Annual Report Russian – 2006

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