Zakrevskaya E.Yu. Paleogene system. In.: “Biozonal Stratigraphy of Phanerozoic in Russia”. St. Petersburg All-Russian Geological Research Institute, (VSEGEI). December 2006. 256 p.

Report by M.A. Akhmetiev, Chairman

Annual Report 2006 on the activity of the Russian Paleogene Commission

1. Review the research directions
The Paleogene Commission of the All-Russian Stratigraphical Committee (32 constant numbers) represented different organizations of the Russian Acad. Sci., Ministry of the Natural Resources, State Museums and Universities.
In 2006 Members of Commission took part in 13 International and All-Russian meetings and prepared more then 30 presentations on different problems of Paleogene stratigraphy, paleontology, paleogeography and biospheric events.
1. The Participation on the International and Russian Conferences and Meetings April 6 2006 - Annual Meeteng Russian Paleogene Commission took place in St. Petersburg (All-Russian Geological Institute (VSEGEI). 18 Members of Commission visited to this
Meeting (Geological Institute Acad. Sci., Paleontological Inst. Acad Sci., VSEGEI, Botanical Inst. Acad. Sci. State Geological Museum, Moscow and Tyumen Universities (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tyumen), 2 specialists from Ukraine, (Dnepropetrovsk University) (I.M. Barg) and Azerbaidzhan (Geological Oil and Gas Institute), Baku (M. Efendieva).
Agenda of this Meeting
1. Akhmetiev M.A. (Geological Institute Acad. Sci.). Results of activity the Paleogene Commission 2006 and main directions of studying Paleogene deposits of Russia.
2. Popov S.V., Akhmetiev M.A., Bugrova E.V., Nikolaeva I.A. Paleogeography and Paleobiogeography Late Eocene and Oligocene Eastern Peritethys.
3. Efendieva M. (Baku) New date on stratigraphy Maikop Group of the Azerbaidzhan.
4. Zakrevskaya I.Yu., Stupin S.I. New data on the Paleogene stratigraphical distribution foraminifera of the Wesrern Caucasus (importance for correlations and making more precise age of Formations).
5. Beniamovsky V.N., Kopaevich L.F., Alexeev A.S., Yakovishina E.V. Two scenaria changing of environment and foraminifera Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Transition at the Mountainous Crimea
6. Herman A.B. North Alaska Paleocene Flora and problem of the K/T boundary on the North Pacific
7. Bugrova E.M. Biostratigraphy and correlation of the Turkmenistan Paleogene deposits.
8. Bakieva L.B. Paleogene organic-walled phytoplankton of the Yamal and Tas Peninsules (north part of West Siberia).
In 2006th Members of Paleogene Commission took part in different International, All-Russian and Regioaal Meeting and Conferences. They made presentations. Abstracts there were published main of them.
1. Beniamovsky V.N., Kopaevich L.F., Alexeev A.S., Yakovishina E.V. Late- Maastrichtian-Danian foraminifera assemblages of the Crimea Mountans like showing shelves and slopes environments // "Paleostrat" - 2006. Annual meeting of the Paleontilogical section of MOIP, Moscow, January 30. 2006
2a. Herman A.B., Moiseeva M.G., Spicer R.A. Albert A., Jolly D.W. Floristic development in the Paleocene High Arctic // Advertise in Palaeobotanical recognizing the contribution of David L. Dilcher, and Jack A, Wolfe of the occasion of the 70- age years, Florida, Gainesville, USA, March 12–15 2006
2b. Kodrul T.M., Akhmetiev M.A. The Cretaceous-Paleogene Transitional Flora in the Amur region (the same meeting)
3. Akhmetiev M.A. The main problems of Paleogene biostratigraphy // The Memorial reading Correspod – Member Acad. Sci. USSR M.V. Muratov. Moscow Geological Prospecting University, March 17. 2006.
4. Beniamovsky V.N., Kopaevich L.F., Alexeev A.S., Yakovishina E.V. New data on the foraminifera assemblages Maastrichtian–Paleocene Trasition of the Crimea Mountains (stratigraphy, paleobatymetry, paleogeography) // LII Paleontology Society session. Apnil 3–7 2006. St. Petersburg, All-Russian Geological Institute (VSEGEI).
5. Beniamovsky V.N., Akhmetiev M.A., Danukalova G.A., Vassilieva O.N., Malyshkina T.P. The main stages of the Paleogene paleogeographical development the Ural (paleolandscapes, biota, climate) // Interregional Geographic Conference, Ufa, Bashkyrtostan, April, 2006.
6..Beniamovsky V.N. The Late Cretaceous-Early Paleogene Reorganizations of the paleogeography and biotic assemblages of the South Urals and adjacent territories // Novosibirsk Geological scientific session April 26–28 2006.
7. Akhmetiev M.A. The Cretaceous-Tertiary Transition deposits and flora in Heilonghiang (Amur) River and their changing peculiarity // International Workshop on the K/T boundary in Heilonghiang River Area. 10–15 June 2006, Changchun, China
8. Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene```. June 12–20. Bilbao, Spain, (see the next page)
9a. Ge Sun, Mikhail Akhmetiev, Lina Golovneva, Eugenia Bugdaeva, Harufuni Nishida, Tatyana Kodrul, Chuniin Sun, Yuewu Sun, Chen Quasi, Kirk Johnson, David Dilcher "Study of Late Cretaceous mega-fossil plants from Jiayin along Heilonghiang River, northeast China» (T.26-9) The Second International Palaeontological Congress, June 17–21, Beijing, China, Topical Symposia. T-26
9b. Akhmetiev M., G. Sun. Biosphere crisis at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (T-26-10) (the same meeting)
9c. Markevich V.S., G. Sun, Bugdaeva E., Ashraf R. The Maastrichtian-Danian palynological assemblages from Wuyun of Jiayin nearby Heilongjiang (Amur) River areas, north-eastern China and Russian Far East. (T-26) (the same meeting).
9d. Kezina T.V. New pollen taxa at the K/T boundary in the Amur River Basin; Biostrtigiaphical implications (26-3). (the same meeting)
10) 10a. Akhmetiev M.A. The Cenozoic Flora of the Sikhote-Aiin volcanic belt.
Ecological aspest // 7-th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference. 6-11
September, Prague, Chech.
10b. Moiseeva M.G., Herman A.B. Latest Cretaceous and Paleogene Florogenesis in the North Pacific Region: Role of Climate Change and Plant Migration, (the same meeting)
10c. Zhilin S.G. Zhaman-Kaindy-1 Unusual Flora of the end" of Late Eocene in Central Kasakhstan. (the same meeting)
10d. Akhmetiev M.A. The Paleogene Flora of Russia and adjacent regions - A review (the same meeting).
10e. Kodrul _., Krassilov V. Differentiation of species within Trans-Beringian genera of Cupressaceae from the Paleogene of Eastern Asia and North America (the same meeting)
11. Musatov V.A. Cretaceous and Paleogene Zonal schemes and Geological
events. 3 All Russian meeting. The Cretaceous of Russia and adjacent
countries, stratigraphical, and paleogeographical problems. September 26–30
2006 , Saratov.
12. Oreshkina N.V., Radionova E.P. Diatom events with Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) in Marginal Basins of North Peritethys (Middle Volga and Southern Transuralian Regions, Russia // 19- International Diatom Symposium, September 2006, Liostvyanka, Baikal, Russia .
«Climate and Biota of the Early Paleocene» International Conference Bilbao, Spain, June 2006
1. Akhmetiev M.A, Beniamovski V.N. The Paleocene and Eocene North Central Asia sea-passages and their influence of the biota, climate and sedimentation // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. Bilbao. Volume of Abstracts. P. 4.
2. Beniamovski V.N., Kopaevich L.F., Alekseev A.S., Yakovishina E.V., Ovechkina
M.N. Cretaceous-Teriary boundary transect from shallow shelf to continental slope in eastern Black Sea region: foraminiferal and nannofossil assemblages and lithofacies // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 17.
3. Beniamovski V.N. Phylogenetic and paleobiogeoraphic substantiation of the refined
Paleogene zonation based on planktonic foraminifers for the Crimea-Caucasus realm // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 18.
4. Gavrilov Yuri O., Shcherbinina E. A. Dynamics of progradation of the biospheric event at the Paleocene/Eocene transition // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006.Volume of Abstracts. P. 50.
5. Gladenkov Yuri B. North Pacific stratigraphy and paleogeography of the "warm" Eocene and "cold" Oligocene; a problem of forming of boreal biota // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 53.
6. Kodrul T.M., Jin Jian-Hua. Eocene flora of the Hainan island, South China // Climate
and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 78.
7. Oreshkina T.V., Radionva E.P. Diatom events from Paleocene-Eocene transition in North
Peri-Tethys (Middle Volga and southern transitional regions, Russia) related with PETM // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 92.
8. Radionova E.P., Oreshkina T.V., Khokhlova I.E. Facial dynamics of diatom and radiolarian assemblages within East-European part of boreal Peri-Thethys in Paleocene-Eocene boundary interval // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 107.
9. Shcherbinina E. A., Gavrilov Yuri O. Environmental changes associated
with Ypressian sapropelite accumulation in the Northern Caucasus revealed by nannofossil and geochemical study // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 118.
10. Zakrevskaya E. Yu. The peculiarty of Paleogene larger foraminifera distribution in
North-Eastern Peritethys // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006.Volume of Abstracts. P. 153.
11. Zakrevskaya E. Yu., Stupin S.I. New data about larger foraninifera distribution in
Paleogene hemipelagic formations of North-Western Caucasus // Climate and biota of the Early Paleogene. 12-20 June Bilbao 2006. Volume of Abstracts. P. 154.
PUBLICATIONS
There were published 19 monographies and papers and more then 30 abstracts to the International and All-Russian conferences and symposia from November 2005 to November 2006. Some publications couldnt included to the report 2005.
I. Geological Framework of the Levant. Volume I. Cyprus and Siria. 500 p., Volume II The
Levantine Basin and Israel, 825 p. Jerusalem, 2005. (Ed. V.A. Krasheninnikov and he is author
some chapters).
2. Fossil Flowering Plants of Russia and adjacent regions Vol. 4. (Nyctaginaceae -Salicaceae)". Authors: Arbuzova O., Chelebaeva A. Iljinskaja I., Proskurin K., Vickulin S.: with participation Ablaev A., Akhmetiev M., Budantsev L., Nikitin V., Pavlyutkin _., Zhilin S. (the Members of Paleogene Commission) a. oth. (Ed. Budantsev). M.-St. Pet. December 2005 466 p..
3. Budantsev L. Yu. Paleogene Flora of the Western Kamchatka // St. P. Nauka. 2006 197 p.
4. Ablaev A.G., Cheng-Sen Li, Yu-Fei Wang. Paleogene of the Bikin-Ussuri basin sedimentation (Lower Bikin depression). Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2006. 75 p.
5. Causal - Consequentional connections of the Phanerozoic biospheric Reorganizations" M. GEOS. 2006 97 p. Paleogene biospheric Reorganizations considered in papers:
5a. Akhmetiev M.A., Kodrul _. _. Peculiaritie the evolution of biosphere on the Cretaceous-Paleogene Transition. P. 77-82
5b. Herman A.B., Moisseeva M.G. Floristic changing on the K/T boundary in the North Pacific (as an example North Alaska Paleocene Flora). P. 83–89
6. Lopatin A. V., Averianov A.K. The Eocene Mammals (Logomorpha) // Paleont Journ. 2006. N 2. P. 77-88.
7. Akhmetiev M.A., Beniamovsky V.N. The Paleogene and Eocene of the Russian Part of West Asia // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. Vol. 14. N 1. P. 54–78
8. Lopatin A.V. Origin of Family Soricidae (Mammalia) // Biospheric evolution and biodiversity. Moscow. Paleont. Instit. RAS. 2006. P. 233–245
9. Pavlyutkin B.I., Nevolina S.I., Petrenko K.I., Kutub-Zade _._. On the age Nazimovskaya and Khasan Formations in the Paleogene Succession of the South Western Prymoryie // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 2006. Vol. 14. N 2. P. 117–124
10. Beluzhenko E.V., Kovalenko T.I. To the Probleme of the Oligocene- Miocene Boundary Position in the North Caucasus (to support of the Caucasus Regional Stage) // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 2006. Vol. 14. N 2. P. 117–124
11. Zaporozhets N.I., Sinelnikova V.N., Akhmetiev M.A. The Paleogene organic-walled Phytoplankton on the Western Kamchatka cross-sections // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 2006. Vol. 14. N 6. P. 94–116
12. Kodrul N.M., Tekleva M. V., Krassilov V.A. A new conifer species Mesocyparis rosanovii sp. nov. (Cupressaceae, Coniferales) and Transberingian Floristic Connections // Paleontological Journ. 2006. N 3. P. 93–102.
13. Levina A.P., Beniamovsky V.N., Vassilieva O.N., Naidin D.P., Radionova E.P. The Late Cretaceous-Early Paleogene biostratigraphy of the Sokolov quarry cross-section: Fauna and Flora: Revuew // Toporkov Memorial Reading. Is. 7. Papers to 7 Internartional scientific
Conference Rudny. Industrial Institute. 2006. Vol. 1. P. 406–426
14. Lopatin A.V. The Late Paleogene Erinaceidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) of the Ergilin-Dzoo, Mongolia // Paleont. Journ. 2006. N 1. P. 89–95
15. Pavlyutkin B.I. The problem of correlation Tertiary Kraskino and Khasan FloraPrimoryie, Russian Far East // Paleontological Journ. 2006 N 2. P. 102–108
16. Averianov A.O. The first finding the Paleogene choristoderma (Diapsida. Choristoderma) in Asia // Paleontol. Journ. 2006. Vol. 1. P. 83-88.
17. Oreshkina T.V., Aleksandrova G.N. The Terminal. Paleocene of the Middle Volga basin: Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 30 p. (in press)
18. Nikitin V.P. West Siberian Paleogene and Neogene Semen Flora. Novosibirsk (in press) 250 p.
19. Akhmetiev M.A. (Ed. and Introduction, with Analyses Paleogene publications). Volume V. Academician Yanshin A.L. Selected Works. M. Nauka. (in press). 280 p.
Paleogene and Neogene Regional Stratigraphical scheme of the Eastern Siberia plate (Grinenko O.V., Kamaletdinov V.A., Ivanenko G.V. a. oth. Yakutsk, 2006.
Palaeobiographical maps of the Peritethys (Late Eocene–Early Oligocene) / Ed. Popov S.V. Frankfurt. 2006-11-10
Field investigations
Several Groups took part in field investigations (Dagestan (East Caucasus): North West Caucasus; South Urals; Middle part of Volga basin; Mongolia; Russian Far East. (Aleksandrova G.N., E.A. Shcherbinina, T.M. Kodrul, S.V. Popov, A.B. Herman a. others)

Report by M.A. Akhmetiev, Chairman

The Annual Report 2005 on the activity of the Russian Paleogene Commission

1. Review of the research directions

1. Lopatin A.V. (Paleontological Institute RAS) completed working out more detailed Paleogene zonal stratigraphical scheme South Russia and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Middle Asia) by the small mammals (Logomorpha, Rodentia, Insectivora and others) on the base making more precise system and phylogeny. This investigations can do better correlation of continental sediments these regions, using for geological mapping and reconstruction Central Asian arid belt history.
2. Making more precise Paleogene stratigraphical scheme of Zeya-Bureya sedimentary basin (Amur River Basin) for prognoses and estimation new coalfields by fossil plants and palynological assemblages.
3. Studying of Eocene and Early Oligocene dinocysts assemblages of Kamchatka for working out zonal stratigraphical scheme by this Group (Zaporozhets N.I., Geological Institute RAS). Especially anomalous organic-walled assemblages were studied. They were characterized unusual hydrological and ecological conditions of the marginal Palaeo-Okhotsk sea. Such as typical anomalous assemblage consist Trinovantedinium boreale challenged Eocene and Early Oligocene "red tidis" near Kamchatka and there were accompanied by mass destruction and toxical poisoning different groups of marine biota (fishes, molluscs, phytoplankton). Such as situation there is very similar with recent North Atlantic and North Pacific "red tides".
4. Kuzmina O.B. (Geological Institute Oil and Gas RAS, Novosibirsk) and Bakieva L.B. (Tyumen State Univ.) continued studying unusual Late Oligocene brackishwater dinocysts assemblage (Turtass Formation, West Siberian Plate). The main components of this assemblage are several species Pseudokomewuia. The closest species were known before only from Eastern Chinese Oligocene deposits (Bohai system basins) and Northern American Miocene lacustrin basins.
5. Aleksandrova G.N. and Radionova E.P. (Both of them Geological Inst. RAS) studied two Late Paleocene dinocysts and diatoms assemblages of key-section Kamyshin Formation (Middle Volga River basin) – Djupa Gorge. More ancient assemblage belonged Transition zones Alisocysta margarita-Apetodinium hyperacantha by dinocysts and Trinacria ventriculosa by diatoms (Thanetian), more jungest dinocyst assemblage – Apectodinium augustum zone (_13- isotopic episode by the Paleocene-Eocene boundary). Two cycles Thanetian sedimentation were determined. Both of them connected with eustatic causes.
6. Aleksandrova G.N., Beniamovski V.N. (both Geological Institute RAS) studied dinocysts and foraminifera assemblages Cretaceous-Paleogene Transitions beds Middle Volga River Basin South Urals. They make more precise regional zonal stratigraphy both of these groups and prepared paleogeographical conclusions. They observed unconformity near Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary.
7. Glezer Z.I. and Grundan E.L. (both of them All-Russian Geological Institute, Saint Petersburg) Studied North Urals diatoms and silicoflagellates assemblages (new key-sections).
8. Nikolaeva I.A. (All-Russian Geological Institute, Saint Petersburg) Completed data-base Paleogene ostracoda zonal assemblages.

2. The Participation on the International and Russian Conferences and Meetings

April 7, 2005 Annual Meeting Russian Paleogene Commission took place in Saint Petersburg (All-Russian Geological Institute, VSEGEI). 22 Members of Commission visited to this Meeting.
Agenda of this Meeting:
1. Akhmetiev M.A. (Geological Institute RAS). Activity of Commission (2005) and condition of preparing volume "Paleogene of Russia" (information).
2. Lopatin A.V. (Palaeontological Institute RAS). Evolutionary history the small Mammalia of Asian Paleogene.
3. Zaporozhets N.I., Sinelnikova V.N., Akhmetiev M.A. (Geological Institute RAS). Unusual the Middle Eocene-Early Oligocene organic-walled assemblages of the West Kamchatka (Russian Far East).
4. Amitrov O.V. (Paleontological Institute RAS). The Paleogene Gastropoda of the Western Kasakhstan, their stratigraphic and palaeographic significance.
5. Beniamovsky V.N. (Geological Institute RAS). The modification of Late Paleocene, Early and Middle Eocene foraminifera assemblages of the North Eastern Peritethys by the influence of abiotic anaerobic events (character, scales, and possible reasons).
6. 0reshkina T.V., Aleksandrova G.N. (both Geological Institute RAS), Kozlova G.E. (All-Russian Oil Geological Prospecting Institute). The Early Eocene Biotic Changes (Kamyshlov section, Sverdlovsk district) by dinocysts, diatoms and radiolaria.
7. Bakieva L.B. (State University, Tyumen, West Siberia). Anomalous organic-walled dinocysts assemblage the Late Oligocene West Siberian Turtass Formation.
8. Akhmetiev M.A. Information on the results of investigation Paleogene depoisits (Russian Arctica).

In 2005 the Members of Paleogene Comission took part in different International, All-Russian and Regional Stratigraphical and Paleontological Meetings and Conferences. They made topics. Abstracts were published the main of them.
1. Paleostrat - 2005 (Moscow Society Natur. History, February) (Beniamovsky V.N.).
2. International conference "Phylogeny of plants" (Biological Faculty Moscow University, February) (Akhmetiev M.A.).
3. 53 session All-Russian Paleontological Society (Conference) (All-Russian Geological Institute (VSEGEI, Saint Petersburg, April) (Beniamovsky V.N., Nikolaeva I.A., Zakrevskaya E.Yu.).
4. International Conference "Modern problems of Paleofloristics, Paleophytogeography and Phytostratigraphy (Geological Institute RAS, Moscow, May) (Aleksandrova G.N, Akhmetiev M.A., Bakieva L.B., Kezina, T.V., Kodrul T.M.).
5. XI All-Russian Palynological Conference (Paleontological Institute RAS, Moscow, September) (Afanasieva N.I., Aleksandrova G.N., Bakieva L.B., Radionova E.P.).
6. Meeting (200-years Moscow Soc. Nature History) (Moscow, Paleontological Inst. RAS, October) (Akhmetiev M.A.).
7. All-Russian Micropaleontological Conference (Geological Institute RAS, Moscow, November) (Aleksandrova G.N., Beniamovsky V.N., Glezer Z.I., Nikolaeva I.A., Oreshkina T.V., Radionova E.P., Stupin S.I.).
8. Meeting (100-years acadenician V.V. Menner) (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow, November) (Beniamovski V.N.).
9. Meeting (70-years S.V. Meyen) (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow, December) (Akhmetiev M.A).

3. Field work:

Several expeditionary groups fulfield work:
1. Aleksandrova G.N. and Beniamovski V.N. (both of them Geological Institute RAS) were studied Crimea Transitional Eocene-Oligocene key-section (Kzyl Zhar Mount), for made more precise relation Eocene and Oligocene deposits (interruption or hidden unconformity? etc.).
2. Radionova E.P., Stupin S.I. (both of them Geological Institute RAS), Zakrevskaya E.Yu. studied and sampled by small and large foraminifera (nummulites) and diatoms two sections near Tuapse and two sections Abkhasian flish zone (South Slope of Caucasus) for made more precise regional Paleogene stratigraphical scheme (for geological mapping).
3. Kodrul T.M. (Geological Institute RAS) and Krassilov V.A. (Paleontological Institute RAS) studied new expositional outcrops near Auto-Road Vladivostok-Moscow and coal bearing sections on Arkhara-Boguchan coal field. They collected fossil plants and took palynological samples.
4. Filippova N.Yu (Geological Institute RAS) studied and took palynological samples several North Caucasus key-sections (Oligocene-Miocene Transition).

REFERENCES:

Monography and Chapters of Monography (Russian with English Summary)
1. Bakieva L.B. Paleogene stratigraphy and dinocysts of Central West Siberian Plate //
Tyumen State University Publ. 2005. 182 p
2. Benyamovsky V.N., Stupin S.I. Foraminifera (Chapter of Monography "Cenozoic
ecosystems of the North Pacific Eocene and Oligocene Western Kamchatka and surrounding
regions". M.: GEOS, 2005 (in press) (18 p).
Papers
1. Akhmetiev M.A. Kazakhstan and Central Asia (Plains and Foothills). Paleogene. (Chapter 8) // Cenozoic Climate and Environmental Changes in Russia // Geol. Soc. of America. Sp. papers. 382. 2005. P. 139–150 (English).
2. Akhmetiev M.A., Beniamovski V.N. The Paleocene and Eocene Russian parts of Western Eurasia (biostratigraphy, sedimentology, paleogeography and climate) // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 2005. Vol. 13. N 6. P. 68–92 (Russian).
3. Bakieva L.B. Paleogeographic features of West Siberia Paleogene on the basis of palynological assemblages and phytoplankton assemblages // Modern problems the Palaeofloristics, Palaeophytogeography and Phytostratigraphy. Materials of the International Palaeobotanical Conference. Vol. 1. M.: GEOS, 2005. P. 17–29 (Russian).
3. Beluzhenko E.V., Kovalenko E.I. To the question on stratigraphical position Oligocene-Miocene boundary at the North Caucasus // Stratigraphy. Geological correlation. 2005.Vol. 13. N 6. P. 92–107 (Russian).
5. Beniamovski V.N. The Late Cretaceous-Early Paleogene palaeogeographic scenaria limited of the North Tethys periphery // Biosphera-Ecosystem-Biota during pass the Earth // Palaeogeographic aspects. To the 100 years birhhday academician V.V. Menner. M.: Nauka, 2005. P. 267–308 (Russian).
6. Kvacek Z., Manchester S.R. and Akhmetiev M.A. Review of the fossil history of Craigia (Malvaceae s.l.) in the Northern hemisphere basin on fruits and co-occuring foliage // Modern problem of Palaeofloristics, Palaeophytogeography and Phytostratigraphy. Materials of the International Palaeobotanical Conference. Vol. 1. M.: GEOS, 2005. P. 82 –104 (English).
7. Suzuki S, Sun Ge, Akhmetiev M. and Iwano H. Fission-track zircon age of a tuff sample from the Tsagayan Formation (Danian), the Heilongjiang (Amur) River Area (Russia) // Okayama University Publ. Japan. 2005 (4 pages) (English, in press.)
8. Zakrevskaya E.Yu. Stratigraphic Distribution of Larger Foraminifers in the Paleogene of Northeastern Peritethys // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 2005. V. 13. N 1. P. 66–86 (Russian).
9. Zharov A.E., Bragin N.Yu., Rechkin A.N. The Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene. Stratigraphy of Accretionary Rock Complexes in Tanivo-Aniva Peninsula of Southern Sakhalin // Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. 2005. V. 13. N 1. P. 87–105 (Russian).
10. S.B. Archibald, A.P. Rasnitsyn and M.A. Akhmetiev. The Ecology and Distribution of Cenozoic Eomeropidae (Mecoptera), and a New Species of Eomerope Cockerell from the Early Eocene McAbee Locality, British Columbia, Canada // Annals Ent. Soc. Am. (in press)
11. A.O. Averianov. The First Choristoderes (Diapsida, Choristodera) from the Paleogene of Asia // Paleontological Journal. 2005. N 1. P. 83–88.
12. A.O. Averianov and A.V. Lopatin. Eocene Lagomorphs (Mammalia) of Asia: 1. Aktashmys (Strenulagidae fam. nov.) // Paleontological Journal. 2005. N 3. P. 81–90.
13. V.D. Ivanov and S.I. Melnitsky. New Caddisfly Species of the Genus Wormaldia (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Baltic Amber // Paleontological Journal. 2005. N 3. P. 59–62.
14. A.V. Lopatin. Late Paleogene Erinaceidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Ergilin Dzo Locality, Mongolia // Paleontological Journal. 2005. N 1. P. 96–102.
15. T.P. Malyshkina. New data on Elasmobranchii from Ipresian deposits of Turgai // Annals-2004. Ekaterinburg: IGGUr. Branch RAS, 2005. P. 34–40.
16. T.P. Malyshkina. The Late Eocene Sciliorhinidae (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes) from the Trans-Urals, Russia // Acta Paleontologica Polonica (in press).
17. T.P. Malyshkina. Paleogene shark fauna development at the West Siberian basin // Materials of International Symposia "Evolution life on the Earth". Tomsk, 2005 (in press).
18. B.I. Pavlyutkin. Problems in Correlation of the Tertiary Floras of Kraskino and Khanka // Paleontological Journal. 2005. N 2. P. 101–108.
19. O.N. Vassilieva. The Paleogene dinocysts of the Kamyshlov quarry Key section (Middle Transuralian) // Annals-2004. Ekaterinburg: IGG Ur. Branch RAS, 2005. P. 14–21.
20. O.N. Vassilieva and T.P. Malyshkina. Transuralian Paleogene stratigraphy and zonal scale correlation by microphytoplankton and ichtiofauna // Biostratigraphic criteria of the subdivision and correlation Ukranian Phanerozoi. Kiev. 2005. P. 133–136.
18 Absracts to Meetings and Conferences were published.

Head of Russian Paleogene Commission M.A. Akhmetiev
Secretary of Commission G.N. Aleksandrova

1. There were finished investigation of the Paleogene sections Sambian peninsula (Baltic sea cost) (N.I. Zaporozhets, G.N. Aleksandrova). Beside bore-hole N1 P was studied one of coastal section (Prussian Òblue clayÓ, Krant facies and ÒWhite wallÓ). All this interval by dinocysts Ð Late Eocene (mollusks by Koenen Ð Lattorfian).

2. Making more precise the composition of the Paleocene and Eocene regional zonal subdivisions by dinocysts, diatoms, nannoplankton, pollen and spores, plants megafossils and foraminifera assemblages Middle and South Transuralian, Middle Volga River basin and North West Caucasus and their correlation (V.N. Beniamovski, G.N. Aleksandrova, V.A. Musatov, O.N. Vassilieva, T.P. Malyshkina, T.V. Oreshkina, E.A. Shcherbinina etc.).

3. Making more precise the composition of nummulitic assemblages for Crimea, North Caucasus, Volga River Basin and Turanean Plate with correlation regional zonal subdivision with West European one (E.Yu. Zakrevskaya).

4. Studying Amur Basin MaastrichtianÐUpper Paleocene sections and collected fossils, paleomagnetic and fission-track investigations. (M.A. Akhmetiev, T.M. Kodrul, T.V. Kezina, A.B. Herman, M.G. Moisseeva, E.V. Bugdaeva, V.S. Markevich, L.B. Golovneva).

At 2004 Russian Paleogene Commission had close contact with Ukrainean Commission.

The Members of Paleogene Commission visited to Saint Petersburg at the April 8Ð10, 2004 by financial support ISPS (Annual Meetings of Russian Paleogene Commission and All-Russian Paleontological Society).

Report by M.A. Akhmetiev, Chairman
and G.N. Aleksandrova and I.A. Nikolaeva, Secretaries.

1. G.N. Aleksandrova, V.N. Beniamovski, T.V. Oreshkina (Geol. Inst. RAS, Moscow), O.N. Vassilieva, T.P. Malyshkina (Geology and Geochemistry Inst. Uralian Division RAS, Ekaterinburg) were continued to study Transuralian Paleogene key sections (This investigation began 2003). The tasks of investigations were: a) K/T boundary, b) The Paleocene and Eocene deposits sampled on different microplanktonic groups (first of all dinocysts, foraminifera, pollen and spores, diatoms and elasmobranchia). The sections examined: Middle Transuralian (Transaction Indel-Kamyshlov). In Kamyshlov this group paid attention the Paleocene-Eocene boundary (check more deeper strata then before (1998) with crossed anomaly C). South Transuralian (sampled some quarries sections near Russia-Kazakhstan boundary). (June-July 2004).

4. The Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene terrestrial coal-bearing deposits of Zeya-Bureya basin were studied by M.A. Akhmetiev, A.B. Herman, T.M. Kodrul, M.G. Moisseeva (all paleobotanists, Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow), T.V. Kezina (palynologists, Amur Research Integrated Inst. RAS, Blagovestchensk). 1) The sections dispose along Federal auto-road Khabarovsk-Chita and on coal-fields near this road (Amur River basin). The interval of studying occuppated sequences from last dinosaurus horizon (Middle or Late Maastrichtian) till strata with Late Paleocene megafossils and pollen and spores assemblages. First fission-track and paleomagnetic data were received (these investigations began 2003, but studied new sections); 2) This group examined and sampled some section on rights (Chinese) bank of Amur (Heilongjiang River together with Chinese and foreign specialists (International project ÔThe Cretaceous Biota and K/T Boundary in Heilongjiang River AreaÓ). (August-September, 2004).

3. The participation on the International and Russian conferences and symposia

Beniamovski V.N. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow) Ð The types of Latest Cretaceous and Earliest Paleogene benthonic foraminifera associations of the North Peri-Tethys.

a) Sun Ge (Changchun), Akhmetiev M.A. (Moscow), Ashraf A.R. (Tubingen, Germany), Sun Y.W. (Changchun), Bugdaeva E.V., Markevich V.S. (both of Inst. Biol., Pedol. RAS, Vladivostok), Kezina T.V. (Amur Integr., Research Inst. RAS, Blagoveshchensk), Kodrul T.M. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow), etc Ð Recent advance on the research of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Jiayin of Heilongjiang, China.

b) Akhmetiev M.A. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow) Ð Biosphere crisis at the Cretaceous Paleogene boundary.

c) Moisseeva M.G. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow) Ð Fossil leaves of ÒPlatanusÓ raynoldsii Newberry from Tsagayan Formation in Amur River region.

d) ) Markevich V.S., Bugdaeva E.V. (both of Inst. Biol., Pedol. RAS, Vladivostok) Ð New data on K-T interval in Zeya-Bureya basin.

e) Markevich V.S., Bugdaeva E.V. (both of Inst. Biol., Pedol. RAS, Vladivostok) Ð Result of study of Arkhara-Boguchan coal field.

Zakrevskaya E.Yu. (Geological State Museum, Moscow) Ð Stratigraphic position of the nummulitic zones in Crimea.

4. The annual Meeting of the Russian Paleogene Commission took place un Saint-Petersburg. 26 participants visited of this Meeting, 17 Ð of them Members of Russian Paleogene Commission, 4 Ð guests from Ukraina, Kiev. April 8Ð9, 2004.

The Programm of this Meeting:

a) Akhmetiev M.A. Ð ISPS Symposium on Paleogene. Preparing for Modern Life and Climate. Leuven, Belgium 25Ð30 August 2003 (Information).

b) Demonstration and explanation of Posters (M.A. Akhmetiev (+ V.N. Beniamovski), G.N. Aleksandrova (+ T.V. Oreshkina and G.E. Kozlova), V.N. Beniamovski, E.P. Radionova (+ O.N. Vassilieva), T.M. Kodrul, Yu.O. Gavrilov (+ E.A. Shcherbinina).

c) Aleksandrova G.N. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow) Ð The Paleocene and Eocene deposits of the Sambian peninsula (Baltic sea cost).

d) Akhmetiev M.A. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow) Ð K/T boundary in continental facies of the Far East and Global biosphere crisis.

e) Beniamovski V.N. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow) Ð To the ecology of the North Peri-Tethys Paleocene benthonic foramifera).

f) Vassilieva O.N. (Geology and Geochemistry Inst. Uralian Division RAS, Ekaterinburg), Radionova E.P. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow) Ð The Paleocene-Eocene transition biothic events of the West Siberia and North Turgai by dinoflagellates and diatoms.

g) Zosimovich V.Yu, Shevchenko T.V., Ryabokon T. (Geol. Inst. UkrAS, Kiev) Ð Information on the Ukrainean Paleogene Commission activity.

a) ÒStratigraphical distribution Paleogene large foraminifera of the North-East Peri-Tethys and their zonesÓ

b) ÒLower and Middle Eocene boundary in shallow-water facies of the North-East Peri-TethysÓ.

i) Information about preparing special issue ÒPaleogene of RussiaÓ. There were finished some regional chapters: ÒAmur River basinÓ. ÒNorth East RussiaÓ (Cis-Okhotian region, Arctic sea cost region)Ó, ÒSambian peninsulaÓ, ÒSouth part of Russian plateÓ and ÒWest Siberian plateÓ. Preparing several paleontological chapters: ÒOstracodsÓ (I.A. Nikolaeva), ÒForaminiferaÓ (E.M. Bugrova), ÒDiatoms and silicoflagellatesÓ (Z.I. Glezer).

5. All-Russian Paleontological Conference (Saint-Petersburg, All-Russian Geological Institute). April 8Ð9, 2004. (Radionova E.P. (Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow), I.A. Nikolaeva (All-Russian Geological Institute, Saint-Petersburg), E.Yu. Zakrevskaya (Geological State Museum, Moscow).

6. Palaeobotanical conference (A.N. Kryshtofovich Memory Readings) Saint-Petersburg, October 25Ð26. Botanical Inst. RAS. (T.M. Kodrul, M.G. Moisseeva (all Geological Inst. RAS, Moscow), L.B. Golovneva (Botanical Inst. RAS, Saint-Petersburg).

7. Russian Stratigraphical Committee (Meeting). Presented Paleogene stratigraphical scheme on the Siberian Platform (Eastern Part). Authors O.V. Grinenko et al. April 10, 2004.

1. Bogatchkin A.B. Paleomagnetic stratigraphy and petromagnetism of the Caucasus and Nortn Cis-Caspian Paleogene deposits (Saratov, Saratov State Univ. 2004. 28.05). 172 p.

2. Ilyin I.V. The Cretaceous and Paleogene Crustaceamorpha, Decopoda of the European Part of Russia and some districts of Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Usbekistan (Moscow, Moscow State Univ. 2004. 21.05). 204 p.

3. Malyshkina T.P. Elasmobranchii near the western boundary of the West-Siberian Paleogene sedimentary basin, their stratigraphic and paleogeographic significances (Ekaterinburg, Geology and Geochemistry Inst. Uralian Division RAS, 2004. 23.06). 172 p.

4. Popov E.V. The Cretaceous and Paleocene Holocephali, Chimaeroidei of the South European part of Russia (Saratov, Saratov State Univ. 2004. 28.05). 440 p.

REFERENCES (English)

Proceedings of the 3^rd Symposium on Cretaceous Biota and K/T Boundary in Heilongjiang River Area / Edited by Sun Ge, Sun Y.W., Akhmetiev M.A., Ashraf R.A. (Aug. 31ÐSept. 9, 2004. Changchun, China. 78 p.

1 .G. Sun, M. Akhmetiev, A.R. Ashraf, Y.W. Sun, E. Bugdaeva, V. Markevich, T. Kodrul, T. Kezina etc. Recent advance on the research of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Jiayin of Heilongjiang, China. P. 3Ð6.

2. Akhmetiev M.A. Biosphere crisis at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. P. 7Ð16.

4. Moisseeva M.G., Kodrul T.M., Herman A.B. Fossil leaves of ÒPlatanusÓ raynoldsii Newberry from Tsagayan Formation in Amur River region. P. 27Ð32.

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